Sundan si Kristo? Kakayanin!

Recollection Module for Grade 6-7

Objectives:
At the end of the recollection, the participants are invited to:
1. Practice the Breathing Prayer as a preparatory to learning the other methods of
prayer in the future
2. Reflecton the lives of the saints and how they can become as aint by looking in to
their own life and identity
3. Understand how the Gospel of the Feeding of the Five Thousand is an
invitation to them to share their own “Five Loaves and Two Fish” in the service
of God and others through the little acts of love they can promise to do.

Methodology:This Recollection includes pockets of guided silence and encourages

reflection through the activities
i.e.Making my Coat-of-Arms, Reading and Replying to my Palanca Letter, Writing
my Letter to God.

Materials Needed: Bond Paper, Ballpen and other Writing Materials, Crayons,
Small Pieces of Heart, Projector, Speakers, Laptop, Powerpoint Presentation

I. Introduction and Orientation

a. Suggested Ice-Breaker
i. Stop. Walk. Jump. Dance
1. In this activity, the facilitator will instruct the students
that if she/he says “Stop,” they will stop. If she/he says
“Walk,” they will walk, etc.
2. For the second round, the facilitator will jumble the
commands,e.g. when she/he says “Stop” they will walk,
“Walk” they will dance, etc.
3. The facilitator will process them with the question,
“What made the first round easy and these condround
harder?”
4. The facilitator will connect the answers to habits they
learned, and how silence is also something “na hindi
sila sanay.”But if they practice it everyda, they will
experience improvements in their life. Explain that this
is also why they are given this day of recollection.
b. What is a Recollection?
 i. Etymology
1. Re–again; Collect–togather
2. What are they gathering? (answers:memories,
experiences, learnings, lessons)
3. It is a time for them to look back and step back, to pray,
and to be silent in order to reflect and be thankful to
God for the years that had been.
c. Dos and Don’ts
i. Let go of your baggage
1. Academics. Cellphone
Suggested Video: Disconnect to Connect
ii. Eating and drinking is done during break time in the
designated area.
iii. Keep the cleanliness of the surroundings.
iv. No shouting and running.
v. Never disturb your classmates.

II. Opening Prayer

a. Types ofPrayer
i. Vocal Prayer–sharing our stories to God
ii. Meditative Prayer–reflectingon God’s love for us
iii. Contemplative Prayer–quietly listening to God

b. Breathing Prayer
i. Teach the participants the breathing prayer.
1. Sit properly: both feet flat on the floor, back relaxed
but not touching the backrest, hands open above the
knees
2. Breathe properly: breathe through the nose and
exhale through the mouth
3. “Imagine that you are inhaling the Holy Spirit, and every
time you exhale you release the bad spirit”
4. Give the participants one minute of silence.

c. PrayerforGenerosity,tobeprayed together

III. Prayer PointI

a. Sundan si Kristo? Kakayanin.
i. Jesus Christ repeated the call “Follow Me” many times in the
Gospels.The same invitation is given to us until now. But
before we can follow Christ, we must answer the question:
Who Am I? As children, the participants can start reflecting on
this question by looking at their dreams, talents, and skills.
b. Activity:Anong Nasa Mga Kamay Ko? I (20-30minutes)
i. The participants will trace their hand on the paper or journal.
On the fingers, they will write their talents and skills (at least
5). On the palm at the things that they are willing to share with
other people.
c. When we follow God, we bring our whole self. If we follow God, we
fulfill our mission to become a saint.
i. Ask “Who are the saints that you know?”
ii. Ask “What are the qualities that you see in them that made
them saints?”
iii. Ask “Do you think you can become a saint”
 iv. Share to them stories of saints that are very human (St. Paul
and his persecution of Christians, St. Augustine and his
immoral adolescence, St. Ignatius of Loyola and his pride,
St. Therese of Liseux and her ordinariness of life).
v. Video: March of the Unqualified
vi. Saints are people like me and you who were not perfect, but
they never stopped trying despite of their mistakes and sins,
because they have found their happiness in God.
vii. Video: You Can Be a Hero, Too
viii. Closing Point: They can be saints and heroes too in their own
little ways. As St. Therese of Liseuxs aid, “To do the ordinary
things with extraordinary love.”

IV. Prayer Point II

a. No One becomes a Saint Alone
i. We all have differences and similarities that make us who we
are. As future saints, we must see that other people also have
feelings, problems, skills, and potentials. But what makes
something better is connection.
ii. Video: Be Together. Not the Same. Or The Tree: LeadIndia.
iii. In the lives of the saints, other people became instrumental in
their following of Christ: St. Augustine had St. Monica, his
mother, who cried day and night for his conversion. St.
Dominic Savio, a very young saint, had his teacher, St. Don
Bosco.
iv. In the lives of saints, even their negative experiences with
others brought them closer to following Christ: St. Lorenzo
Ruiz being wrongly accused, St. Paul being blinded
v. Ask: Who are the people in your life that help you
everyday? (parents, teacher, friends, family members)
vi. Have you thanked them recently? Have you expressed your
love for them? Paano natin ginagantihan ang pagmamahal
nila sa atin?
vii. Activity: Reading of Palanca Letter and Writing a Reply (20-30
minutes)
1. Students will be given enough time and space to read
the letters prepared by their parents. Explain that they
will write a reply letter as away to pour out everything
they have felt while reading the letter.
 2. When everyone is done, they can keep it because it will
be offered during the Holy Mass.

V. PrayerPointIII
a. Suggested Ice-Breaker
i. Gumagawa ng May Pagmamahal.
1. The participants will be divided into groups. They
will be assigned a gawaing bahay and be taught the
tune and actions. (Actions can be improvised by the
speaker)
2. Kakantahin ng dalawang beses ng grupo ang Gawain
nila, tapos kakantahin nila ng dalawang beses kung
kaninong grupo nila ipapasa. Tatapusin sa salitang
“Sige!”
3. Dapat saluhin ng kabilang grupo kaagad at ipasa muli
sa ibang grupo. Matatanggal ang di makakasagot agad,
ang magkakamaling steps, o kung di magkakasabay-
sabay ang grupo.
ii. Processing Question:
1. Anong pakiramdam habang ginagawa ang activity?
2. Anong mapapansin sa mga pinagawa sa inyong mga
gawain?(mgagawaing-bahay,mga Gawain sa araw-
araw)
3. Anong nararamdaman natin kapag ginagawa natin ito
araw- araw? (boring, nakakatamad, napipilitan, baka
mapagalitan)
4. Bakit ngayon Masaya natin itong ginagawa? (dahil
imaginary lang, dahil in-enjoy, dahil may kasama)
iii. Sa araw-araw, pwede rin nating bigyan ng kasiyahan ang
bawat Gawain natin, at lagyan ito ng pagmamahal.We follow
Christ when we do things with love.
iv. Video: Five Loaves and Two Fish. Or. Read the Gospel of
John 6: 1-13
v. What are your five loaves and two fish?
1. Your talents and skills
2. Your dreams
3. Your potentials
4. Your struggles and mistakes
5. Your love dones
6. Your whole self
vi. Madalas naniniwala tayo sa sinasabi ng iba na “Ito ka lang.”
Madalas nahihiya tayo at nahihirapan tayong mahalin ang
 sarili natin. But God sees who we really are. God sees that
we can be more. God makes us more than who we are now.
vii. Video: The Father’s LoveLetter
viii. God will know what to do: Siya na ang bahala. We offer
everything to Him. Because as a person, we get our strength
from God.
ix. Activity: Writing My Commitment to God (10-15 minutes)
 1. The participants are now invited to write down on the
small hearts that they have (or they make a big heart
with their bondpaper ) the small acts of love they can
promise to try to do starting today.

VI. Journal Entry

a. 3.2.1
i. 3 Salitana Natandaan Niyo
ii. 2 Lessonsna Natutunan
iii. 1 Karanasan or Activity na Babauinin Pauwi