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
Thanksgiving
Prayers

Thanksgiving for a Beginning of Recovery

Additional Prayers for the Sick

O Lord, your compassions never fail, and your mercies are new every morning: We give you thanks for giving our brother N. both relief from pain and hope of health renewed. Continue in him, we pray, the good work you have begun; that he, daily increasing in bodily strength, and rejoicing in your goodness, may so order his life that he may always think and do those things that please you; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Found in the Prayer Book

  • Additional Prayers For The SickMinistry to the Sick & Dying

Provenance

US BCP 1979

Draft — AI-assisted research under editorial review.

A short prayer of gratitude when someone who has been sick starts to get better, thanking God for relief from pain and asking that the person keep growing stronger in body and in faith. It first appeared in the American prayer book of 1979 and was carried into the ACNA's 2019 Book of Common Prayer almost word for word.