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The Supplication — the Officiant prays
Look mercifully, O Father, on our infirmities; and, for the glory of your Name, rescue us from all those evils we now endure; and grant that in all our troubles we may put our whole trust and confidence in your mercy, serving you in holiness and purity of life, to your honor and glory; through our only Mediator and Advocate, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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The closing prayer of the Great Litany, attached since Thomas Cranmer's first English litany of 1544. It asks God to look upon human weakness and grant steady trust in his mercy amid affliction. The ACNA BCP 2019 version makes a subtle but significant shift: where the historic form confesses our troubles are "most justly deserved," the newer wording asks God to "rescue us from all those evils we now endure."