Sing & Sign Prayers
Prayer is something we do with our whole selves: body, mind, and spirit. One way we can deepen our prayer is to be intentional about how we use our bodies when we pray. We can use different body postures (kneeling, bowing, standing), gestures, and movements to express our prayers. Sometimes we interpret prayers using American Sign Language. Incorporating ASL into our prayers may help visual and kinesthetic learners, pre-literate and pre-verbal children, and people who are hard of hearing participate more fully in the liturgy. Try it out!
Practice
The Sanctus is a prayer we sing every week in the liturgy, as we prepare for communion.
The Lord's Prayer is a prayer we sing every week in the liturgy.
The Gloria is an Christian hymn of praise that we sing most Sundays.
In the Beginning the Word Was comes from the first chapter of the Gospel of John.
We often sing it during the seasons of Advent & Christmas.
We often sing it during the seasons of Advent & Christmas.
Arise, Shine for your light has come is a canticle from the book of Isaiah.
We often sing it during the seasons of Christmas & Epiphany.
We often sing it during the seasons of Christmas & Epiphany.
Come Heavenly Comforter is a song we often sing at the time of Pentecost (early summer).
The Beatitudes are a series of sayings at the heart of Jesus' Sermon on the Mount.
We read or chant the Beatitudes on All Saint's Day (early November) and at other times during the year.
Learn each part individually, then put it all together.
We read or chant the Beatitudes on All Saint's Day (early November) and at other times during the year.
Learn each part individually, then put it all together.
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The O Antiphons are ancient prayers we sing throughout Advent, the seven weeks leading up to Christmas.
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