Commontide

Preparation for Personal Prayer

Holy Spirit, breath of God and fire of love, I cannot pray without your aid: Kindle in me the fire of your love, and illumine me with your light; that with a steadfast will and holy thoughts I may approach the Father in spirit and in truth; through Jesus Christ my Lord, who reigns with you and the Father in eternal union. Amen.

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Commontide
Collect
Prayers

A Collect for Saturdays

Compline

We give you thanks, O God, for revealing your Son Jesus Christ to us by the light of his resurrection: Grant that as we sing your glory at the close of this day, our joy may abound in the morning as we celebrate the Paschal mystery; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Provenance

Episcopal BCP 1979

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A prayer of Saturday Compline that gives thanks for Christ revealed "by the light of his resurrection" and asks that the joy of evening prayer carry forward into Sunday's celebration of the Paschal mystery. It first appeared in the Episcopal Church's 1979 Book of Common Prayer, the first BCP to include Compline as a formal office.