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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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Holy Baptism — Additional Directions

Receive this white garment as a token of the righteousness given you by God’s grace in this Sacrament of Baptism, and as a sign that you should always give yourself to holy living for the glory of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Found in the Prayer Book

  • Holy Baptism

Provenance

ACNA 2019

Draft — AI-assisted research under editorial review.

The church has placed a white garment on the newly baptized since at least the fourth century. This prayer, new in the ACNA BCP 2019, names what the white cloth signifies: a righteousness that is given by grace, not earned, and a call to live in keeping with it.