150 Opening and Closing Prayers. Dieser Artikel ist nicht verfügbar.150 Opening and Closing Prayers

Whenever we gather as Christians, we open and close with prayer. We call to mind that we are in the holy presence of God, and we invoke God’s blessing. Opening and Closing Prayers for the Liturgical Year helps teachers, catechists, youth ministry leaders, and anyone else who works with young people.

Every opening and closing prayer includes introductory material, which you may use as a lead-in to prayer or may want to incorporate into your session content.

• Based on the liturgical calendar, this resource includes prayers tied to Church feast days while also highlighting important secular holidays and observances.
• Each liturgical season will be celebrated with specific prayers that are dedicated to the themes and images of that particular season.
• The prayers range in type from traditional to contemporary.

This rich resource offers a range of prayer styles, ranging from traditional prayers every Catholic should know to litanies, from Scripture readings to conversational prayers. Each prayer deals with the personal or social justice concerns of young people.

Carl Koch, a former editor at Saint Mary's Press, is a professor of education, human development, and English at Saint Mary's University of Minnesota Graduate School, where he teaches courses on spirituality, meditation, journal writing, and telling life's sacred stories. He has authored and edited many popular books on prayer and spirituality.