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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 Monastic Orders and Vocations

O Lord Jesus Christ, you became poor for our sake that we might be made rich through your poverty: Guide and sanctify, we pray, those whom you call to follow you in poverty, chastity, and obedience; that by their prayer and service they may enrich your Church, and by their life and worship may glorify your Name; for you live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  Amen.

BCP 2019, p. 650

Provenance

Episcopal BCP 1979

Draft — AI-assisted research under editorial review.

A modern Anglican occasional prayer for those called to monastic life, grounded in 2 Corinthians 8:9 and entering the prayer tradition through the 1979 Episcopal BCP's new "Prayers and Thanksgivings" section.