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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 June 5-11

Proper 5

Grant, O Lord, that the course of this world may be so peaceably ordered by your providence, that your Church may joyfully serve you in quiet confidence and godly peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  Amen.

BCP 2019, p. 616

Provenance

Leonine, c. 600 / Cranmer 1549

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One of the oldest prayers in the Anglican rite, this collect for Proper 5 descends from a Latin oration in the Verona Sacramentary, a seventh-century manuscript preserving fifth- and sixth-century Roman liturgy. It reaches us through the Sarum Missal and Cranmer's first Prayer Book of 1549.