Choose your prayer leaders for this week, get the form time prayer sheet ready and then select the tab with your house name on it.
DAY 1 – GATHER AND THE WORD
We begin this form time prayer with the sign of the cross. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen
This week we are changing things! To help fill in the first things on your sheet we are making a new video series…WHAT’S IN THE WORD? Watch the first video of this new series below
This week is our PENTECOST, which means our liturgical colour is what? (Clue: This is the colour of our computer background) Tick the correct colour on your sheet.
The Word of the Week this week is PENTECOST. Make sure this is written on the sheet. PENTECOST was the time when to Holy Spirit came to the disciples after Jesus’ Ascension into heaven. Discuss with your form what the Holy Spirit might mean to you. You may want to use your mini whiteboards for this.
Our scripture this week comes from the Acts of the Apostles, the book after to Gospels in the new testament.
A reading from the Acts of the Apostles
“When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance..”
ACTS 2:1-4
The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God
Make sure to put the scripture reference (ACTS 2:1-4) in the scripture box on your sheet.
In pairs, can you recognise any of the symbols of the Holy Spirit that is described in the scripture? Add your form’s thoughts to the ‘MESSAGE’ section on the sheet.
As form time prayer comes to an end, we pray for an outpouring of the Holy Spirit on us. With all these things in our head, we pray together…
Our Father who art in heaven,
Amen
hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us this day
our daily bread,
and forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us,
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
We end this form time prayer with the sign of the cross. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen
DAY 2 – RESPONSE
We begin this form time prayer with the sign of the cross. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen
Revisit the scripture from yesterday that we are taking with us throughout the week. Currently, during this Year of Prayer, we are focusing on ‘Prayers of Intercession’ which are ‘asking’ or ‘bidding’ prayers. In mass, we might hear these prayers after the priest has given a homily.
“When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance..”
ACTS 2:1-4
You may want to pray for something that is going on in the news or in our local community at the minute. When writing the prayers, you may want to use the scripture and the word of the week (PENTECOST) to inspire you. Using the sentence starters below, create some prayers of intercession. You may want to split off in groups and use your mini whiteboards to come up with ideas.
For the Church, we pray that…
For the world, we pray that…
For those who are sick and suffering, we pray that…
For our local community, we pray that…
For ourselves, we pray that…
To end prayers of intercession, we can say ‘Lord in your mercy…Hear our prayer‘ or Lord hear us…Lord, graciously hear us.’
Make sure you write the prayers onto your form time prayer sheet.
Example
For those who are sick and suffering, we pray for a blessing of the Holy Spirit on them so that they may feel God’s healing power .
Lord in your mercy…Hear our prayer
As form time prayer comes to an end, we pray that we are able to witness the Holy Spirit working in people around us. With all these things in our head, we pray together…
Hail, Mary, full of grace,
Amen
the Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou amongst women
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God,
pray for us sinners,
now and at the hour of our death.
We end this form time prayer with the sign of the cross. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen
DAY 3 – MISSION
We begin this form time prayer with the sign of the cross. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen
Thinking about all that we have discussed about the word of the week, our scripture this week and the prayers from yesterday, it is time to set our MISSION. The mission should be our way of trying to work as individuals or as a community (whichever you choose), so that we can share the message from this week with the wider community.
“When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance…”
ACTS 2:1-4
If the word of the week this week was Almsgiving, your mission could be to bring in as much food as possible for the food bank within your form. Discuss in your form what mission you want to set for yourselves on the theme of COMMUNICATION and then write it on the form time prayer sheet.
Example
Our mission for the theme of PENTECOST is to learn to say hello in a language that we haven’t learnt before just like the disciples could speak in other languages.
As form time prayer comes to an end, we think about the things we want to say thank you to God for. With all these things in our head, we pray together…
Glory be to the Father
Amen
and to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning
is now, and ever shall be
world without end.
We end this form time prayer with the sign of the cross. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen
EUCHARIST – THE 9TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME
COMMUNICATION – THE 7TH WEEK OF EASTERTIDE
