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For a Virtuous Heart

Give me, O Lord, a steadfast heart, which no unworthy thought can drag down; an unconquered heart, which no tribulation can wear out; an upright heart, which no unworthy purpose can tempt aside. Bestow upon me understanding to know you, diligence to seek you, wisdom to find you, and faithfulness that finally may embrace you. Amen.

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Commontide
Collect
Prayers

Monday of Easter Week

Grant, we pray, Almighty God, that we who celebrate with reverence the Paschal feast may be made worthy to attain to everlasting joys; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Concede, quaesumus, omnipotens Deus: ut, qui festa paschalia venerando egimus, per haec contingere ad gaudia aeterna mereamur.

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Original-language source

BCP 2019, p. 610

Proper Preface

Preface of Easter

But chiefly are we bound to praise you for the glorious resurrection of your Son Jesus Christ our Lord; for he is the true Paschal Lamb, who was offered for us, and has taken away the sin of the world; who by his death has destroyed death, and by his rising to life again has won for us everlasting life.

Provenance

Gelasian/Gregorian, c.750

Draft — AI-assisted research under editorial review.

A prayer from the ancient Roman sacramentary tradition, carried into Anglican worship through the 1928 American Book of Common Prayer. It opens Easter week with a petition that those who have kept the feast with reverence may be found worthy of everlasting joy.