![]() The Jesus Prayer is also meditatively recited as the image is painted. “ Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner.” When gazing upon the holy image, one may meditate and slowly repeat one prayer, The Jesus Prayer: These images are meant to aid in the perfection and salvation of one’s soul. The image brings the viewer’s mind to God and all things holy. Therefore, the images are given to us from a primary source. Luke, the Apostle, is said to have painted three icons of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The first Christian icon is said to have been made “not with human hands.” It was Christ’s face transferred to a cloth as a holy gift to heal the King Avargrus of leprosy. This makes Christian icons and iconography a sacred art, a devotional. Therefore, if the image is a holy one, we venerate it as though it was, in reality, the Holy One. Simply, it is an image that embodies the thing it depicts. To my surprise, he learned many other things but my main goal was to teach him to pray and love God. I believe viewing icons, praying with icons and making one’s own icons to be a very good practice for the formation of the young. If you taught your child nothing else, they would learn many life tools through looking at these holy images. It was such a warm, special time in our lives. ![]() We spent the year making large, painted, festal icons. When my eldest was four years old, I decided that for preschool his chief education would be in the faith. So my friend Renée Clayton who taught my son’s class graciously offered to share all her wisdom on the blog for you. When I shared an image on Instagram of the icon my eight-year-old made at our homeschooling co-op, I got TONS of requests for a tutorial. This post contains Amazon affiliate links. You can sign up for my email newsletter here to stay in touch, or look me up on Instagram! Welcome to Carrots! I'm so glad you're back. ![]()
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