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Preparation for Personal Prayer

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 the Mission of the Church

O God, our heavenly Father, you manifested your love by sending your only-begotten Son into the world, that all might live through him: Pour out your Spirit on your Church, that we may fulfill his command to preach the Gospel to all people. Send forth laborers into your harvest; defend them in all dangers and temptations; and hasten the time when the fullness of the Gentiles shall be gathered in, and faithful Israel shall be saved; through your Son Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen.

BCP 2019, p. 651

Provenance

Scottish BCP 1929

Draft — AI-assisted research under editorial review.

A modern Anglican prayer for missionary work, built from New Testament verses on the harvest, the Great Commission, and Paul's vision of Gentiles and Israel both being gathered in. Its traditional-language ancestor is the "Overseas Missions" collect of the Scottish Book of Common Prayer of 1929, and it entered the ACNA 2019 BCP as Occasional Prayer 17.