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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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Sickness & Healing

For the Sanctification of Illness

Additional Prayers for the Sick

Sanctify, O Lord, the sickness of your servant N., that the sense of his weakness may add strength to his faith and seriousness to his repentance; and grant that he may live with you in everlasting life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Found in the Prayer Book

  • Additional Prayers For The SickMinistry to the Sick & Dying

Provenance

Cranmer 1549

Draft — AI-assisted research under editorial review.

A Reformation-era petition asking that sickness itself be sanctified into deeper faith and repentance, composed for the 1549 Visitation of the Sick and carried, lightly revised, into the 2019 ACNA Prayer Book.