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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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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.