Message from BBC Radio 4

Do you have strong memories related to times when you have heard this prayer or made this prayer? Does it particularly comfort or inspire you? Do you remember a time when you recited this prayer for a special reason? Perhaps you have a story about Kyrie Eleison that relates to an important person or time in your life? If so, I would very much like to hear from you.

BBC Radio 4 is making a programme dedicated to the story and meaning of Kyrie Eleison told through the voices of ordinary people and historians.

The programme will reflect and explore the emotional reaction many people have to the beauty and power of Kyrie Eleison, and in a wider aspect touch on how it expresses our human need for mercy.

To send your story or for more information I can be contacted at: Nicola Humphries, BBC, The Mail Box, Level 9, B1 1RF or on email at: nicola.humphries@bbc.co.uk or on 0044 121 567 6737. Please contact before the end of March 2005. The programme will be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August of this year.

Thank you