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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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For Quiet Confidence

O God of peace, who hast taught us that in returning and rest we shall be saved, in quietness and in confidence shall be our strength: By the might of thy Spirit lift us, we pray thee, to thy presence, where we may be still and know that thou art God; through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen.

BCP 2019, p. 670

Provenance

Suter, 1919

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A twentieth-century American collect, first drafted in 1919 by a father-and-son team of Episcopal clergy and carried into every American prayer book since, weaving Isaiah's "in quietness and in confidence shall be our strength" together with Psalm 46's "be still, and know that I am God."