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Topic: children
Prayer
Days of Prayerful Service (a parent’s prayer)
The phone rings. The baby cries.
The school child asks for answers.
The mail arrives. The bills appear.
The laundry piles. The cooking waits.
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Prayer for a deceased loved one on their birthday
I celebrate the life of the beloved I knew,
the hands I held, the life I shared.
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For Those Who Have Mothered Us
May others find in us the shelter and the love that we have been so freely given by those who have mothered us
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Take good care (A child’s prayer)
Thank you for all the wonderful things
You have made:
The whole world, all the people
My home, my school, my friends, my pets.
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A Prayer for Teachers during this pandemic
Give us an abundance of patience as we learn to juggle our teaching, sanitizing, distancing and masking, while trying to be attentive to the needs of our students.
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Prayer for Moms and Dads
Pour into us unimaginable love and ready us
to nurture the children You entrust to our care.
Quote
“[Your charity], it was life a gift from heaven, and is a new proof of the tender watchfulness of that divine Providence, of which we are in truth doubly the children.”
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“All that you teach the children must be taught for the greater glory of God and for the good of the children.”
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“...I believe Our Lord loves and protects these dear children, who for [God's] love live here in the midst of the thick forest.”
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“Show kindness to them [children] and be attentive to their spiritual and physical needs.”
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