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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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Ministry & Ordination

Prayer over the Ordinands after the Imposition of Hands

The Ordination of a Deacon

In your great goodness, O Lord, make these your servants Deacons in your Church; give them grace to be modest, humble, and constant in their ministry; give them a ready will to observe all spiritual discipline; and with the testimony of a good conscience always before them, may they continue stable and strong in the service of your Son Jesus Christ, to whom be glory and honor, world without end. Amen.

Found in the Prayer Book

  • Ordination Of A DeaconOrdination & Institution

Provenance

ACNA 2019, from Cranmer 1550

Draft — AI-assisted research under editorial review.

The bishop's prayer over a newly ordained deacon immediately after the laying on of hands, essentially unchanged from Thomas Cranmer's 1550 Ordinal until the 1979 American church briefly set it aside.