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For Guidance

O God, by whom the meek are guided in judgment, and light rises up in darkness for the godly: Grant us, in all our doubts and uncertainties, the grace to ask what you would have us do, that the Spirit of wisdom may save us from all false choices; that in your light we may see light, and in your straight path we may not stumble; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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A Collect for Resurrection Hope

Sunday — Evening Prayer

Lord God, whose Son our Savior Jesus Christ triumphed over the powers of death and prepared for us our place in the new Jerusalem: Grant that we, who have this day given thanks for his resurrection, may praise you in that City of which he is the light, and where he lives and reigns for ever and ever. Amen.

Provenance

Episcopal BCP 1979

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A 20th-century composition written for the 1979 US Book of Common Prayer, this Sunday Evening collect gathers the day's thanksgiving for the resurrection into eschatological imagery drawn directly from the Book of Revelation: Christ as the light of the heavenly city, the new Jerusalem as our prepared home. The ACNA 2019 book gave it its present title.