The School Prayer - Queen Elizabeth's School

The School Prayer commends to us the virtues of faithful service and thankfulness and reminds boys that they today benefit from the labours of their predecessors and so have a duty to aid those who follow them.

The full prayer forms part of the School’s annual Founder’s Day Service of Thanksgiving, held on the third Saturday in June, and is recited in abridged form each day during form time and assemblies. It is part of the rich heritage which continues to contribute such a crucial part of the School’s ethos.

O Lord God, the Maker and Builder of every house not made with hands, we give thee thanks for this School in which we have our share.

Give thy blessing, we beseech thee, to all this our body, to the Head Master, to the members of the staff, to the boys, and to those who minister our needs.

Inspire us, O Lord, so to do our work today that, even as we are being helped by the remembrance of the loyal lives of those who came before us, so our faithfulness in thy service may aid those who shall take our places.

Remember, O Lord, for good, all who have gone forth from this School, to labour elsewhere in thy kingdom. Grant that both they, and we, may fulfil thy purpose for us in this life, and finally may attain thine everlasting kingdom, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.