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Summary
- Short prayers open and close the school day, and Lasance’s 1906 prayer book gives a “Prayer before Instruction” and a “Prayer after Instruction” that fit any lesson.
- Student prayers cover studying, exams, a bad grade, a hard subject, friendship and bullying, life away from home and a student who is struggling.
- Teacher prayers cover a new school year, a difficult class (with Isaiah 50:4), exhaustion, a student’s thanks for a teacher and a student teacher.
- The 1928 Book of Common Prayer asks God to bless “all who teach and all who learn” in schools, colleges and universities.
- Pius XI printed the Latin prayer before study Creator ineffabilis, traditionally credited to Thomas Aquinas, in his 1923 letter Studiorum Ducem.
- If a student talks about self-harm or is being hurt, 988 (US), Samaritans 116 123 (UK and Ireland) and 8 800 2000 122 (Russia) take calls.
Bibliography (Click to show)
- Scripture quotations are from the King James Version (1611), text of Project Gutenberg eBook no. 10 (Proverbs 1:7; Ecclesiastes 12:12; Isaiah 50:4; Daniel 1:17; Luke 2:46, 52; Philippians 4:6; Colossians 3:23; James 3:1). https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10
- American Standard Version (1901), James 3:1, as displayed at Bible Hub. https://biblehub.com/james/3-1.htm
- Lasance, Francis Xavier. The Catholic Girl’s Guide. New York: Benziger Brothers, 1906. “Prayer before Instruction” and “Prayer after Instruction,” pp. 438–439. https://archive.org/details/TheCatholicGirlsGuide
- The Book of Common Prayer (Protestant Episcopal Church in the U.S.A.), Standard Book of 1928. Prayers, “For Schools, Colleges, and Universities,” p. 42. PDF facsimile: https://www.artisticdailyprayers.org/uploads/3/0/1/6/30164961/bcp1928std.pdf
- Pius XI. Studiorum Ducem, encyclical letter on Saint Thomas Aquinas, 29 June 1923, with the appended Oratio. https://www.vatican.va/content/pius-xi/la/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xi_enc_19230629_studiorum-ducem.html
- 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. https://988lifeline.org/
- Samaritans. “Contact Samaritans.” https://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan/
- Фонд поддержки детей, находящихся в трудной жизненной ситуации. Детский телефон доверия 8 800 2000 122. https://fond-detyam.ru/ ; https://telefon-doveria.ru/
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