Here you will find prayers for many different seasons and situations, moods and moments. We hope it will be a useful resource for your prayer times. Whatever is on your mind, you may find the prayer below helps you relax, and settle into a prayerful mindset.
Relaxing into Prayer
Focus on your breathing
Feel the air entering your lungs
Hold it for a few moments
Then breathe out
Take each breath a little deeper
If your thoughts distract you, acknowledge them
But don't get sucked into thinking... worrying... planning
Just return to your breathing
Breathe in - feel the life-giving air enter you
Hold - enjoy the sensation of just being, here... now... in this moment
Breathe out - the cycle continues
Continue to come awake to yourself, here... now... in this moment
When you are ready
and if you wish to
begin to pray.
Prayers for the ups and downs of Life
Prayers for a Better World
Prayers for the Departed
Prayers from the Bible
Prayers for the Seasons of the Church Year
Classic Prayers
Another excellent resource is the SPCK Book of Christian Prayer which has over 1,200 prayers.
