Your turn to pray

Short prayers for when you are asked to pray aloud.

A prayer for school or sports

“And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak … as the Spirit gave them utterance.” Acts 2:4. The picture: El Greco, Pentecost, about 1600, Museo del Prado.

About 40 seconds aloud

We give Thee thanks, merciful God, for the instruction and direction which we have received. Grant us Thy grace that we may lay the lesson to heart and carry it into action, to Thy glory and our eternal welfare. Furthermore we pray Thee to pour forth Thy blessing upon our parents and superiors, our teachers and benefactors, and to recompense them abundantly for all the good which they have been the means of bringing to us. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Lasance, The Catholic Girl’s Guide (1906), “Prayer after Instruction,” pp. 438–439

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This is our only closing prayer for school or sports at this length. Try 15 seconds.

El Greco, Pentecostes, numa moldura dourada na parede: os apóstolos e Maria sob a pomba, uma chama sobre cada cabeça
“E todos ficaram cheios do Espírito Santo e começaram a falar... conforme o Espírito lhes concedia que falassem.”Atos 2:4 · El Greco, Pentecost, cerca de 1600, Museu do Prado

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