If you are looking for prayers or reflections to use in your youth group, classroom or even just to enrich your own personal prayer life, here are some places to begin:

 

Quiet Space

quietspacehttp://churchresources.info/pray/index.shtml

Run by Jesuit Communications (Australia), this website offers a variety of prayer and reflection resources including a Thought for the Day, Daily Prayer Online, Prayer in the Classroom, and Reflection on the Daily Gospel. You can also listen to the daily reflections and meditations on your mp3 player or via their podcast.

 

RESource

REsourcehttp://www.resource.melb.catholic.edu.au/

This beautifully designed website by the Catholic Education Office Melbourne provides a vast amount of prayer and formation resources for young people - particularly in a school environment - however they could easily be adapted to work in parish youth group settings. There are resources for the church seasons, as well as ethics, scripture, church history and worship. There are short multimedia reflections that can be viewed online with a prayer service suggestions for different age groups (i.e. primary, secondary, and staff).

 

Sacred Space – Daily Prayer Online

sacredspacehttp://www.sacredspace.ie/

Run by the Irish Jesuits this website provides a 10-minute prayer for you to pray while you sit at your computer – at home, at work, at school – with the help of on-screen guidance and scripture chosen specially each day. These daily prayers are now available in a book for each day of 2009 (contact your local Catholic bookstore or purchase online).