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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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The Burial of the Dead — Post Communion Prayer

Almighty God, we thank you that in your great love you have fed us with the spiritual food and drink of the Body and Blood of your Son Jesus Christ, and have given us a foretaste of your heavenly banquet. Grant that this Sacrament may be to us a comfort in affliction, and a pledge of our inheritance in that kingdom where there is no death, neither sorrow nor crying, but the fullness of joy with all your saints; through Jesus Christ our Savior. Amen.

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Provenance

BCP 1979 (Episcopal)

Draft — AI-assisted research under editorial review.

A product of the twentieth-century liturgical revival, this burial post-communion weaves together the Johannine Eucharistic theology of John 6, the classical pledge-of-glory language rooted in Aquinas, and the eschatological vision of Revelation 21. First attested in the BCP 1979, it has been adopted by the ACNA 2019 and the Church of England's Common Worship.