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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 Inner Renewal Through the Word

Gracious God and most merciful Father, you have granted us the rich and precious jewel of your holy Word: Assist us with your Spirit, that the same Word may be written in our hearts to our everlasting comfort, to reform us, to renew us according to your own image, to build us up and edify us into the perfect dwelling place of your Christ, sanctifying and increasing in us all heavenly virtues; grant this, O heavenly Father, for Jesus Christ’s sake.  Amen.

BCP 2019, p. 667

Provenance

ACNA 2013

Draft — AI-assisted research under editorial review.

A prayer asking that God's own Word take root within us, renewing us in Christ's likeness and building us into a fit dwelling place for him. Its content, title, and number first appear in the Anglican Church in North America's 2013 draft prayer book, Texts for Common Prayer, there in traditional language; ACNA modernized the wording for the final 2019 Book of Common Prayer, which is the source of the text used here. No earlier source has been found and no author is credited in either edition.