SQA Examination Prayer
by Bishop Stephen McGill
Dear Lord, please help me in my examinations.
Help me to face them with courage,
steady in nerves and keen in mind.
Please help me to grasp fully
the questions that are asked,
to remember all that I have studied,
to express my answers accurately
and with the completeness desired.
Grant me dear Lord, a due sense of timing,
and let me not waste precious minutes in
useless asides and unwanted digressions.
Before I hand in my papers,
Give me the wisdom
to examine what I have written,
and the alertness of mind to detect
and correct any mistakes I may have made.
Lord grant me success
if success is good for me.
But I know that you know what is best for me.
With loving trust therefore I say,
Whatever the results,
blessed be Your holy will.
