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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 Church

For the Universal Church

Gracious Father, we pray for your holy Catholic Church. Fill it with all truth, in all truth with all peace. Where it is corrupt, purify it; where it is in error, direct it; where in anything it is amiss, reform it. Where it is right, strengthen it; where it is in want, provide for it; where it is divided, reunite it; for the sake of Jesus Christ your Son our Savior.  Amen.

BCP 2019, p. 646

Provenance

Laud, c. 1640s

Draft — AI-assisted research under editorial review.

This prayer for the whole Church comes from the private devotions of Archbishop William Laud (1573-1645), composed for his own daily use and preserved in his autograph manuscript at Oxford. It entered public Anglican worship when adopted by the American prayer book in 1928.