Fourpray
"But really, when you come right down to it, there are only four basic prayers. Gimme! Thanks! Oops! and Wow!” says Rabbi Gellman.
“That’s it?”
“Yep. Wow! are prayers of praise and wonder at the creation. Oops! is asking for forgiveness. Gimme! is a request or a petition. Thanks! is expressing gratitude. That’s the entire Judeo-Christian doxology. That’s what we teach our kids in religious school.”
From “The Right Way to Pray?”, posted in the New York Times.
“That’s it?”
“Yep. Wow! are prayers of praise and wonder at the creation. Oops! is asking for forgiveness. Gimme! is a request or a petition. Thanks! is expressing gratitude. That’s the entire Judeo-Christian doxology. That’s what we teach our kids in religious school.”
From “The Right Way to Pray?”, posted in the New York Times.
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