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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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After Public Worship

Grant, Almighty God, that the words we have heard this day with our ears may by your grace be grafted in our hearts, that they may bring forth in us the fruit of a righteous life, to the honor and praise of your Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

BCP 2019, p. 677

Provenance

Cranmer 1549

Draft — AI-assisted research under editorial review.

A brief Reformation-era collect, likely Cranmer's own composition, written to close the service properly on Sundays when the sermon was preached but Communion was not celebrated.