Morning prayer

Dear God,

Help me spend today with a smile on my face,

love in my heart, joy in his grace

and my thinking cap on all day.

Amen.

St. Werburgh; pray for us.

St. Columba; pray for us.

St. ________; pray for us.

And all the other saints; pray for us.

Father in heaven, you love me,

you’re with me night and day.

I want to love you always in all I do and say.

I will try to please you, Father,

bless me through the day.

Amen.

Morning prayer

(linked to our school mission statement)

Hello, Lord Jesus,

Please help me to follow in your footsteps.

Teach me to place God at the centre of my life.

Show me how to care for others

as much as I care for myself.

Help me to make the kind of world you dreamed of.

I pray that I may make good choices

in all that I do and say.

I pray that I will consider others

and work to live peacefully with those around me,

so that I may grow to be the person God

made me to be,

the person God loves, and will always love.

Thank you for showing me the way.

Grace Before Meals

Bless us, O God

as we sit together.

Bless the food we eat today.

Bless the hands

that made the food.

Bless us, O God.

Amen.

Dear Jesus,

Thank you for the food

we are going to eat today.

Please bring food to those children

who haven’t got any.

Amen.

Grace After meals

Thank you, God,

for the food we have eaten.

Thank you God,

for all our friends.

Thank you, God, for everything.

Thank you, God.

Amen

Act of Sorrow

(contrition/sorry prayer)

Oh my God,

because you are so good

I am very sorry that

I have sinned against you,

and with the help of your grace I will try not sin again.

The Apostles’ Creed.

I believe in God,

The father almighty,

Creator of heaven and earth.

I believe in Jesus Christ,

His only Son, our Lord.

He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit,

And was born of the Virgin Mary.

He suffered under Pontius Pilate,

Was crucified, died and was buried.

He descended to the dead.

On the third day he rose again.

He ascended into heaven,

And is seated at the right hand of the Father.

I believe in the Holy Spirit,

The holy Catholic Church,

The communion of Saints,

The resurrection of the body,

And the life everlasting.                        Amen

St.Werburgh’s & St.Columba’s School Prayer

Thank you, Lord, for this lovely new day.                                                   

Bless all that we do and all that we say.                                            

Help us and guide us to take care of each other                                  

To share and be kind and to love one another.                                        

We ask you to guide us as we walk down life’s path                             

as we follow in your footsteps to love, learn and laugh.                 

St. Werburgh protects us                                                                       St. Columba guard us

Amen.