Proper 10
Let your merciful ears, O Lord, be open to the prayers of your humble servants; and, that we may receive what we ask, teach us by your Holy Spirit to ask only those things that are pleasing to you; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who with you and the same Spirit lives and reigns for ever and ever. Amen.
Pateant aures misericordiae, Domine, precibus supplicantium; et ut petentibus desiderata concedas, fac tibi eos, quaesumus, placita postulare. Per.
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One of the oldest surviving collects in Anglican use, this prayer asks God to open his ears to our petitions — and then, in a characteristic Gelasian turn, asks him to ensure we only ask for the right things. It has been prayed at Trinity X since Cranmer's first prayer book in 1549.