Prayer Before Class
How to pray before starting class
Gathering your school children together in prayer is an ideal way to begin a class. Prayer stills the body, focuses the mind, and reminds us of what is really important in life. As you pray you may wish to invite your students to make some kind of physical preparation as well, such as closing eyes, bringing their hands together or folding arms, depending on the age range involved. These small steps will help to bring a moment of stillness and remind us that something special is about to happen. Before praying, you may also want to remind them of who they are about to talk to, for example by saying "we're about to talk to the one who made all the beautiful things we see in nature, who loves us and cares deeply for each one of us here". This page features a number of good short prayers suitable for in person or online use with your class:
prayers on this page
a prayer to say in front of class
catholic prayers before class
opening prayer for sunday school
morning school assembly prayer
online prayer for children
Prayer Before Class
Dear Lord and Father of all,
Thank you for today.
Thank you for ways in which you provide for us all. For Your protection and love we thank you.
Help us to focus our hearts and minds now on what we are about to learn.
Inspire us by Your Holy Spirit as we listen and write.
Guide us by your eternal light as we discover more about the world around us.
We ask all this in the name of Jesus.
Amen.
(a short prayer for children to say from www.lords-prayer-words.com)
Show a fun video!
"Cheeky Monkey TV" is a fun way of helping children pray to God onilne. In this episode, Monkey learns that God is everywhere, and leads us in a short opening prayer to say before starting class:-
Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.
Proverbs 22:6, (NIV)
A prayer to say in front of class
Lord, we thank you for everyone who is here today. Thank you that each one of us is special and loved by you. Today we give all the things that we will learn together. Help us to understand everything that we see and hear, and may we enjoy being together and learning more about this beautiful world. Amen.
(a teachers prayer from www.lords-prayer-words.com)
More prayers before class
a short prayer suitable for saying at the beginning of the school day:-
Catholic Prayers
Two common prayers in the Catholic faith before the start of class are:-
The Lord's Prayer
• Our Father, who art in heaven....read more
Glory Be
• Glory Be to the Father, and to the Son....read more
A Students Prayer
by St Thomas AquinasThis prayer may be useful to say with older teenagers and college students:-
Come, Holy Spirit, Divine Creator, true source of light and fountain of wisdom! Pour forth your brilliance upon my dense intellect, dissipate the darkness which covers me, that of sin and of ignorance. Grant me a penetrating mind to understand, a retentive memory, method and ease in learning, the lucidity to comprehend, and abundant grace in expressing myself. Guide the beginning of my work, direct its progress, and bring it to successful completion. This I ask through Jesus Christ, true God and true man, living and reigning with You and the Father, forever and ever.
Amen.
a prayer suitable for younger children to say:
Opening prayer for sunday school
Dear Lord Jesus,
We are excited to learn more about you, to read the bible and hear stories. Thank you that we can play games together. Thank you that we can create and make things that remind us of you.
Amen.
(a children's prayer from www.lords-prayer-words.com)
Prayer for Young People
an inspiring prayer suitable for showing with teenagers in high school or in a church youth meeting:-
A Prayer Suitable for a School Assembly
Dear Father,
Thank you for our teachers, our school and our families. As we gather together this morning we invite Your Holy Spirit to inspire us, guide us and teach us in everything that we do today.
We give you our anxious thoughts and receive your peace. Thank you that you promise to be with us always.
Amen.
(a modern prayer for children from www.lords-prayer-words.com)
More resources for children and teachers ..
here are links to some resources to help with school life