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For the Acceptance of Prayer

O Lord our God, accept the fervent prayers of your people; in the multitude of your mercies, look with compassion upon us and all who turn to you for help; for you are gracious, O lover of souls, and to you we give glory, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, now and for ever. Amen.

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Good Friday — The Solemn Collects

O God of unchangeable power and eternal light: Look favorably on your whole Church, that wonderful and sacred mystery; by the effectual working of your providence, carry out in tranquility the plan of salvation; let the whole world see and know that things which were cast down are being raised up, and things which had grown old are being made new, and that all things are being brought to their perfection by him through whom all things were made, your Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Found in the Prayer Book

This prayer appears in more than one place in the 2019 Book of Common Prayer.

  • Good FridayLent & Holy Week
  • Great Vigil Of EasterLent & Holy Week

Provenance

Gelasian, c.750

Draft — AI-assisted research under editorial review.

An eighth-century Roman prayer from the ancient Easter Vigil, unused by Anglicans for over four centuries until the 1979 American Book of Common Prayer finally brought it in.