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
Absolution
Prayers

O most loving Father

Reconciliation of Penitents

O most loving Father, by your mercy you put away the sins of those who truly repent, and remember their sins no more. Restore and renew in your servant whatever has been corrupted by the fraud and malice of the devil, or by his own selfish will and weakness. Preserve and protect him within the fellowship of the Church; hear his prayers and relieve his pain; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Found in the Prayer Book

  • Reconciliation Of PenitentsMinistry to the Sick & Dying

Provenance

Cranmer 1549

Draft — AI-assisted research under editorial review.

A prayer of pardon and restoration said after absolution, whose substance comes from Cranmer's 1549 rite for visiting the sick, though its opening words are a modern rearrangement.