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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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Holy Saturday

O God, Creator of heaven and earth: Grant that, as the crucified body of your dear Son was laid in the tomb and rested on this holy Sabbath, so we may await with him the coming of the third day, and rise with him to newness of life; through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen.

BCP 2019, p. 608

Found in the Prayer Book

This prayer appears in more than one place in the 2019 Book of Common Prayer.

  • Collects of the Christian Year
  • Holy Saturday · as “O God, Creator of heaven and earth”Lent & Holy Week

Provenance

TEC BCP 1979

Draft — AI-assisted research under editorial review.

Written for the 1979 US Book of Common Prayer, this collect holds the stillness of Holy Saturday by imaging Christ's body resting in the sealed tomb as a sacred Sabbath, inviting the church to wait with him for the third day. The ACNA BCP 2019 carries the same prayer with a revised closing doxology.