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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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For Trust in God

Prayers for Use by a Sick Person

O God, the source of all health: So fill my heart with faith in your love, that with calm expectancy I may make room for your power to possess me, and gracefully accept your healing; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Found in the Prayer Book

  • Additional Prayers For The SickMinistry to the Sick & Dying

Provenance

BCP 1979 (US)

Draft — AI-assisted research under editorial review.

A twentieth-century collect first printed in the 1979 American Prayer Book, asking not for a cure directly but for the faith and calm expectancy that let God's healing power be received.