Prayer
Prayer has always allowed me to find strength and support. Sharing my personal prayer life with my students has challenged me to improve my relationship with God. I am more comfortable in my conversations with God after discussing prayer with students, as well as praying with my students. Opening up to others about sharing my life with God has created a more genuine relationship for me in my faith.
Different prayers encourage and inspire students in different ways, what a powerful experience to facilitate young minds in finding a prayer that excites them, whether it is for a sporting event, or just for their day ahead. Discussion of formal and informal prayer has allowed all of us to feel more open in building that relationship with God.
Watching the strength and support an athlete feels after a team prayer is empowering, and an experience I share with the teams I coach and classes I teach.
Prayer in sport is something I am very passionate about as an athlete, educator and Catholic. Please see my "Faith in Sport" section of my portfolio.
Prayer has always allowed me to find strength and support. Sharing my personal prayer life with my students has challenged me to improve my relationship with God. I am more comfortable in my conversations with God after discussing prayer with students, as well as praying with my students. Opening up to others about sharing my life with God has created a more genuine relationship for me in my faith.
Different prayers encourage and inspire students in different ways, what a powerful experience to facilitate young minds in finding a prayer that excites them, whether it is for a sporting event, or just for their day ahead. Discussion of formal and informal prayer has allowed all of us to feel more open in building that relationship with God.
Watching the strength and support an athlete feels after a team prayer is empowering, and an experience I share with the teams I coach and classes I teach.
Prayer in sport is something I am very passionate about as an athlete, educator and Catholic. Please see my "Faith in Sport" section of my portfolio.
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Staff Prayer before school
As a staff at St. Francis Crystal Lothian leads us in morning prayer every week, this always rejuvenates me for the remainder of my week and facilitates a closeness with my peers. |
Community Prayer at St. Francis PD day
Beginning my day with prayer has become routine no matter where I am, or what I am doing. I am privileged to share this routine with St.Francis staff and students every day!
Grade 9 Religion
- Reflection on prayer, different moods for different prayers and different languages
- FNMI leaders or students read Blackfoot prayers followed by a class reflection and discussion
NII-TSI-TA-PIAA-TSI-MO-YIH-KAAN
(A Blackfoot Prayer)
AYO A' PIS-TO-TOO-KI
(Creator)
ISS-POM-MO-KIN-NAAN
(Help Us)
NAH-KAY-ISS-TSI-TSI-SIN-NAAN
(To Listen)
NAH-KAI-KIM-MO-TSI-SIN-NAAN
(To Be Kind to One another)
NAH-KAY-II-KA'-KI-MAA-SIN-NAAN
(To Try Hard)
NAH-KOH-KO-KA-MO'-TOH-SIN-NAAN
(To Be Honest)
NAH-KA-WA-TO-YII-TAK-SIN-NAAN
(To Be Spiritual)
OOH-TO-KIN-NAAN, A'PIS-TO-TOO-KI
(Hear Us, Creator)
KIM-MIS KO-KO-SIKSI
(Have Pity On Your Children)
II-KSI-KIM-MA-TAP-SI-YA
(They Are in Need)
KAA-MO-TAA-NI
(Grant Us Safety)
NII-STA-WA-TSI-MAANI
(Help Us To Raise Our Families)
NAA-PIIO' SINI
(So That They May Live Long Lives)
The Lord’s Prayer
Aayo’kinnon spoohtsi kitsitaopi kiitsinihka’simi
Our Father who art in heaven hollowed be thy name
Nakooh kito’toohpinnaan annihk kitsi taamipaitapiiyssini
Thy kingdom come
Ann kaanistai’taamisimsstato’pi kookoowaayi spoohtsi
Ass akooh kattanistaisiwa anno ksaah koyi
Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven
Kokkinnaan naahksowato’pinnaani annohk ksiistsikol;
Give us this day, our daily bread;
Noohkaisskahsi’tsit nipahtsa’pssinnaanistsii ann
Naanistaiskahsi’tsi pinnaani
Naanistaipahtsiistotootspinnaani
And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who
trespass against us
Minoohk ito’tsiplookinnaan iiyikoyi ooki
Noohksikamotsiiplookinnaan
And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil
Aamoistsi yayi noohkaohsiih katoo’pi
(A Blackfoot Prayer)
AYO A' PIS-TO-TOO-KI
(Creator)
ISS-POM-MO-KIN-NAAN
(Help Us)
NAH-KAY-ISS-TSI-TSI-SIN-NAAN
(To Listen)
NAH-KAI-KIM-MO-TSI-SIN-NAAN
(To Be Kind to One another)
NAH-KAY-II-KA'-KI-MAA-SIN-NAAN
(To Try Hard)
NAH-KOH-KO-KA-MO'-TOH-SIN-NAAN
(To Be Honest)
NAH-KA-WA-TO-YII-TAK-SIN-NAAN
(To Be Spiritual)
OOH-TO-KIN-NAAN, A'PIS-TO-TOO-KI
(Hear Us, Creator)
KIM-MIS KO-KO-SIKSI
(Have Pity On Your Children)
II-KSI-KIM-MA-TAP-SI-YA
(They Are in Need)
KAA-MO-TAA-NI
(Grant Us Safety)
NII-STA-WA-TSI-MAANI
(Help Us To Raise Our Families)
NAA-PIIO' SINI
(So That They May Live Long Lives)
The Lord’s Prayer
Aayo’kinnon spoohtsi kitsitaopi kiitsinihka’simi
Our Father who art in heaven hollowed be thy name
Nakooh kito’toohpinnaan annihk kitsi taamipaitapiiyssini
Thy kingdom come
Ann kaanistai’taamisimsstato’pi kookoowaayi spoohtsi
Ass akooh kattanistaisiwa anno ksaah koyi
Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven
Kokkinnaan naahksowato’pinnaani annohk ksiistsikol;
Give us this day, our daily bread;
Noohkaisskahsi’tsit nipahtsa’pssinnaanistsii ann
Naanistaiskahsi’tsi pinnaani
Naanistaipahtsiistotootspinnaani
And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who
trespass against us
Minoohk ito’tsiplookinnaan iiyikoyi ooki
Noohksikamotsiiplookinnaan
And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil
Aamoistsi yayi noohkaohsiih katoo’pi
Hearing the above Blackfoot prayers said out loud is beautiful and intriguing. Students were asked to listen to the prayer first without knowing what the words meant. Students felt different moods and gathered different ideas just form hearing the prayer and then they compared those ideas after knowing what the words meant. Prayers that students have grown up saying were transformed with a whole knew meaning and mood. Allowing students to listen to the prayers first, letting them infer just from listening was a very unique experience, and very personal. After listening to the prayer and discussing possible meanings of words and tones of the prayer I would then tell them the translated version, and we would listen again. This comparison brought a level of discovery and individuality to prayer for both myself and my students.
(Left: St. Kateri Tekawitha, is the fourth Native American to be venerated in the Roman Catholic Church, our patron saint at the time of this activity)
(Left: St. Kateri Tekawitha, is the fourth Native American to be venerated in the Roman Catholic Church, our patron saint at the time of this activity)
