Daily Prayer
Prayer is a crucial element of Christian Faith. Below you will find prayers to help get you started, in addition our Community Prayer Cycle. You can also download the Diocesan Calendar of Prayer from The Diocese of Guildford's website.
If you have something specific that you would like to add to our prayers in the Cathedral, you may like to Post a Prayer.
Prayers
HOLY Spirit, Spirit of truth, come into our hearts;
give to us all the brightness of your light,
that we may be well pleasing to you in faith and hope and love. Amen.
Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peace;
where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
and where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master,
grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;
to be understood, as to understand;
to be loved, as to love;
for it is in giving that we receive,
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
Amen.
St. Francis of Assisi - 13th century
Come, Holy Spirit, almighty Sanctifier, God of love,
who filled the Virgin Mary with grace,
who wonderfully changed the hearts of the apostles,
who endowed all Your martyrs with miraculous courage,
come and sanctify us.
Enlighten our minds, strengthen our wills, purify our consciences,
rectify our judgment, set our hearts on fire, and preserve us from the misfortunes of resisting Your inspirations. Amen.
Prayer for Guildford Cathedral Community 2010
Day 1. The Dean, Victor Stock, The Sub Dean & Precentor, Nicholas Thistlethwaite and Residentiary Canons, Angela Weaver, Jonathan Frost and for Nancy Ford
Day 2. The Lay Administrator, Tony Lyddon and Office Staff of the Cathedral.
Day 3. The Chapter of the Cathedral.
Day 4. The Cathedral Council, Chair Stephen Bampfylde and Finance Committee, Chair Clive Cunningham.
Day 5. The Virgers: Dean's Virger Paul Williamson, Canons' Virger Stephen Reeds, Andrew Hudsmith, Fiona Seaton and honorary virgers John Austin, Richard King and Tim Stannard.
Day 6. The Organist and Master of the Choristers Katherine Dienes-Williams, the Sub-Organist Paul Provost, the organ scholar Simon Earl and the Boy and Girl Choristers and Lay Clerks of the Cathedral. Those who sponsor Choristers.
Day 7. The Friends of the Cathedral, Friends Secretary, Shirley-Margaret Lloyd.
Day 8. The Cathedral Link Representatives.
Day 9. The Guild of Guides of the Cathedral, Chief Guide, Janet Mathews.
Day 10. The Guild of Stewards of the Cathedral, Head Steward, Rodney Gritten.
Day 11. The Guildford Cathedral Occasional Singers, Conductor, John Bawden.
Day 12. The Staff of the Gift Shop, Managers, Carolyn Day and Audrey Brown, and the Volunteers.
Day 13. The Staff of the Book Shop, Managers, Janice Cruse and Laura Cockram and the Volunteers.
Day 14. The Community Roll of the Cathedral and the Community Committee, Chair Trish Lambert.
Day 15. The Pastoral Assistants Team.
Day 16. Those who act as Chaplains to the Cathedral and the Coordinator, John Mitchell (Reader).
Day 17. The Honorary Assistant Clergy, John Gordon Clark, John Alleyne, Martyn Farrant, David Martin and John Busby.
Day 18. The Cathedral Architect, Henry Freeland and all who maintain the fabric and the grounds.
Day 19. The Fabric Advisory Committee, Chair, John Melvin.
Day 20. Catherine Warrington and Charlotte Newton and all involved with the school workshops and visits.
Day 21. The Stewardship Committee, Chair, Ian Bowler; the Music Development Foundation an all involved in fundraising.
Day 22. The Sunday School Teachers, Coordinator Vivienne Duncan.
Day 23. Youth Leaders, Paul and Faith Savage and Peter Yuen.
Day 24. The Flower Arrangers, Coordinator Sue Howland.
Day 25. The Cathedral Archivists, Liz North and Janet Stubbings. The Curator of the Treasury, Ann Wickham.
Day 26. The Altar Servers of the Cathedral, Head Server, Chris Nott.
Day 27. The Cathedral Bellringers, Tower Captain, Richard Burton.
Day 28. The Cathedral Librarian, Janice Cruse.
Day 29. The College of Canons of the Cathedral.
Day 30. The Cathedral Refectory.
Day 31. The Community of Stag Hill: Cathedral, Education Centre and University.