Commontide

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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Prayers

Of an Ecumenist

Almighty God, we give you thanks for the ministry of N., who labored that the Church of Jesus Christ might be one: Grant that we, instructed by his teaching and example, and knit together in unity by your Spirit, may ever stand firm upon the one foundation, which is Jesus Christ our Lord; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  Amen.

BCP 2019, p. 639

Proper Preface

Preface of an Ecumenist

Through your Son Jesus Christ our Lord; in him you bring us to the knowledge of your truth, and unite us by the bond of one Faith and one Baptism, that we might love one another and manifest your love to the world.

Provenance

ACNA 2019

Draft — AI-assisted research under editorial review.

A collect of thanksgiving for those who labored toward Christian unity, newly composed for the ACNA BCP 2019. Its petition borrows the language of the 1979 Episcopal collect for Saints Peter and Paul almost word for word, adapted into a general commemorative form; the category "Of an Ecumenist" itself had no precedent in any earlier Anglican prayer book.