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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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The Sixth Sunday of Epiphany

Almighty God, look mercifully upon your people, that by your great goodness they may be governed and preserved evermore; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, now and for ever.  Amen.

Quaesumus, omnipotens Deus, familiam tuam propitius respice: ut, te largiente, regatur in corpore; et, te servante, custodiatur in mente.

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Original-language source · public domain

BCP 2019, p. 603

Proper Preface

Preface of the Lord’s Day, or of the Epiphany

Through Jesus Christ our Lord, who on the first day of the week overcame death and the grave, and by his glorious resurrection opened to us the way of everlasting life.

Provenance

Roman sacramentary, c.750

Draft — AI-assisted research under editorial review.

A prayer from the early Roman sacramentaries, more than a thousand years old, that Cranmer brought into the first English prayer book in 1549 and the ACNA revived in 2019 after it was dropped from Anglican use for forty years.