Commontide
Almighty and everlasting God, in your tender love for us you sent your Son our Savior Jesus Christ to take upon himself our nature, and to suffer death upon the Cross, giving us the example of his great humility: Mercifully grant that we may walk in the way of his suffering, and come to share in his resurrection; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
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BCP 2019, p. 607
Preface of Holy Week
Through Jesus Christ our Lord. For our sins he was lifted high upon the Cross, that he might draw the whole world to himself; and by his suffering and death he became the author of eternal salvation for all who put their trust in him.
This prayer appears in more than one place in the 2019 Book of Common Prayer.
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One of the oldest prayers in the Christian year, this collect has been prayed on Palm Sunday since at least the seventh century, passing through the Sarum Missal into Cranmer's first prayer book in 1549. Its Latin original deliberately pivots the day's focus from the triumphal entry to the Passion: Christ's humility in taking our flesh and going to the cross is not merely an example to admire but a way to walk.