Tuesday — Morning Prayer
O God, the author of peace and lover of concord, to know you is eternal life and to serve you is perfect freedom: Defend us, your humble servants, in all assaults of our enemies; that we, surely trusting in your defense, may not fear the power of any adversaries, through the might of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Deus auctor pacis et amator, quem nosse vivere; cui servire regnare est: protege ab omnibus impugnationibus supplices tuos; ut qui in defensione tua confidemus, nullius hostilitatis arma timeamus.
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One of the oldest collects in daily Anglican use, this prayer descends from a seventh-century Roman Mass for Peace and has opened Morning Prayer in every Anglican Prayer Book since Cranmer's 1549 translation.