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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

Post Communion Prayer

The Burial of the Dead — Post Communion Prayer

Almighty God, we thank you that in your great love you have fed us with the spiritual food and drink of the Body and Blood of your Son Jesus Christ, and have given us a foretaste of your heavenly banquet. Grant that this Sacrament may be to us a comfort in affliction, and a pledge of our inheritance in that kingdom where there is no death, neither sorrow nor crying, but the fullness of joy with all your saints; through Jesus Christ our Savior. Amen.

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Provenance

BCP 1979 (Episcopal)

Draft — AI-assisted research under editorial review.

A product of the twentieth-century liturgical revival, this burial post-communion weaves together the Johannine Eucharistic theology of John 6, the classical pledge-of-glory language rooted in Aquinas, and the eschatological vision of Revelation 21. First attested in the BCP 1979, it has been adopted by the ACNA 2019 and the Church of England's Common Worship.