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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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For a Provincial or Diocesan Convention or Synod

Gracious and everliving Father, you have given the Holy Spirit to abide with us for ever: Bless, we pray, with the Holy Spirit’s grace and presence, the Bishop(s), Priests, Deacons, and all the Laity who assemble in your Name; that your Church, being preserved in true faith and godly discipline, may fulfill the will of him who loved her and gave himself for her, your Son Jesus Christ our Savior; who now lives and reigns with you and the same Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  Amen.

BCP 2019, p. 648

Provenance

Episcopal BCP 1979

Draft — AI-assisted research under editorial review.

A prayer for the Spirit's guidance over church gatherings, woven from Christ's promise of the Paraclete in John 14 and Paul's image of the Church as Christ's beloved in Ephesians 5. Composed by the Episcopal Church's Standing Liturgical Commission for the 1979 BCP and lightly adapted for the ACNA BCP 2019.