Around the old Coventry Cathedral are a number of prayer panels. They give expression to a broad view of the gospel:
Hallowed be Thy name in industry.
God be in my hands and in my making.
Hallowed be Thy name in arts.
God be in my senses and in my creating.
Hallowed be Thy name at home.
God be in my heart and in my loving.
Hallowed be Thy name in commerce.
God be in my desk and in my trading.
Hallowed be Thy name in suffering.
God be in my pain and in my enduring.
Hallowed be Thy name in Government.
God be in my plans and in my deciding.
Hallowed be Thy name in education.
God be in my mind and in my growing.
Hallowed by Thy name in recreation.
God be in my limbs and in my leisure.
(Refrain prayed after each section)
Holy, Holy, Holy; Lord God of Hosts;
Heaven and earth are full of Thy Glory
2 comments:
Thank you for your post. I am trying to find the original source for this prayer. Do you know when was first used?
Hi Blaines - apologies for the delay in responding. I've been attempting to find an answer to your question. I made contact with the Coventry cathedral archivist and she replied with the following:
I feel certain the “prayer panels” you are enquiring about are in fact the Hallowing Places, which refer back to the mediaeval guild chapels. They were not recovered from the old Cathedral after it was bombed during the war, but were designed in 1949 by Provost Howard who was head of the Cathedral at that time. The eight original wooden plaques were removed from the ruins and are now to be found on the wall of the Deanery.
Engraved slate tablets have since been installed in the ruins at the sites of each of the guild chapels and these are known as Hallowing Places.
The idea has been re-established in the design of the new Cathedral where the Tablets of the Word, designed and carved by Ralph Beyer, are placed on the nave walls around the Cathedral. The text on each tablet was chosen by Bishop Neville Gorton who suggested that each tablet should be correspond to life at that time – work, home, education etc.
I hope this information is of help to you.
With kind regards
Dianne Morris
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