Sundan si Kristo? Kakayanin!

Recollection Module for Grade 6-7

By Bro. Arvin Jesse M. Santos

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. Reflect on the lives of the saints and how they can become a saint by looking into 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
s/he says “Stop,” they will stop. If s/he says “Walk,” they
will walk, etc.
2. For the second round, the facilitator will jumble the
commands, e.g. when s/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 the second round
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 everyday, 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 – to gather
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. Cellphones.
 2. 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 of Prayer
i. Vocal Prayer – sharing our stories to God
ii. Meditative Prayer – reflecting on 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. Prayer for Generosity, to be prayed together

III. Prayer Point I

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 (20-30 minutes)
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 Liseux said, “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: Lead India.
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 a way 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. Prayer Point III

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
magkakamali ng 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? (mga gawaing-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 loved ones
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 Love Letter
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
bond paper) the small acts of love they can promise to try
to do starting today.

VI. Journal Entry

a. 3.2.1
i. 3 Salita na Natandaan Niyo
ii. 2 Lessons na Natutunan
iii. 1 Karanasan or Activity na Babauin Pauwi