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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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Palm Sunday — Liturgy of the Palms

Assist us mercifully with your help, O Lord God of our salvation, that we may enter with joy upon the contemplation of those mighty acts, whereby you have given us life and immortality; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Found in the Prayer Book

  • Palm SundayLent & Holy Week

Provenance

1928 US BCP

Draft — AI-assisted research under editorial review.

The Palm Sunday collect asking to enter Holy Week's mighty acts with joy is not an ancient oration in translation but a twentieth-century American composition, first appearing in 1928.