It is our hope that the continued action of praying together will foster fellowship, respect, sportsmanship, and dignity of players, coaches, parents, and officials.

We have added some game day prayers for you to use or have your team create one to share on game day. The home team should take the lead on the prayer before each game.

game day prayers

Please bless today’s game, our opponent, our team, and all watching our play. Thank you for the opportunity to compete and bring out the best in each other. May we play hard and fair. Please keep everyone safe from injury and harm. – Amen. (adapted from Play Like a Champion)

God our Father, help us to put forth our best effort, to represent our school with class, to respect our opponents, and to grow as disciples of your Son, Jesus. Keep us safe from injury and harm through the intercession of Our Lady, the mother of your Son, and our mother, too. We ask this through Christ, our Lord. - Amen

Dear Lord, You have blessed us with many gifts and talents. We thank you, especially for the ability to participate in sports today. Help us to play in a Christ-like manner, in a way that fosters goodwill and teamwork, and to play to the best of our abilities. Win or lose, we hope to have fun, make friends, and celebrate life. - Amen.

Dear Jesus, we seek to honor you in all we do. We pray that all our thoughts, words, and actions may reflect your love for us. Help us to respect those around us—our coaches, our teammates, our opponents, our officials, and our families. Help us to try our best, in everything we do, recognizing that our gifts and talents are blessings from God. We ask this through Christ, our Lord, - Amen.