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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 Submission to God’s Will

O Holy Spirit, beloved of my soul, I adore you. Enlighten me, guide me, strengthen me, console me. Tell me what I should do; give me your orders. I promise to submit myself to all that you desire of me and to accept all that you permit to happen to me. Let me only know your will.  Amen.

BCP 2019, p. 673

Provenance

Mercier, ACNA 2019

Draft — AI-assisted research under editorial review.

A prayer of surrender to the Holy Spirit written by the Belgian Cardinal Désiré-Joseph Mercier in the early twentieth century, adopted into Anglican use only recently through ACNA's Occasional Prayers.