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Children's Prayer Sampler
What prayers were you taught as a child? Find prayers and blessings
from many backgrounds on this chart.

BACK TO CHILDREN'S PRAYER FEATURE

Tradition	Prayer(s)
African	O God, You are on high with the great spirits. You lift up the grassy hills Above the earth, and create the rivers, O Gracious One. O God, Creator, The One who is good to us, Good day to you, God, Good day. I am learning, God; Let me learn well.
Buddhist	May all beings be happy May all beings live in peace May all beings be at ease May all beings live in safety.
Catholic	O Angel of God, my Guardian dear, To whom God's love commits me here Ever this day be at my side, To light, to guard, to rule and guide.
Christian (nondenominational)	Thank you for the world so sweet, Thank you for the food we eat, Thank you for the birds that sing, Thank you God for everything. Now I lay me down to sleep. I pray the Lord my soul to keep. If I should die before I wake, I pray to God my soul to take. If I should live for other days, I pray the Lord to guide my ways.
Hindu	We love God for God teaches the birds To sing lovely songs. We love God for God loves children and Blesses them with intelligence and goodness.
Jewish	Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One Blessed art though, O Lord our God, ruler of the universe, who bringest forth this bread from the earth.
Muslim	In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful Praise be to God The Cherisher and Sustainer of the Worlds; Most Gracious, Most Merciful; Master of the Day of Judgement Thee do we worship, And Thine aid we seek. Say: He is God, the One and Only; God, the Eternal, Absolute; He begetteth not; Nor is He begotten And there is none Like unto Him.
Native American	Grandfather, Great Spirit you have been always, And before you nothing has been. There is no one to pray to but you. The star nations all over the heavens are yours, And yours are the grasses of the earth. Grandfather, Great Spirit, fill us with the light. Teach us to walk the soft earth as relatives to all that live. Help us, for without you we are nothing.
Pagan	Now I lay me down to bed Great Spirit, bless my sleepy head As I journey in my sleep I know the Dragons, my soul will keep Mother Earth and Father Sky Watch over me here where I lie Bless me, Maiden, Mother, Crone. [Touching head and feet] All between my hands and feet belongs to the Goddess.
Russian Orthodox	The soul that is not nourished by prayer Is like a tree without soil. Pray in the woods Pray in the fields, Pray when you dig ditches, Pray in silence So that no one can see you.
Taoist	O Master of the Earth, You live without growing old. You cover everything like the sky. Give me the joy of understanding You As the earth and the sky understand You.
Unitarian Universalist	From all that dwells below the skies Let faith and hope with joy arise: Let beauty, truth and good be sung Though every land, by every tongue.

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