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Morning Time
Morning Time
Good Tree Morning Time is a way to anchor each day in group-wide fellowship. Before splitting into forms each morning, we will take time to pray, sing, recite and encourage one another in our habit of the month. We will also make announcements during this time-- families are welcome to stay for Morning Time. All of the Morning Time prayers, songs, memory work and habits for the year can be found below.
"We blossom and flourish/ as leaves on a tree/ and wither and perish/ but naught changest Thee."
-Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise
"We blossom and flourish/ as leaves on a tree/ and wither and perish/ but naught changest Thee."
-Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise
Prayers
The Angelus (Morning Time & Lunch)
Anima Christi
The Divine Praises
Regina Coeli
The Magnificat
Songs & Hymns
"O Sacred Heart, O Love Divine"
“Holy God We Praise Thy Name”
“O Salutaris Hostia”
"O Saving Victim"
“Tantum Ergo”
"Down in Adoration Falling"
"Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus"
"What Child is This"
"At the Cross Her Station Keeping"
"Alleluia Sing to Jesus"
"Immaculate Mary"
"The Church's One Foundation"
“Salve Regina”
"Good Tree" by The Hillbilly Thomists
other selected hymns from A Catholic Book of Hymns and Chants
Poetry
2026-2027: We will be committing to heart the poetry of American poet William Wadsworth Longfellow to enhance our study of American Literature.
9/14- 11/16 "A Psalm of Life"
1/11- 3/15 "Excelsior"
4/5- 4/26 "The Arrow and the Song"
In addition to Longfellow, each student in Forms 2 and 3 must choose and memorize two additional poems. More direction will be given in Humanities class. Form 2 choice poems must be at least 20 lines each and Form 3 choice poems must be at least 30 lines each.
Habits
Scripture Memory
Click below for .pdf of Morning Time habits, scripture and poetry:
morning time 27 - Google Docs.pdfSeptember (1)
1 Thessalonians 5:15-18 — “See that none of you repays evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to all. Rejoice always, pray constantly, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.”
October (2)
James 1:19, 20, 22 — “Know this, my beloved brethren. Let every man be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger, for the anger of man does not work the righteousness of God... But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.”
November (3)
1 Thessalonians 5:9-11 — “For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us so that whether we wake or sleep we might live with him. Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.”
December (4)
Proverbs 4:25-27 — “Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you. Take heed to the path of your feet, then all your ways will be sure. Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your foot away from evil.”
January (5)
Genesis 2:2,3,15 — “On the seventh day God finished his work which he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had done. So God blessed the seventh day and hallowed it, because on it God rested from all his work which he had done in creation... The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to till it and keep it.”
February (6)
Proverbs 6:6–8 — “Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise. Without having any chief, officer or ruler, she prepares her bread in summer, and gathers her food in harvest.”
March (7)
Proverbs 25:28 — “A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls.”
Wisdom 8:7 — "And if any one loves righteousness, her labors are virtues; for she teaches self-control and prudence, justice and courage; nothing in life is more profitable for men than these."
April (8)
Ephesians 4:25-27 — “Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another. Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and give no opportunity to the devil."
May (9)
Galatians 5:13 — “For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love be servants of one another.”
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