Family Faith

Being a Disciple of Jesus
We thought carefully about which Faith Alive at Home Activity we wanted to describe. The one we chose is the one in which we were to say a prayer to the Holy Spirit asking for courage to be a disciple of Jesus.

In this activity we also had to trace a flame that was drawn in the religion book. We traced and cut out a flame for each member of our family. Then we wrote our names across the flame. We placed the flames in a box.

Each day we select one flame from the box. We put this flame on the refrigerator where everyone can see the person's name. All during the day we pray to the Holy Spirit especially for that person. We ask that that person be filled with the Holy Spirit.

At dinner we pray the prayer that was in my daughter's religion book:

All: Come, Holy Spirit, be our helper and guide.

Give us your gift of wisdom so that we may know the right thing to do.
All: Come, Holy Spirit, be our helper and guide.

Give us your gift of understanding so that our faith will be real and deep.
All: Come, Holy Spirit, be our helper and guide.

Give us your gift of right judgment so that we may help others in their faith.
All: Come, Holy Spirit, be our helper and guide.

Give us your gift of courage so we practice what we believe with courage.
All: Come, Holy Spirit, be our helper and guide.

Give us your gift of knowledge so that we may desire to learn all that we can about our faith.
All: Come, Holy Spirit, be our helper and guide.

Give us your gift of reverence so that we may be people of prayer and worship.
All: Come, Holy Spirit, be our helper and guide.

Give us your gift of wonder and awe so that we may treat all people and all creation with respect and wonder.
All: Come, Holy Spirit, be our helper and guide.

The next day we chose the name of another member of the family and did the same. We repeated this until we had gone through all the members of the family. This proved to be an especially meaningful family activity for us. My son liked it because he was preparing for Confirmation. He said that it really helped him to understand how the Holy Spirit gives us strength to be disciples of Jesus. My daughters said that they enjoyed helping their brother get ready for Confirmation and my husband and I truly felt the presence of the Holy Spirit in our home.

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