Most merciful Father, send your heavenly blessings upon this your Church, that all its members may dwell together in unity and love. Keep far from us all self-will and discord. Endue your pastors with righteousness, and enable them faithfully to fulfill their ministry, to bring again the outcasts, and to seek the lost. And grant to us so to receive their ministrations, and to use your means of gace, that in our words and deeds we may seek your glory and the advancement of your kingdom; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Book of Common Prayer, U.S.A., 20th Cent. alt.
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