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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 the Peace of the World

Almighty God, from whom all thoughts of truth and peace proceed: Kindle, we pray, in the hearts of all people the true love of peace, and guide with your pure and peaceable wisdom those who take counsel for the nations of the earth; that in tranquility your kingdom may go forward, till the earth is filled with the knowledge of your love; through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen.

BCP 2019, p. 654

Provenance

Modern Anglican, 20th c.

Draft — AI-assisted research under editorial review.

A modern Anglican collect for peace among nations, asking God to kindle in every human heart a love of peace and to guide world leaders with a pure and peaceable wisdom from above. The prayed text is the ACNA 2019 form; its opening phrase, "from whom all thoughts of truth and peace proceed," is an older English peace prayer whose earliest printed source we were not able to pin down.