Our New Prayer Tool (with Thanks to Our Parish!)

Luke, proud and happy, with the prayer cube our parish gifted him

Have you seen prayer cubes before?

Luke was gifted one from our parish at Mass last weekend in honor of the fact that he is preparing for First Reconciliation and First Communion, and I must say, we are delighted with it.

On the way home from Mass, I heard Luke working his decoding skills as he read the different sides of his prayer cube in the back seat. Then, on Thursday, as the kids and I continued our daily Faith and Virtues rotation, the prayer cube became central to our activities. We sat in a circle, took turns rolling the cube and, then, prayed the different prayers with specific intentions suggested by the children.

Simple.

Meaningful.

And, best of all, the kids asked to do it more – rolling, reading and praying.

Awesome! I love when a simple tool helps not only our prayer life, but also the kids’ reading skills.

It may be nearly impossible to get a photo of my three kids looking in the same direction at the same time, but, luckily, it is not impossible to get them to pray together at the same time -- especially, this week, with our new prayer cube.

So, thanks to our parish for introducing us to this tool. I am paying the introduction forward here in case you’d like to use a prayer cube with your children, too.

Although I am not sure where the prayer cube our parish gifted our son was from, I was able to find similar ones online at Amazon*, of course:



None of these looks exactly like ours, which has blue print and includes the Sign of the Cross, Grace for Mealtime, The Guardian Angel prayer, the Hail Mary, the Glory Be and the Our Father.  This one looks close and all look fabulous.

In fact, in searching online, I found cubes with prayers specifically related to the Rosary, Mealtime, Reconciliation, Healing from Cancer, Friendship, First Communion, Confirmation, Advent, Fasting and Christmas -- some even in Spanish.  Truly, there seem to be cubes for every occasion.  How cool is that?!

What tools have been encouraging prayer life in your home lately?  Do you have a favorite catalog or company for tools such as these prayer cubes that we now love so much?

 

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Training Happy Hearts:

A Call to Faith Formation for Young Children

You are invited link up anytime with posts -- old or new -- that share your ideas, wisdom, reflections, activities and practical tips and tales about training up young children so that they may have happy hearts, united with God.  Henceforth, this link-up will be posted anew each Sunday, but will contain all linked ideas to date, creating, in effect, a library of ideas for sharing our faith with little ones.  Enjoy browsing the links as well as adding new ones each week.  Thank you and God bless!

1. Dramatize Visitation/Answer Where Babies Come from	2. Corpus Christi Monstrance Activity	3. guess who's my favorite saint?
4. Immaculate Heart of Mary Crafts	5. A Call to Faith Formation	6. The Holy Water Font
7. Bedtime Blessings	8. Scripture Memory	9. Children with Faith
10. Scrapboking Sacraments	11. Cataloguing Family Holy Cards	12. I Spy August Saints
13. Monstrance Activities for Saint Claire	14. Kathie Morrissey	15. Review: Catholic Lingo Bingo
16. Teaching Kids to be a Blessing to others	17. Angel Craft for Archangels or Guardian Angels	18. Tabletop Rosary
19. Jesus in the Eucharist Art Project	20. Catholic I Spy (Free Printables)	21. Giant Pro-Life Active Rosary {Great for all ages}
22. Catholic Child's Lesson Planner free downwload	23. Liturgical Year Bulletin Board	24. Free Catholic File Folder Games!
25. Catholic Child's Daily Journal	26. Notebooking Butler's Lives of the Saints	27. Misc. Catholic Printables FREE to download!
28. Catholic Liturgical Homeschool Planner	29. Catholic homeschool Helps!	30. Cloud of Saints Craft
31. Noreen	32. Faith Activities for An Advent Calendar	33. More Faith Activities for Advent and Books
34. Our Lady of Guadalupe Mexican Flower	35. Juan Diego's Paper Tilma for kids	36. Keeping Christ in Christmas
37. St Stephen ~ Rock Candy	38. Most Holy Name of Jesus Plaque	39. Decorated Star of Bethlehem
40. First Communion Preparation at Home	41. Teaching my kids to love the land	42. Preparing for Eucharistic Adoration
43. Monstrance Chalk Craft	44. Lent,St. Valentine's Day	45. Make Heart Rosary Decades
46. Home Made Children's Book&Recipe	47. Crayon Resist Holy Trinity Shamrocks	48. Saint Joseph as the First Knight
49. Easter Wreath/St. Patrick	50. Faith Filled Freebies	51. Divine Mercy
52. Pentecost Lapbook & Activities	53. Pentecost Dessert	54. Pentecost Lesson
55. Ascension of Jesus	56. Saint Catherine of Sienna: Cards for the Sick	57. Most Holy Trinity Link up
58. Trinity Candles	59. Free Bible Stories for Children Unit Study	60. Guide to Catholic Craft Kits
61. Sacred Seasons Liturgical Calendar + Stickers	62. Making Religion Come Alive for Children	63.
64. What I Learned in Austin: Grace and Mercy	65. FREE Reconciliation Prep Printable	66. Catholic Advent Crafts for Kids
67. Advent: Time of Waiting Craft	68. Jesse Tree Ornaments	69. Saint Nicholas Crafts for Kids




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