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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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Concluding Collect of the Prayers of the People

The Holy Eucharist — Anglican Standard Text

Heavenly Father, grant these our prayers for the sake of Jesus Christ, our only Mediator and Advocate, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

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  • Holy Eucharist Anglican Standard TextThe Holy Eucharist

Provenance

Cranmer 1549

Draft — AI-assisted research under editorial review.

A prayer that has closed Anglican intercessions for nearly five centuries. Thomas Cranmer wrote the core in 1549 to sum up all the Church's petitions through "our only Mediator and Advocate" – a phrase drawn directly from 1 Timothy 2:5 and 1 John 2:1, with the word "only" added by Cranmer to make a pointed Reformation claim that Christ alone carries our prayers to the Father.