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For the Acceptance of Prayer

O Lord our God, accept the fervent prayers of your people; in the multitude of your mercies, look with compassion upon us and all who turn to you for help; for you are gracious, O lover of souls, and to you we give glory, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, now and for ever. Amen.

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A Collect for Strength to Await Christ's Return

Sunday — Morning Prayer

O God our King, by the resurrection of your Son Jesus Christ on the first day of the week, you conquered sin, put death to flight, and gave us the hope of everlasting life: Redeem all our days by this victory; forgive our sins, banish our fears, make us bold to praise you and to do your will; and steel us to wait for the consummation of your kingdom on the last great Day; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Provenance

TEC 1979

Draft — AI-assisted research under editorial review.

This Sunday morning collect is a 20th-century composition, most likely drafted in the early 1970s for the Episcopal Church's 1979 Book of Common Prayer. It grounds the keeping of Sunday in the resurrection, then ends with a characteristically Anglican eschatological petition to "steel us to wait" for the final Day.