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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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In Time of Scarcity and Famine

O God, our heavenly Father, whose blessed Son has taught us to seek our daily bread from you: Behold the affliction of your people, and send us swift aid in our time of need. Increase the fruits of the earth by your heavenly benediction; and grant that we, receiving your gifts with thankful hearts, may use them to your glory, for the relief of those in need, and for our own health; through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen.

BCP 2019, p. 653

Provenance

Canadian BCP, 1962

Draft — AI-assisted research under editorial review.

A prayer for relief in times of hunger and want, rooted in the Lord's Prayer petition for daily bread. Its confirmed ancestor is the Canadian prayer book of 1962, from which it passed into contemporary language in the BCP 2019.