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
Collect
Prayers

Week Starting June 12-18

Proper 6

O Lord, from whom all good proceeds: Grant us the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that we may always think those things that are good, and by your merciful guidance may accomplish the same; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  Amen.

Deus, a quo bona cuncta procedunt, largire supplicibus tuis: ut cogitemus, te inspirante, quae recta sunt; et, te gubernante, eadem faciamus.

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Original-language source · public domain

BCP 2019, p. 616

Provenance

Gelasian, c. 750

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A prayer rooted in a sixth-century Roman collect, this petition recognizes God as the source of all good and asks him to inspire and guide our thinking and acting. Cranmer translated it for the 1549 prayer book, and it has served as a central collect of the Anglican tradition ever since.