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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 Schools, Colleges, and Universities

Almighty God, by your gift alone we come to wisdom and true understanding: Look with favor, we pray, on our universities, colleges, and schools, that knowledge may be increased among us, and wholesome learning flourish and abound. Bless those who teach and those who learn; and grant that in humility of heart they may ever look to you, the fountain of all wisdom; through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen.

BCP 2019, p. 661

Provenance

ACNA 2019

Draft — AI-assisted research under editorial review.

A prayer for schools, colleges, and universities, first published in the Anglican Church in North America's 2019 Book of Common Prayer. No earlier prayer book carries this wording, and the prayer book itself does not credit it to any historic author, so it appears to be a fresh twenty-first-century composition rather than an inherited text.