5 finger prayer

Prayer Spaces at Home

Open your hands and look at the 5 fingers on one of your hands. Each finger is going to remind you for whom you can pray.

  • Take an A4 paper and outline your hand on it.
  • Cut out the outline of your hand and write the following on each finger. 
  • Thumb: family and friends,             
  • Pointer: leaders and teachers, 
  • Tall Finger: governments and police,
  • Ring Finger: the sick and the poor
  • Little Finger: me and my needs.
  • Stick your hand template on a popsicle stick and dig it in the soil.
  • Now you can look at your hand template and say your five different prayers according to the intension you wrote on each finger.   

How to use this space

God speaks to us in many ways, including through prayer at home. Here you will find useful background and activities to better understand how to pray, helping you to connect with God in your daily life in a meaningful way.