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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Week Starting August 7-13

Proper 14

Almighty God, give us the increase of faith, hope, and love; and, that we may obtain what you have promised, make us love what you command; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  Amen.

Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, da nobis fidei, spei et caritatis augmentum: et, ut mereamur assequi quod promittis, fac nos amare quod praecipis.

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Original-language source · public domain

BCP 2019, p. 618

Provenance

Leonine/Gelasian, 5th–6th c.

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One of the oldest collects in the prayer book, this prayer goes back to a Roman liturgical booklet probably composed in the 5th or 6th century, preserved in the ancient Verona manuscript called the Leonianum. Archbishop Cranmer translated it for the first Book of Common Prayer in 1549, making one characteristic change: where the Latin asked that we might merit God's promises, Cranmer quietly removed the word, trusting the promises to grace alone.