{"id":241,"date":"2009-07-22T07:21:26","date_gmt":"2009-07-22T11:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/?p=241"},"modified":"2009-07-23T06:22:32","modified_gmt":"2009-07-23T10:22:32","slug":"praying-with-your-children-july-22-daily-reflection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/praying-with-your-children-july-22-daily-reflection\/","title":{"rendered":"Praying with your children, July 22 Daily Reflection"},"content":{"rendered":"

Memorare<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Remember O most gracious Virgin Mary that never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection or sought thy intercession was ever left unaided. Inspired with this confidence, I fly unto Thee, O Virgin of virgins, My Mother!\u00a0 to Thee I come;\u00a0 before Thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful.\u00a0 Oh Mother of the Word incarnate! despise not my petitions, but in Thy mercy, hear and answer me.\u00a0\u00a0 Amen<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Memorare<\/p>\n

I was raised Catholic and I am raising my children Catholic.\u00a0 The prayer above is one that many of my older Catholic friends recited as children and still recite today.\u00a0 It is a beautiful prayer.\u00a0 I went to a Catholic School at the point in which almost all the nuns had stopped teaching.\u00a0 I was taught by Lay men and women and although we learned to recite prayers such as the rosary I did not learn many others.\u00a0\u00a0Many Catholics and I am sure other religions have prayers they recite often and I am sure they are meaningful to them.\u00a0 How many of you say Grace before dinner with a recited prayer?\u00a0 My family does.\u00a0 I have nothing against that type of praying.\u00a0 I think if you are praying at all that you are trying\u00a0to reach God!<\/p>\n

My type of praying you may have noticed by my other writings are referred to now as\u00a0 heart prayers.\u00a0 They are not formal written prayers that I pray daily.\u00a0 Heart Prayers are addressing God as a friend you would talk to about your life\u00a0and ask for help from.\u00a0 It is the best way for me to connect with God.\u00a0 I talk to Him tell Him what’s going on in my life, ask for Him to look over those people I have promised to pray for and then I ask that I do His will that day.\u00a0 Then I try to listen to what He wants me to do.\u00a0 I have never heard a big voice.\u00a0 I have had great ideas after praying to God that I think have been inspired by Him.\u00a0<\/p>\n

So how do you pray?\u00a0 Do you say formal prayers?\u00a0 Do you talk to God in your head in your car on the way to work (God help me get there in time)?\u00a0 Do you take time at night as you fall asleep to chat with God about your day?\u00a0 Do you pray Grace before dinner with your children?\u00a0 Do you pray at all?<\/p>\n

It can be very intimidating to pray with your children especially if you have not tried this before.\u00a0 But your child will always follow your lead if they think something is very important to you.\u00a0 Even if you feel uncomfortable and he\/she feels uncomfortable, the more you pray together the more comfortable you will become.\u00a0 I take a few minutes each night to say good night to my children before they go to sleep.\u00a0 They love that they each get a few minutes alone with me.\u00a0 So I hold their hands in mine and say “God it’s me Mommy and Anna (whomever I am praying with at that time) and we want to thank you for all our blessings, all those people you have put in our lives.\u00a0 We want to pray for tomorrow and whatever problems we are having at that time.\u00a0 I ask whomever I am praying with if he\/she would like to say something.\u00a0 Then we say Amen.\u00a0 It is simple and painless and to the point.\u00a0 I want to teach my children to pray like they are talking to a friend so that they know how to talk with God.\u00a0 If they would like to pray formal prayers we do sometimes.\u00a0 I just want prayer to be a part of their lives.<\/p>\n

Have you ever prayed with your child?\u00a0 Try it tonight, it can be a real short “Hey God just wanted to say thank you for giving me _____ insert your child’s name, amen”.\u00a0 Your child will love that you thanked God for him\/her.\u00a0 If you are not the person who teaches your child how to pray who will?\u00a0 Think about it today and give it a shot tonight.\u00a0 As a parent you are responsible for how they eat, what they wear, their education and if they come to God as a child and a faith life! My grandmother who is Catholic and 92 years old says that “God hears children’s prayers above all others”.\u00a0 So\u00a0 start the process tonight, so that one day soon\u00a0 God will get\u00a0to hear your child’s voice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Memorare Remember O most gracious Virgin Mary that never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection or sought thy intercession was ever left unaided. Inspired with this confidence, I fly unto Thee, O Virgin of virgins, My Mother!\u00a0 to Thee I come;\u00a0 before Thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful.\u00a0 Oh Mother of the Word incarnate! despise not my petitions, but in Thy mercy, hear and answer me.\u00a0\u00a0 Amen I was raised Catholic and I am raising my children Catholic.\u00a0 The prayer above is one that many of my older Catholic friends recited as children and still recite <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":243,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[68,24,22,69,67],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}