Sunday, April 4, 2010

"We Pray Thee"

At the risk of sounding sacrilegious...

Has anyone else heard the phrase "we pray thee" used in prayers? Or is it just an Iowa thing? For example, someone will say a prayer that includes, "We pray thee that the Spirit will be here", "We pray thee for those who couldn't come to be able to come next week," or will just plain end with "We pray thee in the name of Jesus Christ, amen."

I was brought up hearing "we ASK Thee" rather than "we PRAY Thee," so it strikes me as odd every time I hear it. Am I just weird? Does anyone else hear this in their ward?

6 comments:

Jennifer said...

I've not heard it before.

LaRae said...

never heard that phrase before -- it is weird

Lisa Merkley said...

i've heard it and it doesn't sit well with me either.

Emily said...

never heard it but it reminds me of the WYWS Catholic prayer

Jennifer said...
This comment has been removed by the author.
Spencer said...

I haven't heard that, but some people here pray in Latin...it's nicer when you don't know what they're saying.