Commontide
Lord God, by your providence our founders won their liberties of old: Grant that we and all the people of this land may have grace to exercise these liberties in righteousness and peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
BCP 2019, p. 636
Preface of Trinity Sunday
Who, with your co-eternal Son and Holy Spirit, are one God, one Lord, in Trinity of Persons and in Unity of Substance. For that which we believe of your glory, O Father, we believe the same of your Son, and of the Holy Spirit, without any difference or inequality.
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A collect for Independence Day composed for the American church, giving thanks that the nation's founders received their liberties by God's providence and asking for grace to use those liberties in righteousness and peace. It entered the ratified American Book of Common Prayer in the 1928 revision – the first edition to observe the national holiday liturgically – and the ACNA 2019 BCP preserves its substance with light modernization.