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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 the Eve of the Lord's Day

Saturday — Evening Prayer

O God, the source of eternal light: Shed forth your unending day upon us who watch for you, that our lips may praise you, our lives may bless you, and our worship on the morrow give you glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Provenance

Ancient Collects (attrib.), BCP 1979

Draft — AI-assisted research under editorial review.

This Saturday evening collect asks God, "the source of eternal light," to shed his unending day upon those who watch and wait for him, looking forward to Sunday worship. Carried into Anglican prayer books through a 1960 Lutheran compilation but attested in English print by 1913 and attributed there to the ancient Latin collect tradition, it breathes the biblical vision of a city where God himself replaces the sun.