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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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Midday Prayer

Blessed Savior, at this hour you hung upon the Cross, stretching out your loving arms: Grant that all the peoples of the earth may look to you and be saved; for your tender mercies’ sake. Amen.

Provenance

Anglican midday collect, modernized 1979

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A midday collect anchoring noon prayer in the hour of Christ's crucifixion, drawn from a traditional Anglican prayer with Byzantine roots and modernized for the American Episcopal Church's 1979 Noonday office.