Lord,
it seems as though our lives are one test after another,
weighing us in somebody’s balance.
Save us from taking the coming tests
too seriously or too lightly,
but grant that we may reflect
the best of the work we’ve done
and the best of the teaching we’ve received. . . .
John W. Vannorsdall
Notre Dame Prayer Book
it seems as though our lives are one test after another,
weighing us in somebody’s balance.
Save us from taking the coming tests
too seriously or too lightly,
but grant that we may reflect
the best of the work we’ve done
and the best of the teaching we’ve received. . . .
John W. Vannorsdall
Notre Dame Prayer Book
Dear Lord,
Sometimes I feel a little strange praying to you because of an exam. It doesn’t really seem all that significant when you consider the “big picture.” But right now, the test looms so large that it is all I can see before me.
I pray to you for three things:
- the strength to handle the pressure that I feel,
- the confidence to feel secure in my knowledge and preparation,
- and the ability to keep an appropriate perspective on it all.
Help me to keep in mind what is really important, even as I focus all of my time and energy on this test in the immediate future. Amen.
I pray to you for three things:
- the strength to handle the pressure that I feel,
- the confidence to feel secure in my knowledge and preparation,
- and the ability to keep an appropriate perspective on it all.
Help me to keep in mind what is really important, even as I focus all of my time and energy on this test in the immediate future. Amen.
Dear God,
Today I will have my examinations.
You know how important they are to me.
So I am humbly asking Your gracious help and divine assistance.
I pray to you,
my dear God,
please never let me be at ease and give my very best.
Please never let me guess nor rely on pure luck,
but enlighten my mind and let me think clearly.
Please never let me resort to chances nor to dishonesty,
but let me work to the fullest of my ability.
I pray for Your guidance that i as i think,
I may find the right solutions,
I may be able to correctly answer the questions,
I may solve those difficult problems.
I ask, O God, Your intercession,
that as I write,
I may not be careless nor overconfident,
I may not be distracted but be more concentrated,
I may not be in a hurry nor take the exams too lightly.
Today, O my Lord,
I will take my examinations.
Let me, with Your help,
give my best effort.
Let me, because of You,
receive the best and fruitful results.
This I pray in Jesus name. Amen.
Today I will have my examinations.
You know how important they are to me.
So I am humbly asking Your gracious help and divine assistance.
I pray to you,
my dear God,
please never let me be at ease and give my very best.
Please never let me guess nor rely on pure luck,
but enlighten my mind and let me think clearly.
Please never let me resort to chances nor to dishonesty,
but let me work to the fullest of my ability.
I pray for Your guidance that i as i think,
I may find the right solutions,
I may be able to correctly answer the questions,
I may solve those difficult problems.
I ask, O God, Your intercession,
that as I write,
I may not be careless nor overconfident,
I may not be distracted but be more concentrated,
I may not be in a hurry nor take the exams too lightly.
Today, O my Lord,
I will take my examinations.
Let me, with Your help,
give my best effort.
Let me, because of You,
receive the best and fruitful results.
This I pray in Jesus name. Amen.
A Prayer Before Exams
Loving Father,
Source of all wisdom,
help me to use my time
and my intelligence wisely
as I prepare for my exams.
Help me to dispose myself
to listen to Your Holy Spirit,
so that You, as my Loving Father,
may place me in a state of prayer
and lead me to understand
that the supreme wisdom
is knowing I am Your child.
Help me to remain serene
so that my work may truly reflect
this profound truth.
Mary, Mother of my spiritual life,
guide me in the ways of your Son,
so that my work may help
to transform this world for His glory.
Amen.
(Adapted from a prayer card distributed by the Newman Catholic Center at Baruch College, New York City)
Loving Father,
Source of all wisdom,
help me to use my time
and my intelligence wisely
as I prepare for my exams.
Help me to dispose myself
to listen to Your Holy Spirit,
so that You, as my Loving Father,
may place me in a state of prayer
and lead me to understand
that the supreme wisdom
is knowing I am Your child.
Help me to remain serene
so that my work may truly reflect
this profound truth.
Mary, Mother of my spiritual life,
guide me in the ways of your Son,
so that my work may help
to transform this world for His glory.
Amen.
(Adapted from a prayer card distributed by the Newman Catholic Center at Baruch College, New York City)
My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going
I do not see the road ahead of me.
I cannot know for certain where it will end.
Nor do I really know myself,
and the fact that I think I am following your will does not mean
that I am actually doing so.
But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you.
And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing.
I hope I will never do anything apart from that desire.
And I know that if I do this,
you will lead me by the right road
though I may now nothing about it.
Therefore, I will trust you always.
though I may seem to be lost
and in the shadow of death.
I will not fear,
for you are ever with me
and will never leave me
to face my perils alone.
Morning Prayer
Lord Jesus,
I give you my hands to do your work
I give you my feet to go your way.
I give you my eyes to see as you do.
I give you my tongue to speak your words.
I give you my mind that you may think in me.
I give you my spirit that you may pray in me.
Above all,
I give you my heart that you may love in me,
your Father, and all mankind.
I give you my whole self that you may grow in me,
so that it is you, Lord Jesus,
who live and work and pray in me.
Night Prayer
O God, with whom there is no darkness, but the night shines as day:
keep and defend us and all your children, we beseech you,
throughout the coming night. Renew our hearts with your
forgiveness and our bodies with untroubled sleep, that we may wake
to use more faithfully your gift of life, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.
Prayer to the Holy Spirit
Holy Spirit, I offer myself to your work of healing,
peace and reconciliation. In my busy world bless my
silent moments. In the stillness of my heart may I find
peace within myself, peace with others and peace with you.
I do not see the road ahead of me.
I cannot know for certain where it will end.
Nor do I really know myself,
and the fact that I think I am following your will does not mean
that I am actually doing so.
But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you.
And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing.
I hope I will never do anything apart from that desire.
And I know that if I do this,
you will lead me by the right road
though I may now nothing about it.
Therefore, I will trust you always.
though I may seem to be lost
and in the shadow of death.
I will not fear,
for you are ever with me
and will never leave me
to face my perils alone.
Morning Prayer
Lord Jesus,
I give you my hands to do your work
I give you my feet to go your way.
I give you my eyes to see as you do.
I give you my tongue to speak your words.
I give you my mind that you may think in me.
I give you my spirit that you may pray in me.
Above all,
I give you my heart that you may love in me,
your Father, and all mankind.
I give you my whole self that you may grow in me,
so that it is you, Lord Jesus,
who live and work and pray in me.
Night Prayer
O God, with whom there is no darkness, but the night shines as day:
keep and defend us and all your children, we beseech you,
throughout the coming night. Renew our hearts with your
forgiveness and our bodies with untroubled sleep, that we may wake
to use more faithfully your gift of life, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.
Prayer to the Holy Spirit
Holy Spirit, I offer myself to your work of healing,
peace and reconciliation. In my busy world bless my
silent moments. In the stillness of my heart may I find
peace within myself, peace with others and peace with you.
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