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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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Confirmation

Go forth into the world in peace, be of good courage, and fight the good fight of faith, that you may finish your course with joy; and the blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, be among you, and remain with you always. Amen.

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  • Confirmation

Provenance

ACNA 2019

Draft — AI-assisted research under editorial review.

A dismissal blessing in two joined movements: a Pauline charge to press on in faith and a Trinitarian benediction. A longer parent form circulated in early-twentieth-century Anglican Confirmation use; the ACNA BCP 2019 condensed it, replacing a chain of exhortations drawn from 1 Thessalonians with two crisp Pauline metaphors of fighting and finishing.