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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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You are sealed by the Holy Spirit

Holy Baptism — alternate form at the signing of the newly baptized

N., you are sealed by the Holy Spirit in Baptism and marked as Christ’s own for ever. Amen.

Found in the Prayer Book

  • Holy Baptism

Provenance

ECUSA 1979

Draft — AI-assisted research under editorial review.

This declaration, spoken to each newly baptized person by name, entered Anglican liturgy in 1970 through the Episcopal Church's baptismal revision work, drawing on Paul's language of being "sealed" by the Holy Spirit (Ephesians 1:13) and on the ancient Eastern church's chrismation formula. It reached its fixed form in the 1979 Book of Common Prayer and was carried unchanged into the ACNA 2019 Prayer Book.