School Prayer, Songs & Oaths

PRAYER BEFORE CLASS:

Oh! God who are truth and origin of all knowledge, bless us. Enlighten our minds, strengthen our memory and direct our will towards what is right. Grant us to seek truth always and make us truly wise. ***********************************************************************************************

PRAYER BEFORE LUNCH:

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 every thing. Our hands we fold Our heads we bow For food and drink We thank you now. ***********************************************************************************************

PRAYER AFTER CLASS:

Thank you god for giving us this beautiful day. Help us to remember the things we learnt today. We thank you we praise you we bow to you. ***********************************************************************************************

"WE SHALL OVERCOME" (SCHOOL SONG):

We shall overcome, we shall overcome We shall overcome some day Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe We shall overcome some day The Lord will see us through, the Lord will see us through The lord will see us through some day Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe The Lord will see us some day We’re on to victory, we’re on to victory We’re on to victory some day Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe We’re on to victory some day We’ll walk hand in hand, we’ll walk hand in hand We’ll walk hand in hand some day Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe We’ll walk hand in hand some day We are not afraid, we are not afraid We are not afraid today Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe We are not afraid today The truth shall make us free, the truth shall make us free The truth shall make us free some day Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe The truth shall make us free some day We shall live in peace, we shall live in peace We shall live in peace some day Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe E shall live in peace some day ***********************************************************************************************

OATH TAKEN DURING SPECIAL OCCASSSIONS:

-OATH TAKEN DURING INVESTITURE CEREMONY: Lord make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred let me sow love; Where there is injury pardon Where there is doubt, faith; Where there is despair, hope; Where there is darkness, light; And where thee is sadness, joy. O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek To be consoled as to console; To be understood as to understand; To be loved as to love; For it is in giving that we receive; It is in pardoning that we are pardoned; And it is in dying that we are born to eternal light

St. Francis of Assisi

(1182 – 1226)

NATIONAL ANTHEM

Jana gana mana adhinayaka, jaya he Bharata bhagya vidhata Punjab-Sindu-Gujarat-Maratha- Dravida-Utkala-Banga Vindhya-Himachala-Yamuna-Ganga Uchchala Jaladhi-taranga Tava subha name jage Tava shubha ashish maange Gahe tava jaya-gatha Jana-gana-mangala-dayaka jaya he Bharata-bhagya-vidhata Jaya he, jaya he, jaya he Jaya jaya jaya jaya he !