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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 Trustfulness in Times of Worry and Anxiety

Most loving Father, you will us to give thanks for all things, to dread nothing but the loss of you, and to cast all our care on the One who cares for us. Preserve us from faithless fears and worldly anxieties, and grant that no clouds of this mortal life may hide from us the light of that love which is immortal, and which you have manifested unto us in your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen.

BCP 2019, p. 670

Provenance

BCP 1979 (US)

Draft — AI-assisted research under editorial review.

This gentle prayer for anxious days comes from the American prayer book of 1979, where it was the Sunday collect for a week that did not exist in older prayer books. The 2019 Anglican prayer book kept its words nearly untouched and moved it into the everyday "occasional prayers," reachable on any hard day rather than one particular Sunday.