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 October 23-29

Proper 25

Almighty and everlasting God, you govern all things both in heaven and on earth: Mercifully hear the supplications of your people, and in our time grant us your peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  Amen.

Omnípotens sempitérne Deus, qui cæléstia simul et terréna moderáris, supplicatiónes pópuli tui cleménter exáudi, et pacem tuam nostris concéde tempóribus. Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum, Fílium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.

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Original-language source

BCP 2019, p. 621

Provenance

Gregorian, c. 785-6

Draft — AI-assisted research under editorial review.

One of the oldest prayers in the Anglican prayer book, this collect traces to an anonymous oration in the eighth-century Gregorian Sacramentary. It asks the God who governs everything – heaven and earth alike – to hear his people and grant them peace. Cranmer translated it for the very first Book of Common Prayer in 1549.