Commontide

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 19-25

Proper 7

Lord of all power and might, the author and giver of all good things: Graft in our hearts the love of your Name, increase in us true religion, nourish us with all goodness, and bring forth in us the fruit of good works; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Deus virtutum, cuius est totum quod est optimum, insere pectoribus nostris tui nominis amorem, et praesta, ut in nobis, religionis augmento, quae sunt bona nutrias, ac, vigilanti studio, quae nutrita custodias.

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Original-language source · public domain

BCP 2019, p. 617

Provenance

Gelasian, c.750 → Cranmer 1549

Draft — AI-assisted research under editorial review.

One of the oldest collects still in Anglican use, this prayer has been prayed at the Sunday Eucharist since at least the seventh or eighth century. Cranmer translated it for the first Book of Common Prayer in 1549, quietly recasting its opening to echo St. James's letter on the God who gives all good things.