Morning & Evening Prayer
Grant to your faithful people, merciful Lord, pardon and peace; that we may be cleansed from all our sins, and serve you with a quiet mind; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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When a deacon or layperson leads the Daily Office, this is the form appointed in place of the priestly absolution. Its words trace through Cranmer's 1549 translation to a Frankish liturgical manuscript of the late eighth century, itself drawing on the ancient Roman prayer tradition.