How to learn a verseWEB Catholic Edition
Five steps, one a day, a few minutes each. Here they are on one verse from this set:
Proverbs 30:8-9 Remove far from me falsehood and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with the food that is needful for me, lest I be full, deny you, and say, ‘Who is the LORD?’ or lest I be poor, and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.
- 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.Remove far from me falsehood and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with the food that is needful for me, lest I be full, deny you, and say, ‘Who is the LORD?’ or lest I be poor, and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.
- 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.Remove far from ___ falsehood and lies. ____ me neither poverty ___ riches. Feed me ____ the food that ___ needful for me, ____ I be full, ____ you, and say, ‘___ is the LORD?’ ___ lest I be ____, and steal, and ___ dishonor the name ___ my God.
- 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.Remove ___ ____ me ______ ___ lies. ____ ___ neither ______ ___ riches. ____ ___ with ___ ____ that ___ ______ for ___, ____ I ___ ____, deny ___, ___ say, ‘___ ___ the ____?’ ___ lest ___ ___ poor, ___ _____, and ___ ______ the ____ ___ my ___.
- 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.R f f m f a l. G m n p n r. F m w t f t i n f m, l I b f, d y, a s, ‘W i t L?’ o l I b p, a s, a s d t n o m G.
- 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Proverbs 30:8-9
Then say it to someone, and come back to it after a day, three days and a week.