Lent & Easter Resources and Activities

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For Children:

Lent:

• Article: “Bringing Lent to Life” 
• Activity: “Flipping for Lent”
• Activity: “The Temptation of Jesus Chorus Play”
• Activity: “Examination of Conscience”
• Activity: “Jesus Prayer Maze”

Holy Week:

• Activity: “Connecting to Jesus”

Easter:

• Activity: “Road to Emmaus” Chorus Play
• Activity: “Love Word Search”

Pentecost:

• Prayer and Activity: “Come Holy Spirit”

Prayer

• Scriptural Prayer: the Forgiving Father 
• “Our Father” prayer reflection with hand motions
• ow to Pray the Rosary
• Article: “Scriptural Prayer with Children”

Videos

• Teachable Moments: Scriptural Prayer with Children 
• Teachable Moments: Connecting with Families 

Dive into the Bible

• Article: Bring the Bible to Life: it's as Easy as A, B, C! 
• When I'm Feeling... 

Teens/Tweens

Seasonal

• Activity: “Lenten Challenge” 
• Gospel Reading and Reflection: “Palm Sunday: The Passion According to Matthew”

Holy Thursday

• Gospel Reading and Reflection: “Holy Thursday: The Washing of the Disciples’ Feet”
• "The Great Three Days" Excerpt: Reflecting on Holy Thursday

Good Friday

• Gospel Reading and Reflection: “Good Friday: The Passion According to John”
• "The Great Three Days" Excerpt: Reflecting on Good Friday

Holy Saturday

• "The Great Three Days" Excerpt: Reflecting on Holy Saturday

Easter Sunday

• Gospel Reading and Reflection: “Easter Sunday: The Empty Tomb”
• "Stations for Teens" Book Excerpt: Stations of the Resurrection

Easter Season and Beyond-

• Gospel Reading and Reflection: “Second Sunday of Easter: Appearance to Thomas and the Disciples”
• Gospel Reading and Reflection: “Third Sunday of Easter: The Appearance on the Road to Emmaus”
• Gospel Reading and Reflection: “Fourth Sunday of Easter: The Good Shepherd”
• Gospel Reading and Reflection: “Fifth Sunday of Easter: Last Supper Discourses”
• Gospel Reading and Reflection:  “Sixth Sunday of Easter: The Advocate”
• Gospel Reading and Reflection: “Seventh Sunday of Easter: The Prayer of Jesus”
• Gospel Reading and Reflection: “The Ascension of the Lord: The Commissioning of the Disciples”
• Gospel Reading and Reflection: Pentecost: Appearance to the Disciples”

Diving into the Bible

• Reflection and Activity: “Images of God in Scripture”
• Video: “How to Find a Bible Verse”
• Video: “Explore with Bible Reading Plans”
• Video: “How the Bible is Organized”
• Video: “How the Old Testament Relates to the New Testament”

Videos

• Teachable Moments: Creating Community

Prayer

• Lectio Divina: Virtual Group (or Individual) Exercise 
• How to Pray using Lectio Divina
• Video: How to Practice Lectio Divina (with Jackson)
• Video: How to Practice Lectio Divina (with Tiahna)
• Video: How to Pray Using the Psalms (with Jackson)
• Video: How to Pray Using the Psalms (with Tiahna)
• Song/Video: Day by Day (following Jesus)
• Video: Prayer - A Conversation with God
• Printable: Daily Devotion
• How to Pray the Rosary
• The Litany of Loreto
• The Canticle of Mary
• Memorizing Bible Passages
• A Universal Prayer
• Reflections: Bring Forth Hope
• Reflections: Good News, Day By Day
• Lenten Nails: A Reflection Exercise for Lent

Other Resources

• Friendship and Forgiveness Prayer Space
• Prayer Stations
• Prayers for Lent
• Prayers for Passion/Palm Sunday
• Prayers for the Easter Season
• Holy Week Events
• Inspire: Winter 2020
• Hourly Prayers for Ash Wednesday
• Unbound!
• Lenten Justice Crosses
• Prayer: The Heart of the Matter