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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Commontide
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Prayers

Week Starting October 2-8

Proper 22

Keep, O Lord, your household the Church in continual godliness, that through your protection it may be free from all adversities, and devoutly serve you in good works, to the glory of your Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Familiam tuam, quaesumus, Domine, continua pietate custodi: ut a cunctis adversitatibus, te protegente, sit libera; et bonis actibus tuo nomini sit devota.

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Original-language source

BCP 2019, p. 620

Provenance

Gregorian, c.750 / Cranmer 1549

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A Latin oration from the early medieval Gregorian liturgical tradition, this collect has been prayed in English since Cranmer's first prayer book of 1549. Its compact petition asks protection from adversity and devotion in good works, and it has anchored the Twenty-Second Sunday after Trinity in every traditional Anglican prayer book.