5 September 2007: Amazing Grace

The Church of England has published a series of prayers aimed at helping people cope with the stresses of working life.

The prayers include one for frustrated commuters, which concludes "Let me know your peace and grace ... For the sake of my sanity."

Another likens work to "trying to blow a boulder uphill with a straw".

And for those who's days consist of one irritating telephone call after another, how about saying this brief prayer each time the 'phone rings: "Father, as I talk to this person, give me a listening ear and a gracious tongue."

Amen.