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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

Almighty Father, we pray for your holy catholic Church. Fill it with all truth, in all truth, with all peace. Where it is corrupt, purify it; where it is in error, direct it; where in anything it is amiss, reform it; where it is right, strengthen it; where it is in want, provide for it; where it is divided, reunite it; for the sake of Jesus Christ your Son our Savior. Amen.

Found in the Prayer Book

  • Good FridayLent & Holy Week

Provenance

Laud, c.1640

Draft — AI-assisted research under editorial review.

A short, plainspoken prayer asking God to mend the Church wherever it's broken: purify what's corrupt, correct what's in error, strengthen what's right. It began as the private prayer of a 17th-century English archbishop, William Laud, and was later added to the American Prayer Book in 1928. The ACNA's 2019 prayer book moved it into the Good Friday service as the very first of the day's great intercessions for the Church.