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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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Good Friday — The Solemn Collects

Almighty and everlasting God, you established your covenant with Abraham and his seed: Hear the prayers of your Church, that the people through whom you brought blessing to the world may also receive the blessing of salvation, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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  • Good FridayLent & Holy Week

Provenance

ACNA 2019

Draft — AI-assisted research under editorial review.

This Good Friday prayer for the Jewish people is one of ACNA's own compositions for the 2019 Book of Common Prayer. It is new to that book, but it stands in a long line of Good Friday prayers, going back at least to the fifth-century Roman church, that have prayed for the Jewish people on this day, a line that has been rewritten again and again as the Church has repented of harmful language it once used here.