Ep 3 - Praying with Family

06/08/20 • 44 min

Today’s guests are our 3 children! We talk about what our prayer life looks like as a family and we ask each other questions to reflect on:

What is your favorite memory of your family praying?
When are some significant times in your life when your family has come together to pray?
How do we pray as a family?
How do you teach your kids about having a personal relationship with God? How do you know where to look for God?

We also provide you with some tips to deepen prayer life with your family

Find some sort of routine and create time and space for prayer
Pray before meals together
Thank God for the beauty of creation
Use household chores as prayers for everyone in your home
Involve the kids in helping the poor and vulnerable
Share your struggles with your kids
Transparency about what is happening in the world and praying for those suffering
When praying for others’ intentions, keep them in mind, and follow up with them at a later time
Table ministry with family and friends
Share the fruits of prayer with your family

Cris’ resources on getting closer with Jesus during SIP:
Podcast: An Invitation to Pray with Father Josh during COVID-19
Podcast: The Sacraments and Mass During COVID-19
Prayer Resources: Imagine: A Guide to Jesuit Prayer

Today’s guests are our 3 children! We talk about what our prayer life looks like as a family and we ask each other questions to reflect on:

What is your favorite memory of your family praying?
When are some significant times in your life when your family has come together to pray?
How do we pray as a family?
How do you teach your kids about having a personal relationship with God? How do you know where to look for God?

We also provide you with some tips to deepen prayer life with your family

Find some sort of routine and create time and space for prayer
Pray before meals together
Thank God for the beauty of creation
Use household chores as prayers for everyone in your home
Involve the kids in helping the poor and vulnerable
Share your struggles with your kids
Transparency about what is happening in the world and praying for those suffering
When praying for others’ intentions, keep them in mind, and follow up with them at a later time
Table ministry with family and friends
Share the fruits of prayer with your family

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Ep 2 - Praying in Chaos

Welcome back for our 2nd episode! It has been quite a difficult week so we’re sharing with you why and how prayer has been instrumental in keeping us afloat during times of chaos. In this episode, we ask each other questions about our personal prayer life and how resistance to God pops up from time to time. We also share some ideas on how to deepen your prayer life if you need a jumpstart! Lastly, we provide some space to invite the Holy Spirit into our lives so that we can be filled with the love and mercy that God has shown us.

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Bonus Episode: Father’s Day

We are celebrating Father’s Day by interviewing my own father, Fred De Leon. Join us for a special conversation about how my father grew in his Catholic faith.

If you’re an immigrant, or come from an immigrant family, and if there is a safe space to talk about it, ask your father or father figures what their faith journey was like.
Reflect on and pray about God’s fatherly love for us.
Reflect and pray about how St. Joseph’s presence was like in Jesus’ life as a father figure.
If you didn’t have a positive father figure, what steps will you take to ensure that that cycle does not perpetuate?
Give thanks to fathers and people who fill in father roles in your life.