Prayer of St. Richard
Most have never heard of St. Richard, Bishop of Chichester 1245-1253. Many however have heard or seen Godspell, the Broadway musical, which included this song based on the prayer of St. Richard. "Day by Day" entered the charts May 20, 1972 and peaked at #13 on the "Billboard Hot 100" that year.
Many amateur and professional renditions of Godspell, loosely based on the Gospel of Matthew, followed.
From 2007 to 2013 Carol and I lived in Worthing, England, a few miles from the Chichester Cathedral where St. Richard served and penned the prayer from which the Godspell song was taken. The original prayer is depicted, right (click for larger version).
Enjoy an MP3 audio of the original Broadway version or a video example, in WMV, of one of many creative productions which followed.
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