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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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Good Friday — The Solemn Collects

Merciful God, creator of all the peoples of the earth and lover of souls: Have compassion on all who do not know you as you are revealed in your Son Jesus Christ; let your Gospel be preached with grace and power to those who have not heard it; turn the hearts of those who resist it; and bring home to your fold those who have gone astray; that there may be one flock under one Shepherd, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Found in the Prayer Book

  • Good FridayLent & Holy Week

Provenance

BCP 1979 (ACNA 2019)

Draft — AI-assisted research under editorial review.

A Good Friday prayer for those who do not yet know Christ, carrying a twentieth-century American wording into an intercessory pattern that stretches back to the ancient Roman rite.