Commontide

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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Prayers

Ash Wednesday

Grant to your faithful people, merciful Lord, pardon and peace; that we may be cleansed from all our sins, and serve you with a quiet mind; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Found in the Prayer Book

This prayer appears in more than one place in the 2019 Book of Common Prayer.

  • Communion Of The Sick · as “Grant to your faithful people”Ministry to the Sick & Dying
  • Ash WednesdayLent & Holy Week

Provenance

Sarum, via Cranmer 1549

Draft — AI-assisted research under editorial review.

This little prayer has been quietly forgiving people since before England had a printed Bible. Born as a medieval Sarum collect and translated by Cranmer in 1549, it later became the words a deacon prays on Ash Wednesday in place of the priestly Absolution.