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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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The Grace

Morning & Evening Prayer

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with us all evermore. Amen.

Ἡ χάρις τοῦ κυρίου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ καὶ ἡ ἀγάπη τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ ἡ κοινωνία τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος μετὰ πάντων ὑμῶν.

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Provenance

Pauline, c. AD 55

Draft — AI-assisted research under editorial review.

Paul's parting words to the troubled church at Corinth became one of Christianity's most durable blessings. The closing verse of his second letter asks that the grace of Christ, the love of the Father, and the communion of the Spirit rest on a community he could not always reach in person.