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.
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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.