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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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The Great Vigil of Easter — The Creation

O God, who wonderfully created, and yet more wonderfully restored, the dignity of human nature: Grant that we may share the divine life of him who humbled himself to share our humanity, your Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Deus, qui humanae substantiae dignitatem et mirabiliter condidisti, et mirabilius reformasti, da, quaesumus, ut ejus efficiamur in divina consortes, qui nostrae humanitatis fieri dignatus est particeps, Christus Filius tuus.

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  • Great Vigil Of EasterLent & Holy Week

Provenance

Gelasian, c.750

Draft — AI-assisted research under editorial review.

An ancient Roman prayer pairing God's two great works, the creation of humanity and its restoration in Christ, first given to Anglican worshippers in the 1979 Book of Common Prayer and now heard at the Great Vigil of Easter after the reading from Genesis.