The little basket contains spiritual gifts given to baby Jesus for Christmas (we did this from Christmas Day until Epiphany). Instead of making New Year's resolutions for ourselves, both the children and adults were encouraged to offer a gift to Jesus when the roses were offered to Our Lady, "Mama Mary we offer these roses as a sign of love and humility (or whichever fruit), please help us to bring our gifts to Jesus to fruition". We suggested things like kneeling for our prayers, bowing our head at the name of Jesus, a daily act of kindness, refraining from distracting others in prayer, honouring Jesus by receiving him on the tongue. If people weren't sure what gift to offer we told them to pray during the rosary and ask Jesus what he would like.
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