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Additional Prayers for the Sick
Almighty God, our heavenly Father, graciously comfort your servant N. in his suffering, and bless the means used for his cure. Though at times he may be afraid, fill his heart with confidence that he may yet put his trust in you; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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A twentieth-century pastoral collect for someone about to undergo surgery, first printed in the 1979 Book of Common Prayer and carried into the ACNA 2019 Prayer Book in lightly revised words.