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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 Presence of Christ

Thursday — Evening Prayer

Lord Jesus, stay with us, for evening is at hand and the day is past; be our companion in the way, kindle our hearts, and awaken hope, that we may know you as you are revealed in Scripture and the breaking of bread. Grant this for the sake of your love. Amen.

Provenance

Roman LOH, 1971

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This collect places us on the Emmaus road with the two disciples who invited a stranger to stay as evening fell, and knew him in the breaking of bread. It entered the Roman Liturgy of the Hours in the 1970s, was taken up by the Episcopal BCP in 1979 as an optional evening collect, and became the Thursday evening collect in the ACNA prayer book.