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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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Death & the Departed

The Burial of the Dead — Additional Prayers

O God, the King of saints, we praise and glorify your holy Name for all your servants who have finished their course in your faith and fear: for the blessed Virgin Mary; for the holy patriarchs, prophets, apostles, and martyrs; and for all your other righteous servants, known to us and unknown; and we pray that, encouraged by their examples, and strengthened by their fellowship, we also may be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light; through the merits of your Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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Provenance

English 1928 Proposed Book

Draft — AI-assisted research under editorial review.

A prayer from the burial office of the English 1928 Proposed Book of Common Prayer, later modernized in the 1979 Episcopal book and carried into the Anglican Church in North America's 2019 book with one deliberate revision. It gathers the whole company of heaven into a single act of praise and asks that the living be encouraged by the saints' examples and strengthened by their fellowship.