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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 Those We Love

Almighty God, we entrust all who are dear to us to your never failing care and love, for this life and the life to come, knowing that you are doing for them better things than we can desire or pray for; through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen.

BCP 2019, p. 662

Provenance

ACNA 2019

Draft — AI-assisted research under editorial review.

This prayer entrusting the people we love to God's care first appeared in the Episcopal Church's 1979 prayer book. The Anglican Church in North America carried it into the 2019 Book of Common Prayer with only light modernizing, and that 2019 wording, brackets and all, is the exact text Commontide uses.