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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 Those Afflicted with Mental Suffering

Almighty God, whose Son took upon himself the afflictions of your people: Regard with your tender compassion those suffering from anxiety, depression, or mental illness; bear their sorrows and their cares; supply all their needs; help them to put their whole trust and confidence in you; and restore them to strength of mind and cheerfulness of spirit; through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen.

BCP 2019, p. 665

Provenance

ACNA 2019 (1928 ancestor)

Draft — AI-assisted research under editorial review.

A prayer for anyone carrying anxiety, depression, or mental illness, printed among the Occasional Prayers of the Anglican Church in North America's 2019 prayer book. Its closing wish, that sufferers be restored "to strength of mind and cheerfulness of spirit," is borrowed almost word for word from an older household prayer in the 1928 Book of Common Prayer.