LENT 2020 PRAYER BOOKLET PUKAPUKA KARAKIA - Caritas
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LENT 2020
PRAYER BOOKLET
PUKAPUKA KARAKIA
Caritas in Action: Acknowledgements
Restoring Hope
Writing – Michael Stewart and Teresa Shanks
Contributions – Jane Dravitski and previous
and Spreading Love
authors from earlier booklets
Editing – Amanda Gregan and Graeme Siddle
Design – Rose Miller (Kraftwork)
Caritas e Kōkiri ana i ana Mahi: Images – Caritas Internationalis, Catholic Relief
Te Whakapiki i te Tūmanako, Services and Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand
Sketches – Tamaralee, Emily, Sophie and Joshua
te Tuku Whānui hoki i te Aroha (students from the 2017 prayer booklet)
How to use this Prayer Booklet Prayer Menu
Me Pēhea te whakamahi i tēnei Pukapuka Karakia Tahua Karakia
A collection of more than 20 short prayers have been included in Inspirational Quotes
this booklet to complement lessons and themes from the Caritas Prayer for Those in Poverty
resources for Lent 2020 entitled Caritas in Action: Restoring Hope
Praying with Candles
and Spreading Love. Many of the lessons found in the lesson packs
Take Action
link to a particular prayer, however, there are opportunities for
prayers to be chosen at times. The Grail Prayer
Water for All
The prayers in this booklet generally get progressively more Prayer for Solidarity
complex. Primary students will likely find the earlier prayers easier Light and Love
to read and secondary students will likely connect more with the
Children in Need
prayers towards the back of the booklet. As each prayer fits a
Thankfulness
separate page and the orientation is landscape it should make it
easier for students to see the prayers on a device or a smartboard. Working Together
Wanting Justice for All
The last page of this booklet highlights different prayer styles. Prayer of Solidarity
This has been added to help support teachers and students in
Jesus is the Bread of Life
differentiating their daily prayer routine. A particular style has
A Prayer for Global Solidarity
been recommended for each prayer. This is merely a suggestion.
A Prayer for Reducing Poverty
Breath of Difference
A Prayer for our Earth
A Moment for Grace: A Prayer for Refugees
Climate Justice Prayers of Intercession
Longing for Peace
The Government and Leaders of the World
Prayer Styles
1
Inspirational Quotes
He Pokanga Kōrero Whakahihiri
Christ has no body now on earth but yours.
Yours are the only hands with which he can do his work.
Yours are the only feet with which he can go about the world.
Yours are the only eyes through which his compassion can shine
forth upon a troubled world.
Christ has no body on Earth but yours.
SAINT TERESA OF AVILA
Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words.
ST FRANCIS OF ASSISI
You pray for the hungry. Then you feed them.
This is how prayer works.
POPE FRANCIS
I used to pray that God would feed the hungry, or do this or that,
but now I pray that he will guide me to do whatever I’m supposed
to do, what I can do.
MOTHER TERESA
Our prayers may be awkward. Our attempts may be feeble. But
since the power of prayer is in the one who hears it and not in the
one who says it, our prayers do make a difference.
MAX LUCADO
This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask
anything according to his will, he hears us.
1 JOHN 5:14 Recommended
prayer style:
PHOTO: DAVID O’HARE
Lectio Divina
2 PRAYER MENU
Prayer for Those in Poverty
He Īnoi mō te hunga e noho ana i te Rawakore
God of Justice,
Te Atua o te Tika,
open our eyes
to see you
in the face of those in poverty.
Open our ears
to hear you
in the cries of those exploited.
Open our mouths
to defend you
in the public squares
as well as in private deeds.
Remind us
that what we do to the least ones,
we do to you.
Amen.
PHOTO: Joost Bastmeijer (CI)
Recommended
Prayer adapted from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops prayer style:
In silence
3 PRAYER MENU
Praying with Candles You will need …
A large candle
Te Īnoi me ngā Kānara Tea light candles
John 8:12
One of the wonderful things about God
is that he knows what we want to pray for
even when we can’t find the words.
He can read our hearts
as well as hear our thoughts.
Sometimes we light a candle
as an act of prayer.
We remember that Jesus said,
“I am the light of the world.”
Light a candle and place it on the table.
Use one of the prayers within this resource.
Then sit in silence, allowing God to receive the spoken prayer and those unspoken in your heart.
Recommended
PHOTO: Sam Phelps (CRS)
prayer style:
With candles
4 PRAYER MENU
Take Action
Te Whakatinana
God of life,
Te Atua o te ora,
Help us to see that your gifts
are meant to be shared by all,
not just exploited by a few.
Lead us to take action
to make a change
not just for ourselves,
but for all creation.
We ask this through your Son,
Jesus Christ our Lord,
Amen. ORIGINAL SKETCH BY TAMARALEE RODWELL – YEAR 8 STUDENT
Flashback from 2017 – excerpt from Climate Change Prayer Booklet Recommended
Adapted from the Global Catholic Climate Movement prayer style:
While moving
5 PRAYER MENU
The Grail Prayer
Te Īnoi o te Karihe Tapu
Lord Jesus,
Te Ariki a Hēhu,
I give you my hands to do your work.
I give you my feet to go your way.
I give you my eyes to see as you do.
I give you my tongue to speak your words.
I give you my mind that you may think in me.
I give you my spirit that you may pray in me.
Above all, I give you my heart
that you may love in me
your Father and all mankind.
I give you my whole self
that you may grow in me
so that it is you Lord Jesus
who lives and works and prays in me.
PHOTO: Caritas Internationalis
Recommended
Adapted from www.catholicsocialteaching.org.uk prayer style:
While moving
6 PRAYER MENU
Water for All
He Wai mā te Katoa
E te Atua,
Loving God,
Thank you for everything
that you have given to us.
We thank you for the food
and water we have in the world.
We pray that you will help us
to remember those around the world
who struggle to have enough food;
who are thirsty
and don’t have enough water.
Help us to help others
to have enough food
and enough water,
so that we all
have everything we need.
Amen.
Recommended
prayer style:
Flashback from 2017 – excerpt from Climate Change Prayer Booklet Outside close
to nature
7 PRAYER MENUPrayer for Solidarity
Te Īnoi mō te Kotahitanga
Almighty and ever-living God,
E Te Ariki, e te Atua ora tonu,
empower your one human family to join hands
on our journey of faith.
Send us your spirit of hope,
so that we may work
to alleviate human suffering
and foster charity and justice
in our world.
Amen.
Recommended
prayer style:
PHOTO: Valérie Kaye (CI)
Prayer by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Through
drawing
8 PRAYER MENULight and Love
Te Māramatanga me te Aroha
Christ our Lord,
Your light shines into the shadows,
and shows us where the obstacles to change lie.
We know that often they are in our own hearts,
in the way we live,
and in our daily choices and actions.
We pray that we may accept the light of your love
as a challenge to change ourselves and our world.
We pray that, each day,
we make the choices and take the actions
that will bring an end to poverty and hunger.
And lead us all towards a fairer world.
Be with us Lord,
as we face your challenge
and learn how to live our lives in love.
Amen.
Recommended
prayer style:
Flashback from 2016 – Caritas Challenge Prayer Resource Before a prayer
circle
9 PRAYER MENUChildren in Need
Ngā Tamariki e Mate Awhi ana
E te Atua kaha rawa,
Almighty God,
we give You thanks for Your endless love.
Thank You for our time as children,
a time to grow and learn.
Thank You for the fun and laughter,
when we enjoy life and people.
We remember children who live in hard places.
May Your love be ever present,
so they may enjoy their childhood,
that all may have a chance to learn at school.
May every child enjoy enough food
and water to help them grow.
We pray that they will stay healthy
and that they may be loved
and kept safe in their families.
E te Matua,
God, great parent of all,
Be present with all the children of the world.
Amen.
PHOTO: Ismail Ferdous (CRS)
Recommended
Flashback from 2016 - Hear the cry of the earth and the poor [Adapted] prayer style:
With music
10 PRAYER MENUThankfulness You will need …
Te Ngākau Whakamoemiti Playdough
(Colossians 3:16-18)
At communion people receive the bread
and hear the priest say, “The body of Christ.”
We remember that Christ gave his body,
his life, because he loved us so much.
We call communion the EUCHARIST,
which means THANKSGIVING.
There is so much to be grateful for!
Share the prayer Water for All.
Take a piece of playdough.
Think of something or someone
that you are grateful for.
Make something out of the playdough
that reminds you of that thing or person.
Recommended
PHOTO: Caritas Internationalis
prayer style:
With an added
object
(playdough)
11 PRAYER MENUWorking Together
Te Mahi Tahi
E Hēhu Karaiti,
During your life on earth you drew people together,
to live together, to work together, to pray together.
You understood that people are happier
when they know and experience the love of others.
Teach us always to include everyone
in our work, in our games,
in our joyful times, and in our sad times.
Pope Francis said,
the only future worth building
includes everyone.
May we play a part
in building stronger
and happier communities.
Amen.
Flashback from 2018 – Let Us Go Together: Recommended
PHOTO: Helen Reynolds
Journeying to Peace and Hope in Timor-Leste prayer style:
With music
12 PRAYER MENUYou will
Wanting Justice for All need …
Te Hiahia kia Whiwhi te Paper Love hearts
(hole punched)
Katoa i te Tika A tree branch
Vase
(Isaiah 1:17) Pens
Reflection
Did you know that if you… Lord, help me to forgive.
• have food in your fridge, clothes on your Help me to offer mercy in
back, a roof over your head and a place to the face of every wrong I
sleep then you are richer than 75% of the
world’s population.
encounter. May the mercy
You place in my heart be the
• have money in the bank, your wallet and
some spare change you are among the
source of Your own divine
top 15% of the world’s wealthy. justice.
• wake up this morning with more health I entrust to You all that I
than illness, you are more blessed than cannot comprehend in this life
the million people who will not survive
and know that, in the end,
this week.
• have ever experienced the danger of You will make all things new in
battle, the agony of imprisonment Your light. Jesus, I trust in You.
or torture, or the horrible pangs of
starvation, you are luckier than 500
million people who are suffering. Take a heart and write one thing in the
world you would like to pray for, then
• are able to read, you are more fortunate attach it to the branch or display on your
than the 3 billion people in the world that class prayer table. Recommended
cannot read. prayer style:
In bursts
(using paper
hearts)
13 PRAYER MENUPrayer of Solidarity
Te Īnoi mō te Toipoto
God of all peoples,
Te Atua o ngā iwi katoa,
Give me the courage to move beyond hopes
and dreams to work with others
to make justice a reality for all peoples.
Give me an open heart and listening ears
to understand the challenges which face those
who are marginalised, lacking the basic necessities
for a dignified life.
Help me to work with others to make a new reality,
PHOTO: Philipp Spalek (CI)
so that those who suffer injustice are heard
and feel the impact of our solidarity
as they confront challenges in their communities.
May I respond generously to your call
so that all may have life and have it to the full.
God of all peoples,
we ask this in the name of your Son, Jesus.
Amen.
Recommended
Adapted from a prayer by Caritas Australia prayer style:
In silence
14 PRAYER MENUYou will need …
Jesus is the Bread of Life A loaf of bread
Ko Hēhu te Taro o te Ora (broken or cut into
bite-sized pieces)
(John 6: 25-59) A bowl
Bread is simple.
When we think of wonderful food,
we may think of things that are
sweet, tangy and full of flavour that Read and Listen to words
from the Gospel of John.
makes our mouths water in delight.
Yet, if you are truly hungry and do Take one piece of bread and
chew it very slowly. Think
not know where your next meal is
about being fed each day and
coming from, you want food that knowing where your meals
will fill you. come from so you can live.
Bread will fill you. As you chew, think about
Bread will not sicken you. those who begin each day full
Bread will SATISFY you. of hunger.
Ask yourself, why did Jesus
Imagine that you are starving, call himself ‘The Bread of
living somewhere like South Sudan Life’?
which has faced famine. Take a moment to share with
Imagine that, suddenly someone the person next to you about
your thoughts on Jesus as
gives you a plate of bread like the
the Bread of Life after today’s
one in our prayer space. prayer time.
Recommended
prayer style:
With an added
object (bread)
15 PRAYER MENUA Prayer for Global Solidarity
He Īnoi mō te Kotahitanga mō te Ao Katoa
O Creator,
Te Kaihanga,
Our world is large, and yet the global community is so fragile.
We glimpse the needs of our sisters and brothers,
and those needs are great.
We want to turn away, but you call us back.
We want simple solutions,
but you want us to help solve the complex problems.
Through your Church, you call us to listen,
to learn, to reflect and to act.
Give us a deep sense of our place in this web of Creation.
Give us the wisdom of mind and generosity of heart
to seek your will in the world today.
Inspire us to respond to the call
to live in solidarity with impoverished countries of the world,
so that all children of God might live in dignity and peace.
Amen.
Recommended
prayer style:
PHOTO: Valérie Kaye (CI) Before a
Prayer adapted from Education for Justice
prayer journal
opportunity
16 PRAYER MENUA Prayer for Reducing Poverty You will need …
A globe or
He Īnoi hei Whakaheke world map
Post it notes
i te Noho Rawakore
Creator God, Think of the countries where Caritas
Aotearoa New Zealand is helping
Your image is alive in every
communities unite and build a
human person, giving to each of sustainable future.
us a sacred dignity. Think of a country in the world
Create in us a desire to live that is suffering from conflict and
by Catholic social teaching violence and does not know the
hope and life that Jesus brings.
principles to help those in need.
Make us willing to share with Think of how Caritas Internationalis
brings people across the world
others our time, our energy, our together to answer the call from
talents and our wealth. Jesus working to restore his
As we share and enjoy the fruits creation.
of your creation, Place post it notes on a globe/world
Restore in us your vision of a map to pray for a specific country.
world made whole and united You may wish to write the name of
the country on the piece of paper
by love.
first and maybe why you want to
pray for them.
Recommended
PHOTO: Valérie Kaye (CI) prayer style:
In bursts (using
Post it notes)
17 PRAYER MENUBreath of Difference
He Whakahā, kia Rerekē
God of peace,
Te Atua o te rangimārie,
Breathe on this fractured world
and heal the divisions that grow wider each day.
Breathe on leaders,
that they might respect
the right of all human beings
to live in peace.
Breathe on those who hate,
opening the hand clenched in a fist,
that it might embrace.
Breathe on the influential,
that their power might be used
for the common good of all.
Breathe on the individual,
and bring freedom from conflict,
and a life that’s free from fear.
God of peace,
breathe on your fractured world.
Amen.
Recommended
Prayer adapted from www.faithandworship.com prayer style:
PHOTO: Caritas Nepal
With candles
18 PRAYER MENUA Prayer for our Earth
He Īnoi mō tō tātou Ao
All-powerful God, Te Atua kawa rawa,
you are present in the whole universe
and in the smallest of your creatures.
You embrace with your tenderness all that exists.
Pour out upon us the power of your love,
that we may protect life and beauty.
Fill us with peace,
that we may live as brothers and sisters,
harming no one.
O God of the poor,
help us to rescue the abandoned and forgotten of this earth,
so precious in your eyes.
Bring healing to our lives,
that we may protect the world and not prey on it,
that we may sow beauty,
not pollution and destruction.
Touch the hearts of those who look only for gain
at the expense of the poor and the earth.
Teach us to discover the worth of each thing,
to be filled with awe and contemplation,
to recognize that we are profoundly united with every creature
as we journey towards your infinite light.
We thank you for being with us each day.
Encourage us, we pray,
in our struggle for justice, love and peace.
Recommended
Flashback from 2017 – Climate Change Prayer Booklet ORIGINAL SKETCH BY SOPHIE HUNTER – YEAR 8 STUDENT
prayer style:
[Prayer of Pope Francis, Laudato Si’] Outside close to
nature
19 PRAYER MENUA Moment for Grace: A Prayer for Refugees
He Wā Poto mō te Wairua Tapu: He Īnoi mō te Hunga Manene
God of our Wandering Ancestors, Ears will no longer turn deaf to their voices.
Long have we known Eyes will see a moment for grace
that your heart is with the refugee: instead of a threat.
that you were born into time Tongues will not be silenced
in a family of refugees but will instead advocate.
fleeing violence in their homeland, And hands will reach out —
who then gathered up their hungry child working for peace in their homeland,
and fled into alien country. working for justice in the lands
where they seek safe haven.
Their cry, your cry, resounds through the ages:
“Will you let me in?” Lord, protect all refugees in their travels.
May they find a friend in me
Give us hearts that break open
and so make me worthy
when our brothers and sisters
of the refuge I have found in you. Amen.
turn to us with that same cry.
Then surely all these things will follow:
PHOTO: Aurélie Marrier d’Unienville (CI)
Prayer by Catholic Relief Services Recommended
(a Caritas agency in the United States) prayer style:
While moving
20 PRAYER MENUClimate Justice Prayers of Intercession
He Karakia Tāpae Īnoi mō ngā Tika Huarere
Response: God of Creation, help us to respect and renew the Earth.
We pray for the waters of the world, that they may be restored to health and filled with bountiful life.
Response: God of Creation, help us to respect and renew the Earth.
We pray for the Earth’s soil, that its richness be protected to ensure abundant harvests for all.
Response: God of Creation, help us to respect and renew the Earth.
We pray for all creatures who share Earth with us, that their beauty and diversity will be preserved.
Response: God of Creation, help us to respect and renew the Earth.
We pray for our brothers and sisters around the world who have been and will be directly impacted by the effects of climate change.
Response: God of Creation, help us to respect and renew the Earth.
We pray for future generations, may they learn from our environmental irresponsibility, and be good stewards living simply and in
harmony with all your creation.
Response: God of Creation, help us to respect and renew the Earth.
We pray for all human beings, that we will be filled with a spirit of concern for the future of our environment, bring an end to the
exploitation of the earth’s scarce resources, and live as responsible stewards protecting and respecting this gift of creation God has
placed in our hands.
Response: God of Creation, help us to respect and renew the Earth.
We pray for wisdom for decision makers in Aotearoa and around the world, that wealthy nations may make amends for the harm they
have done to the environment and find creative and just solutions to protect all of creation and ensure climate justice.
Response: God of Creation, help us to respect and renew the Earth.
Recommended
Flashback from 2017 – Climate Change Prayer Booklet prayer style:
[Adapted from Education for Justice and Caritas Australia] Outside close
to nature
21 PRAYER MENULonging for Peace
He Mānakonako ki te Maungārongo
God of love,
You created us and call us to live as brothers and sisters.
Give us the strength daily to be instruments of peace.
Enable us to see everyone who crosses our path as our brother and sister.
Make us sensitive to the plea for us to turn our weapons of war into implements
of peace, our trepidation into confident trust, and our quarrelling into forgiveness.
PHOTO: Caritas Internationalis
Keep alive within us the flame of hope, so that with patience and perseverance
we may opt for dialogue and reconciliation.
In this way, may peace triumph at last, and may the words: division, hatred and war,
be banished from the heart of every man and woman.
In places of conflict, we pray that the people’s cries will be heard, that a lasting peace will be found.
May weapons of evil be replaced with forgiveness and love.
May dialogue and reconciliation see the end of division, hatred and war.
May your Kingdom come,
on earth as it is in heaven,
especially in South Sudan and Syria, and other parts of the world torn by conflict.
Amen.
Flashback from 2019 – Peace, Love and Life: Hope and Challenges in South Sudan [Adapted] Recommended
[Parts adapted from a prayer by Caritas Australia, adapted from Pope Francis’ Invocation for Peace, 2014] prayer style:
In silence
22 PRAYER MENUThe Government and Leaders of the World
Ngā Kāwanataga me ngā Kaiarahi o te Ao
E te Atua,
God of nations,
We pray for the leaders and politicians around the world,
May You guide them in the decisions they make,
to always remember their people,
Your people, that they may put first the common good.
We specifically pray for leaders in war torn countries.
Open their eyes,
so they may see the real needs of their people,
that they will value love over power,
that the rights of the people will not be denied
and that peace will be a reality soon.
Help those involved in politics,
to reject corruption and work for justice.
We pray for influential voices,
that they will continue to call for peace and equality.
E te Atua o te rangi me te whenua,
God of heaven and earth,
may Your will be done in all the world.
Amen.
PHOTO: Petterik Wiggers (CI)
Recommended
Flashback from 2016 – Hear the cry of the earth and the poor [Adapted] prayer style:
With music
23 PRAYER MENUPrayer Styles
Ngā Momo Tikanga Karakia
Prayer has been defined in many ways: a conversation with God1, a simple
glance directed to heaven2, or simply paying attention to God3. Like all
good forms of communication, we can gain a lot from using different styles
at different times. Prayer is no different. During Lent this year, use the
selected prayers in this booklet to pay attention to God. For each prayer, a
particular style has been recommended. You may choose, however, to use
whatever style will work for your given audience and situation.
• In silence
• Through song
• With music
• With candles
• Rote prayer
• Formula prayer
• In bursts (post it notes etc...)
• Outside, close to nature
• While moving
• In writing (journal etc…)
• With an added object (such as playdough)
• Through drawing
• Prayer circle (taking turns passing object around)
• Lectio Divina4 (reading Scripture multiple times)
• Ignatian contemplation5
1 Max Lucado
2 St Therese of Liseiux
PHOTO: Lukasz Cholewiak (CI)
3 Dr Ralph Martin
4 Watch this short video to find out more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKYEOc3ik9k
5 Find out more at www.ignatianspirituality.com/ignatian-contemplation/
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