At infant school we said a prayer at the end of each day -
Hands together softly so
Little eyes shut tight
Father just before we go
Hear our prayer tonight.
And I used to say 'mother' instead of father because she was the one waiting for me at the gate not my 'dad'!
A childhood belief about prayers
others believed things like this
- When I was learning the Lord's Prayer, I used to say, "Our Father, who does art in heaven...."— Karen
- I used to believe that in the Christian Prayer of the Faithful, we were responding, "Lord, harrow prayer."— Smelleanor
- I used to have to say the Lord's prayer everyday, but I would wonder where my daily bread was.— caledonia
I used to believe that the Lord's Prayer instructed us to lead a snot into temptation. — Susan- I used to htink that the Lord's prayer went "and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us some email..."— Dyth
- In the Hail Mary prayer, I used to say 'Bless a dark fowl among women' rather than 'blessed art though'Anon