Commontide
O God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, our only Savior, the Prince of Peace: Give us grace to take to heart the grave dangers we are in through our many divisions. Deliver your Church from all enmity and prejudice, and everything that hinders us from godly union. As there is one Body and one Spirit, one hope of our calling, one Lord, one Faith, one Baptism, one God and Father of us all, so make us all to be of one heart and of one mind, united in one holy bond of truth and peace, of faith and love, that with one voice we may give you praise; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God in everlasting glory. Amen.
BCP 2019, p. 646
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An English prayer for Christian unity, woven around the sevenfold creed of Ephesians 4, added to the Church of England's Accession Service in 1715 and traditionally ascribed to Archbishop Laud. American prayer books adopted it in 1892, and it has been prayed through every revision since.