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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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Before Receiving Communion

Be present, be present, O Jesus, our great High Priest, as you were present with your disciples, and be known to us in the breaking of bread; who live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, now and for ever. Amen.

Adesto, adesto, Jesu bone Pontifex in medio nostri sicut fuisti in medio discipulorum tuorum, sancti † fica hanc oblationem † ut sanctificata sumamus per manus sancti Angeli tui sancte Domine et Redemptor aeterne.

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BCP 2019, p. 676

Provenance

TEC 1979

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A quiet plea for Christ's presence just before Communion, echoing an ancient Mozarabic invocation and closing with the Emmaus disciples' recognition of him "in the breaking of bread."