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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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For An Anniversary of One Departed

Almighty God, we remember this day before you your faithful servants, and we pray that, having opened to him the gates of larger life, you will receive him more and more into your joyful service, that he may win, with you and your servants everywhere, the eternal victory; through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen.

BCP 2019, p. 678

Provenance

BCP 1928 (US)

Draft — AI-assisted research under editorial review.

An American collect asking that a departed loved one, remembered on the anniversary of death, be received "more and more" into God's joyful service until the eternal victory in Christ.