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Prayer of Saint Ephrem

Okay kiddo, have you ever heard of people praying before? It's when they talk to God or ask Him for help or say thank you. Well, the prayer of Saint Ephrem is a special kind of prayer that is used during a special time in the church called Lent.

Lent is when people who are part of the Christian faith give up something they really like, like candies or video games, and think about how they can be better people. During this time, people often pray a lot more and try to be kinder to others.

Now, the prayer of Saint Ephrem is special because it has some really important words in it that remind us to be humble and kind. Humble means not thinking we're better than other people and being willing to say sorry when we make mistakes. And kind means being nice to others and looking for ways to help them.

The words in Saint Ephrem's prayer remind us to ask God to help us be more humble and kind. And it's also a really good prayer to say when we have done something wrong and want to ask God for forgiveness.

So, in short, the prayer of Saint Ephrem is a special prayer that helps us be better people during Lent by reminding us to be humble and kind, and asking God to help us do that.