Almighty God, by your Holy Spirit you have made us one with your saints in heaven and on earth: Grant that in our earthly pilgrimage we may always be supported by this fellowship of love and prayer, and know ourselves to be surrounded by their witness to your power and mercy; for the sake of Jesus Christ, in whom all our intercessions are acceptable through the Spirit, and who lives and reigns with you and the same Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Preface of Any Commemoration
For the grace and virtue manifest in [N. and all] your saints, who have been the chosen vessels of your love, and the lights of the world in their generations.
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First given to Anglicans by the Episcopal Church's 1979 prayer book, this collect prays the ancient truth of the communion of saints: the Holy Spirit knits the living and the departed into one fellowship of love and prayer. The 1979 book offers it in both contemporary and traditional language, and an earlier devotional source may lie behind it.