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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 Help to Bear Bereavement

Heavenly Father, help us to entrust our loved ones to your care. Though sorrow darkens our lives, help us to look up to you, remembering the cloud of witnesses by which we are surrounded. And grant that we on earth, rejoicing ever in your presence, may share with them the rest and peace which your presence gives; through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen.

BCP 2019, p. 670

Provenance

Canadian BCP 1962

Draft — AI-assisted research under editorial review.

A short comfort-in-grief prayer first printed in the Anglican Church of Canada's 1962 prayer book, carried largely unchanged into the American/ACNA Book of Common Prayer 2019, and rendered here in everyday English. It asks God to hold our loved ones safe and let their joy and ours meet again in his presence.