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Summary
- Short prayers ask for lasting faith, good friends, a mentor, direction, a young person who has drifted from God, one mocked for their faith, and motivation.
- A youth meeting can open with a short prayer, pray seven intercessions answered “Lord, hear our prayer,” and close with the blessing of Numbers 6:24–26.
- Prayers for teenagers to say themselves cover exams, friends, comparing themselves online, temptation, the future, fighting at home, loneliness, forgiveness and thanks, with two prayers from the 1888 Catholic Manual of Prayers.
- The 1928 Book of Common Prayer supplies an evening collect (“Lighten our darkness”), a prayer for those about to be confirmed and the bishop’s prayer “Defend, O Lord, this thy Child.”
- Paul prayed for young Timothy “night and day” (2 Timothy 1:3), and 1 Timothy 4:12 names word, conduct, charity, spirit, faith and purity as marks of a young believer.
- Catholics ask the prayers of Aloysius Gonzaga (1568–1591), named protector of young students in 1729 and patron of Catholic youth in 1926.
Bibliography (Click to show)
- Scripture quotations are from the King James Version (1611), text of Project Gutenberg eBook no. 10 (Numbers 6:24–26; 1 Samuel 3:10; Psalm 4:8; 103:12; 119:9; 139:14; Proverbs 3:5–6; 18:24; 27:17; Ecclesiastes 12:1; Deuteronomy 31:6; Matthew 5:11; Romans 12:18; 1 Corinthians 10:13; Galatians 5:22–23; Ephesians 2:10; 1 Thessalonians 5:18; 1 Timothy 4:12; 2 Timothy 1:3–5). https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10
- The Book of Common Prayer (Protestant Episcopal Church in the U.S.A.), Standard Book of 1928. Evening Prayer, “A Collect for Aid against Perils,” p. 31; Prayers, “For those about to be Confirmed,” p. 43; The Order of Confirmation, p. 297. PDF facsimile: https://www.artisticdailyprayers.org/uploads/3/0/1/6/30164961/bcp1928std.pdf
- A Manual of Prayers for the Use of the Catholic Laity, prepared and published by order of the Third Plenary Council of Baltimore. New York: Catholic Publication Society, 1888. “A Prayer before Study or Instructions,” pp. 171–172; “A Prayer for Choosing a State of Life,” p. 174. https://archive.org/details/AManualOfPrayers1888
- O’Conor, J. F. X. “St. Aloysius Gonzaga.” The Catholic Encyclopedia, vol. 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907. https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01331c.htm
- Diocese of Nashville. “St. Aloysius Gonzaga: Patron of Catholic Youth.” https://www.nashvillecatholic.org/news/posts/st-aloysius-gonzaga-patron-of-catholic-youth
- Orthodox Church in America. “Chrismation.” The Orthodox Faith, vol. 2, Worship. https://www.oca.org/orthodoxy/the-orthodox-faith/worship/the-sacraments/chrismation
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- Samaritans. “Contact a Samaritan.” https://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan/
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