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Preparation for Personal Prayer

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

Merciful God, creator of all the peoples of the earth and lover of souls: Have compassion on all who do not know you as you are revealed in your Son Jesus Christ; let your Gospel be preached with grace and power to those who have not heard it; turn the hearts of those who resist it; and bring home to your fold those who have gone astray; that there may be one flock under one Shepherd, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Found in the Prayer Book

Good FridayLent & Holy Week

Provenance

BCP 1979 (ACNA 2019)

Draft — AI-assisted research under editorial review.

A Good Friday prayer for those who do not yet know Christ, carrying a twentieth-century American wording into an intercessory pattern that stretches back to the ancient Roman rite.

Found in the Prayer Book

Good FridayLent & Holy Week

Provenance

BCP 1979 (ACNA 2019)

Draft — AI-assisted research under editorial review.

A Good Friday prayer for those who do not yet know Christ, carrying a twentieth-century American wording into an intercessory pattern that stretches back to the ancient Roman rite.