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Composition of a national prayer for all school children

Dec 29, 2015 Letters

Dear Editor,
Please permit me a space in your paper to express my view on the many articles in all of Guyana major papers with regards to “Prayer in school”. Being a  multi-racial and a growing country, Guyana should be allow to learn to grow with what it has until such time as it can take full control of what it has, and then make changes.
Today society and our lives are changing for the worst. It is called the “End of Time”, according to Hinduism of which our activities for different cultures and the little place for religion are dwindling away.
Among our new way of life the ethics, values and moral will not be there for our children to live by. Bullyism will be the norms. The strong will prevail over the weak which is taking place right now in front of our eyes.
Guyana has lots of different religious denomination with people from all around the world moving to Guyana. Haitians about 30,000 are speaking French. In America, they learn to speak English and become the best church attendance and officials.
Prayer is a scientific system to reach the Almighty God. Draw closer to God and He will draw close to you. God knows what you need before you ask him. If we want God to answer our prayer, we must be a devotee to meet our requirement. God is keenly interested in our inner thoughts because He wants us to be close to Him.
One of the basics of a secular society is a society without any official images, nor is there any common ideal type of behavior with universal application, for which the secular system does not set any overall aim. It helps its members to realize their aims. It is not homogeneous, but is pluralistic.  They have deep respect for individuals and small groups of which they are a part.
Guyana is an English speaking country and we should allow prayers in schools be conducted in English, seeing the Indigenous  People can now speak English. They have come a long way being here for thousands of years in South America and Guyana that profoundly help to build this “Guiana” of ours.
The prayer which I was doing in school, “O Father Who Art-in-Haven, Hallow Be Thy Name.” I will consider it, a Universal Prayer, bear –in-mind, I am not a Christian. In that prayer, “Thy Kingdom Come” to my understanding has nothing to do with the British or Christianity. To my understanding it means when “I reached the Lord, God Home/Heaven”.
Because of changing society and the world, children and society do not take up prayer.  This is the biggest problem fathers and mothers are having with their children, family and society. They cannot build around that one thing to help them in having a family built around ethical and moral values.
If a person do not want to join in prayer at school, he should be free to remain in silence, but allow other to do their prayer. The Minister of Education, the Government  and the Opposition should insist that prayer in school  be mandatory  for the children’s future  being, to build a sound family of principles to live by, with ethics, morals and values  to build a great society and a great Guyana.
I will suggest an ordinary prayer for all in English. ”O my God, the Omnipotent one of the Universe, I now offer to You all obeisance,  in Your presence, here there and everywhere. O Lord God, please lead me on the right path to reach You, and since You know all that I have done in the past. Please free me from the reactions to my past sins so that there will be no hindrance to my progress”. This is a universal prayer for everyone. They can use it loudly or silently. I do hope Minister of Education Rupert Roopnarine takes this into consideration.  Prayer in school should be mandatory for the benefit for our children.
S N. Singh,
Florida

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