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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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Concluding Prayer after the Laying on of Hands

Confirmation

Almighty and everliving God, let your fatherly hand ever be upon these your servants; let your Holy Spirit ever be with them; and so lead them in the knowledge and obedience of your Holy Word, that they may faithfully serve you in this life, and joyfully dwell with you in the life to come; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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  • Confirmation

Provenance

Cranmer 1549

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A closing prayer for the newly confirmed, carried from Cranmer's first Book of Common Prayer (1549) through every revision of the Anglican tradition. Its language of God's "fatherly hand," the Holy Spirit's abiding presence, and faithful obedience to God's Word has remained essentially unchanged for nearly five centuries.