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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 Trustfulness in Times of Worry and Anxiety

Most loving Father, you will us to give thanks for all things, to dread nothing but the loss of you, and to cast all our care on the One who cares for us. Preserve us from faithless fears and worldly anxieties, and grant that no clouds of this mortal life may hide from us the light of that love which is immortal, and which you have manifested unto us in your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen.

BCP 2019, p. 670

Provenance

BCP 1979 (US)

Draft — AI-assisted research under editorial review.

This gentle prayer for anxious days comes from the American prayer book of 1979, where it was the Sunday collect for a week that did not exist in older prayer books. The 2019 Anglican prayer book kept its words nearly untouched and moved it into the everyday "occasional prayers," reachable on any hard day rather than one particular Sunday.