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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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Week Starting August 7-13

Proper 14

Almighty God, give us the increase of faith, hope, and love; and, that we may obtain what you have promised, make us love what you command; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  Amen.

Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, da nobis fidei, spei et caritatis augmentum: et, ut mereamur assequi quod promittis, fac nos amare quod praecipis.

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Original-language source · public domain

BCP 2019, p. 618

Provenance

Leonine/Gelasian, 5th–6th c.

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One of the oldest collects in the prayer book, this prayer goes back to a Roman liturgical booklet probably composed in the 5th or 6th century, preserved in the ancient Verona manuscript called the Leonianum. Archbishop Cranmer translated it for the first Book of Common Prayer in 1549, making one characteristic change: where the Latin asked that we might merit God's promises, Cranmer quietly removed the word, trusting the promises to grace alone.