Commontide

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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Prayers

Week Starting September 25-October 1

Proper 21

O merciful Lord, grant to your faithful people pardon and peace, that we may be cleansed from all our sins and serve you with a quiet mind; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Largire, quaesumus, Domine, fidelibus tuis indulgentiam placatus, et pacem: ut pariter ab omnibus mundentur offensis, et secura tibi mente deserviant.

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Original-language source · public domain

BCP 2019, p. 620

Provenance

Gelasian, c. 700

Draft — AI-assisted research under editorial review.

One of the oldest prayers in regular Anglican use, this collect for Proper 21 traces to the early medieval Roman rite and was carried into English by Cranmer in 1549. ACNA BCP 2019 also appoints it as the lay absolution in the Daily Office.