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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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For Church Musicians and Artists

O God, whom saints and angels delight to worship in heaven: Be ever present with your servants on earth who seek through art and music to perfect the praises of your people. Grant them even now true glimpses of your beauty, and make them worthy at length to behold it unveiled for evermore; through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen.

BCP 2019, p. 650

Provenance

Episcopal BCP 1979

Draft — AI-assisted research under editorial review.

A prayer for those who serve the church through music and art, asking that God grant them glimpses of divine beauty now and the fullness of that beauty hereafter. It first appeared in the 1979 Episcopal Book of Common Prayer and has been carried into the ACNA 2019 prayer book.