DICES Virtual or Modular Retreat for Grade 6

Theme: “Gifted to Give: Growing up in God’s Love in my Life’s

Journey”

DAY 4: SESSION via school’s ZOOM account (CLE-VE Teachers or

CVIO Coordinator)

1:00pm - Preliminaries: Room Admission of participants (via

ZOOM)
Preparation of Sacred Space (At home)

1:20pm - Settling Down: OPENING PRAYER

Once again, I am inviting
everyone on this fourth day of our virtual
retreat to beg for God’s grace to be more
open to the word, which God speaks to us
today through our facilitator, school-
mates, and classmates.

+ In the name of the Father, and of the

Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Song Video: Huwag kang Mangamba

Scripture Reading: Ephesians 5: 1-2

“So be imitators of God, as beloved children and live in love,
as Christ loved us and handed Himself over for us as a
sacrificial offering to God for a fragrant aroma.”

Silence
Points for reflection:

1. How do you experience God’s love?

2. Where is God inviting me to these experiences?
Prayer: Lord, I thank you for calling us, for encouraging us and
drawing us nearer to You. You bring us into a new day of
destiny as You call us to a journey. Lead and guide us
according to Your plan for us. We believe You are
always present in our life, young as we are, we have
failed many times to obey You, through our parents, our
teachers and friends. Forgive us, Lord, and never leave
our side. We make our prayers through Jesus our Lord
and Savior. Amen.

1:30pm - Small Group Sharing:

Facilitator: Hello! How are you? Kumusta ang ating karanasan

sa loob ng tatlong araw?

Okay! This time, we will be having a small group

sharing. I will assign you to your room and once
lumabas sa screen ninyo ang room number just
click “join.”

GROUP SHARING

In your small group, you will share and show your poster, family gram
(genogram or family tree), and your “Life’s Journey.”

Reminders: During the sharing, we will remember the acronym

LIPJASS.
 LISTEN (your role when not speaking is simple to be there for
others and give your 100% attention to the person sharing
his/her output and;
 Don’t INTERUPT nor PREACH
 Don’t JUDGE.
 Don’t give ADVICE
 Keep your sharing SECRET and SACRED.
The facilitator will show a picture of a tree.
The facilitator will ask two questions for a short reflection
1. How does a tree grow?
2. What will you do, for you to grow physically, emotionally,
and spiritually in God’s love?
3. How will you grow up as you walk in your life’s journey?

Allow the students to write their responses (3minutes).

Guide questions for group sharing

Share some of your action plans to your groupmates

for you to grow physically, emotionally, and
spiritually in God’s love.

You will be given 15 minutes for small group sharing. Assign a

particular person to present your output/summary of your sharing for
the plenary, especially about your feeling, learning, realizations, and
discoveries you have experienced during the small group sharing.

Okay! You may now join your group! Good luck and God bless!

2:10pm - Big Group Sharing:

Facilitator: Welcome back! Kumusta ang sharing?
Pakisulat nga sa chatbox ang iyong naramdaman nung
ibinabahagi mo sa iyong ka-grupo ang iyong life’s
journey/road map.

Tatawagin na natin ang representative from each group to present the

summary of your small group sharing.

2:25pm – Synthesis:

Walang mali na nagyari sa ating buhay. Lahat ito ay biyaya;

marahil maraming tanong ang bumabalot sa ating isipan tungkol
sa mga pangyayari sa ating buhay. Marahil ang iba ay may
 kasagutan na, at ang iba ay wala pa. Matuto tayong mag hintay
sapagkat ang Diyos ay may plano na sa ating buhay.

DEEPENING:
As young people, we are loved by our friends and family despite the
mistakes that we have committed. God loves us this way; every day, He
still loves us even though we are imperfect. This is the reason why we
can love others, our family and friends, despite their imperfections. God
is inviting us to love one another as He loved us.

The Gospel according to St. John 15:12-15

 “This is my commandment, that you love one another as

I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this that
someone lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if
you do what I command you. No longer do I call you servants,
for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I
have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father
I have made known to you.

The Gospel of the Lord.

Friendships can often be exclusive with some people ’in’
and some ’out .’ But Jesus’ friendship goes beyond the
conventional and traditional definition of friendship. He offered
a kind of friendship that goes beyond even giving and offering
His own life. “This is my commandment, that you love one
another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this
that someone lay down his life for his friends.” (Jn. 15)
Sometimes friendships break up, and there are reasons
why this happens, likewise friendships can be mended.
Forgiveness is a very important element in this situation.
However, there is also the need, at times, for friendships to
change, as young people discover who they are and what
interests them. This change of friendships is healthy, but it is sad
if anger and bitterness are caused by these changes.
 Let us have this Prayer of Friendship (Vienna Cobb Anderson)
Write the name of your prayer partner in your “Workbook,” then make a
Commitment Vow.

“Mula sa araw na ito, sa harap ng Diyos ipinapangako ko

ikaw__________ ay ipagdadasal ko sa lahat ng mga adhikain mo.”

A Friendship Prayer by Vienna Cobb Anderson.

You have blessed us, O God,

with the gift of friendship,
the bonding of persons
in a circle of love.
We thank you for such a blessing:
for friends who love us,
who share our sorrows,
who laugh with us in celebration,
who bear our pain,
who need us as we need them,
who weep as we weep,
who hold us when words fail,
and who give us the freedom
to be ourselves.
Bless our friends with health,
wholeness, life, and love.
Amen.
After the prayer, kindly click the react button “like” or “accepted”
button to your partner in the atmosphere of prayer, and say the words:
“FRIEND REQUEST: ACCEPTED”

VIDEO: Power of Your Love

2:35pm Closing Prayer: Eucharistic Adoration

This moment we are all invited to spend quality time with our One and True
friend Jesus Christ in the Holy Eucharist.
Sit quietly with reverence. Focus your eyes to your friend
Jesus in the Holy Eucharist. Listen to His Words.

DAY 4 - Eucharistic Adoration of Grade 6 pupils

Time: Feb 18, 2021 02:40 PM Singapore

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