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Pentecost Sunday

Visio Divina audio guided prayer

for children

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Visio Divina means ‘divine seeing.’

It is a form of prayer that lets God speak to your heart as you look deeply at an illumination (picture)

and listen to the Word of God.

By praying this way,

you can see what God wants you to see today.

The audio on each slide will guide you in your prayer as we celebrate the Solemnity of Pentecost Sunday - when Jesus sent the Holy Spirit into the world as he promised he would.

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We begin our prayer with the Sign of the Cross:

In the name of the Father, and of Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

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Listen to the Word of God

When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them.

All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them ability.

Acts 2:1-4

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Meditate on the Word of God

When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them.

All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them ability.

Acts 2:1-4

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Gaze at the illumination

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See and hear the Word of God

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Contemplate -sit quietly and rest with the Holy Spirit.

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Become more like Jesus- the Holy Spirit will help you.

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Make your final prayer with the Sign of the Cross

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Acknowledgements

Scripture Acts 2:1-4 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+2&version=NRSVCE

Image found on https://matthewcharlesworth.name/2017/06/homily-pentecost-sunday/

Vision Divina Definition adapted from: https://www.up.edu/garaventa/archives/visio-divina/index.html

Prayer structure and facilitation based on B. Sutton. Visio Divina – Seeing with the Eyes of Faith. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hf76h5ATLz8

Become Like Jesus explanation adapted from Catechism of the Catholic Church 687, 729, 731, 738,739,https://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p1s2c3a8.htm