The right words
at the right time.
Prayers and guidance across traditions for the moments that matter in healthcare and at life’s edges. Every text names its source.
No resource is published until a qualified reviewer signs it. None has been signed yet.
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View all occasionsBefore surgery
The hours before an operation, for the patient and for those waiting.
Serious illness
A diagnosis that changes the shape of a life.
Dying and the end of life
The last hours, and what each tradition asks be done at them.
Grief and mourning
After a death, including the formal mourning periods traditions set.
Birth and new life
Arrival, naming and welcome.
All Occasions
See the complete list of 17 life occasions.
Every tradition. Every occasion.
Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist and Sikh practice, alongside non-religious and humanist guidance for people who want something said without religious language. None is open yet: a tradition appears here only once its coverage is genuinely adequate.
Browse traditionsWritten with care. Reviewed with integrity.
Every resource is sourced, rights-cleared, and reviewed by qualified people from the relevant tradition before it appears. Change a word after review and the page comes down until it is signed again.
Our review processHow Make A Prayer works
Sourced
From a named public-domain edition, with rights established for that edition rather than for the prayer.
Transcribed twice
Two people copy the same page independently, neither able to see the other's work.
Compared
Identical, or it does not publish. 8 texts are held back today, and we list them.
Reviewed
A credentialed practitioner signs the exact version they read. Nobody has signed anything yet.
Yours to print
A clean page for a bedside or a graveside, carrying the line that says where the words came from.
Reviewed by real people. None yet.
Every published resource shows who reviewed it and when.
Resources are written and sourced. None has been reviewed by a qualified practitioner yet, so none is published. When the first one is signed, this is where you will see who signed it, which aspect they checked, and when.
How our review model works→