Children learn liturgical behavior by imitation. During Mass, quietly explain to them what is happening. Sing hymns. Voice responses. Point out what the priest is doing. There are many ways for children to participate in our liturgy, but you are the first step.
Resources are available in the family rooms of the church.Coming Soon
St. Joan of Arc is blessed to have two spaces within the church where grown ups and children can retreat to express big emotions and reset. But don't feel the need to stay there. When you are ready, enter back into prayer with the congregation!
Resources are also available in the family rooms. These resources includeWhen the Gospel reading is announced, we use our thumb to trace three small crosses over our foreheads, lips, and hearts. The prayer can be added, "May the Word of the Lord be ever in my mind, on my lips, and in my heart."
We can show God respect and reverence by bending a knee to the tabernacle, where the Blessed Sacrament (the Eucharist) is kept. An easy way to tell children why we genuflect is we say "hello" and "goodbye" to Jesus in the tabernacle.
Latin for "being made incarnate." We say Incarnation in English.
Have you ever wondered why we stand while the Gospel is proclaimed but not for the first or second reading?