The God Squad: A God Squad discovery … the bedtime prayer
Q: Have been following the issue in the newspaper about a good bedtime prayer. I don't like the version with "death" in it at all, nor did my wife. I am not sure where we learned the version we use, but it goes: "Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep. Be with me through this night I pray, and also through the coming day." Seems a lot calmer and reassuring than the version with death in it. I just wondered why I haven't seen this version in the paper? Maybe I missed it. -- (From T)
Q: I found this prayer several years ago and love it. While it's meant for children, it's great for adults like me with short attention spans.
Bedtime Shema for Young Children
Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is One.
Praised is the Lord by day and praised by night,
praised when we lie down and praised when we rise up.
I place my spirit in His care, when I wake as when I sleep.
God is with me, I shall not fear, body and spirit in His keep.
Amen -- (From B)
Q: The prayer I said with my children before they went to sleep is:
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