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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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Holy Baptism

Almighty God deliver you from the powers of darkness and evil, and lead you into the light and obedience of the kingdom of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Found in the Prayer Book

  • Holy Baptism

Provenance

ACNA 2019

Draft — AI-assisted research under editorial review.

A prayer of deliverance spoken over baptismal candidates at the renunciations, calling on God to free them from the powers of darkness and lead them into the light of Christ's kingdom. It revives an ancient minor-exorcism tradition absent from mainstream Anglican rites since 1552.