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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Commontide
Collect
Trinitytide

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.