Commontide

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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Ministry & Ordination

The Collect

The Ordination of a Priest

Almighty God, giver of all good things, by your Holy Spirit you have appointed various Orders of Ministers in your Church: mercifully behold this your servant now called to the Order of Priests, and so fill him with the truth of your doctrine and adorn him with holiness of life, that by word and good example he may faithfully serve you in this office, to the glory of your Name and the edification of your Church; through the merits of our Savior Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, world without end. Amen.

Found in the Prayer Book

  • Ordination Of A PriestOrdination & Institution

Provenance

Cranmer 1550

Draft — AI-assisted research under editorial review.

The bishop's prayer over an ordinand just before the laying-on of hands, written by Thomas Cranmer for the 1550 Ordinal and carried, largely unchanged, into the Church's ordination rites ever since.