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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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Midday Prayer

Pour your grace into our hearts, O Lord, that we who have known the incarnation of your Son Jesus Christ, announced by an angel to the Virgin Mary, may by his Cross and passion be brought to the glory of his resurrection; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Gratiam tuam, quaesumus, Domine, mentibus nostris infunde, ut qui, Angelo nuntiante, Christi Filii tui incarnationem cognovimus, per passionem eius et crucem, ad resurrectionis gloriam perducamur.

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Provenance

Gelasian/Gregorian, c. 750

Draft — AI-assisted research under editorial review.

A prayer accompanying the feast of the Annunciation since at least the eighth century, first used as the postcommunion after the Eucharist in the Sarum and Roman rites, then promoted by Thomas Cranmer in 1549 to serve as the collect for the day – a position it has held in Anglican prayer books ever since.