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SHALL PRAYERS

FOR

SMALL CHILDREN

By

Auleen B. Eberhardt



Nihil Obstat :

CHARLES M. SMITH
Censor Lxbrorum

Imprimatur:

f EDWARD D. HOWARD, D. D,
Archbishop of Portland in Oregon

July 14, 1949

(Single copies — fifteen cents)

Benedictine Press

ST. BENEDICT, OREGON



FOREWORD

One of the most important duties of

mothers is to teach their children to pray.

This collection of prayers is written

especially for mothers—so that they may
teach their little ones to know and love God.

The prayers are in verse and can easily

be memorized by the pre-school child.

If they are the means of bringing children

closer to God
,
the time spent by mothers

in this service will indeed be golden
,

precious hours.

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PRAYER

TO THE HEAVENLY FATHER

We praise Thee, 0 Father,

In heaven above.

We thank Thee for blessings

And give Thee our love.

We worship Thee, Father,

Hallowed be Thy Name.

Thy glory and goodness,

Let all men proclaim.

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A SIMPLE NIGHT PRAYER

Good night, dearest Lord.

Please guard me in sleep.

Bless father and mother;

In Thy love do us keep.

MORNING PRAYER

God, Our Father, bless Your Child,

Make me good like You, and mild.

Let me think of You today

When I’m busy at my play.

No harm then will come to me,

For my thoughts will be of Thee.

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PRAYER TO MARY

Sweet Mother Mary in heaven,

Look down upon your child.

Help me to be like Jesus,

Kind and meek and mild.

GRACE BEFORE MEALS

We thank you, dear Lord,

For the food that we eat.

For the bread and the fruit,

The milk and the meat.

We love you, dear Lord,

Through the hours of the day,

And we’ll find You in heaven

If we follow Your Way.

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A MORNING OFFERING

FOR SUNDAY

Thank you, 0 Father, for ray rest.

And through the day I’ll do my best

To please You.

I’ll try to make the whole day bright

With good, kind deeds and all things

right,

To praise You.

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ANOTHER

MORNING PRAYER

Good morning, dear Lord.

I now kneel to pray.

Please keep me from harm

And bless my whole day.

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WE KNEEL TONIGHT

Our Father in heaven.

We now kneel tonight

To ask your protection

Until it is light.

Let no harm come to us

Though no light we see;

Send angels to guard us,

We ask this of Thee.

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A WEE CHILD’S NIGHT PRAYER

Dear God, I kneel tonight to pray

To thank You for the long, good day.

Please bless my parents, kind and

true,

And bless my little playmates, too.

Let angels guard me through the

night

And bring me safe to morning light.

Courtesy of Today’s Woman

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STARLIGHT PRAYER

I like to pray at starlight time,

For in the sky I see

A million tiny shining lights

That all were made by Thee.

0 You have made the great, wide

world,

And so I kneel to pray.

To thank you, Lord, for everything

You gave to me today.

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A WEE CHILD’S MORNING

PRAYER

Father, keep me good today;

Make me helpful, kind and gay;

Keep me cheerful when I play;

Make me anxious to obev.

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PRAYER FOR OUR COUNTRY

God, bless this land in which we live,

God, bless our country dear.

Keep it from dangers and from perils;

To it be always near.

God, bless our rivers and our lakes,

Our plains and mountains, too.

Keep people in this great, broad land

Safe in their love for You.

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THANKSGIVING PRAYER

TO THE HEAVENLY FATHER

I give Thee thanks for everything

That Thou hast given to me,

For parents, loving, kind and true,

For all good things I see.

I thank Thee, Lord, for sky, for trees,

For meadows and for streams,

For sunshine bright, for time to play,

For rest and happy dreams.

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EASTER PRAYER

0 Risen Christ,

A little child

Looks up to You with love.

You are our God,

Our Saviour, too.

Our King in heaven above,

CHRISTMAS PRAYER

Little Fair and Lovely Child,

Angels for You sing,

As they kneel around Your earth,

They call you their king.

Bless me, fair and lovely Child,

Make me good like You,

Make me kind, and this I pray,

To You I will be true.

Courtesy of Today’s Woman

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GOLDEN RULE PRAYER

Let me think of others, Father,

Through the day,

Help me to be kind, unselfish,

This I pray.

Let my hours shine with good deeds,

Helpful, true,

And in this way I’ll reach Heaven,

Home—with You.

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