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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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O God, without whose beauty and goodness our souls are unfed, without whose truth our reason withers: Consecrate our lives to your will, giving us such purity of heart, such depth of faith, and such steadfastness of purpose, that in time we may come to think your own thoughts after you; through Jesus Christ our Savior. Amen.

BCP 2019, p. 668

Provenance

ACNA 2019

Draft — AI-assisted research under editorial review.

A short prayer asking God to purify our hearts and deepen our faith until, in time, our thinking comes to be shaped by his own. It first appears in print in the Anglican Church in North America's 2019 prayer book, printed there with no author's name.