Prayer

NATIONAL PLEDGE

INDIA is my country.
All Indians are my brothers and sisters.
I love my country and I am proud of its rich and varied heritage.
I shall always strive to be a loyal and worthy citizen of it.
I shall show respect to my parents, teachers and elders and shall be obedient to them.
I shall show kindness to animals.
To my country and my people, I pledge my devotion.
In their happiness and prosperity alone lies my happiness.
May God give our countrymen peace and prosperity.

SCHOOL SONG

Hark ! now we sing.
Of RPS, the school that we love,
For it's here that we learn to uphold the right,
Seeking light, seeking help from above.
Strive might and main.
Let the odds be what they will.
We shall conquer all trials great and small.
on ward girls, we must climb the hill,
March ! falter not.
Though the way be weary and long.
All the toil and strife, face we bravely, now
Firm in faith, bold of heart and strong.

PRAYER BEFORE CLASS

O my God
We are about to study
for the love of you,
grant us your blessing.

PRAYER AFTER CLASS

We give you thanks Almighty
God for all the benefits
We have received today
from your bounty.

MORNING PRAYER R. Tagore

Ref.: I have come to thee to take thy touch before I begin my day.
Let thy eye rest upon my eyes for a while.
Let me take to my work the assurance of thy comradeship my friend.
Fill my mind with thy music to last through the desert of noise.
Let thy love's sunshine kiss the peaks of my thoughts And linger in my life's valley where the harvest ripens.

SCHOOL PRAYER

Look down with favour upon us
As we assemble here
To praise Thee, O Lord!
Grant that in this school
There may be laid the foundations of a character well pleasing to Thee.
Be Thou our Guardian and Guide in all things
And help us to be faithful and true to the ideals that are set before us here.

O God, our Creator and Father,
By whom we are made,
Help us to remember that we belong to Thee!

Prevent us from doing any action this day
That would make us ashamed of being called thy own children!

Bless our parents, teachers and friends,
Bless our country and our leaders
Bless those who do us good.

Keep our young minds and hearts, open to all who need us... And bless the people who have no one to help and comfort them this day.

PRAYER BEFORE AN EXAMINATION

O God, giver of all good gifts, we place our minds and hearts before you, asking you to help us in our Examination. Send upon us Your Holy Spirit to help us remember all that we have learnt. Keep us calm and alert so that we may be able to do our best and glorify and praise you always.

PRAYER TO THE GUARDIAN ANGELS

O Angel of God, my Guardian dear
To whom God's love commits me here
Ever this day, be at my side
to watch and guard, to rule and guide.

ACT OF SORROW (AT THE END OF THE DAY)

O my God, I am heartily sorry for my sins and I detest them because they displease you. O my God, who are so deserving of all my love, I promise with your help, never to sin any more.

PRAYER AFTER SCHOOL

O God I thank you with my heart's love for all your wonderful blessings.
I thank you for life, health and protection from harm.
I thank you for all the good things, and the happiness that has come to me through my home, my parents, my school and my teachers, my schoolmates and close friends and all those who love me. I am truly sorry that I so often take these blessings as though they were due to me.
And I am most sorry that I have repaid your goodness to me with ingratitude and sin.
I want to love and please you. Please give me the courage and love I need.
Be with us Oh Lord on our way home.
St. Claudine, pray for us.

PRAYER FOR OUR COUNTRY R. Tagore

Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high,
Ref.: Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake!
Where knowledge is free,
Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow domestic walls,
Where words come out from the depth of truth,
Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection,
Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way into the dreary desert sands of dead habit,
Where the mind is led forward by thee into ever widening thought and action.