Commontide

For Agriculture and Farming

Almighty God, we thank you for making the earth fruitful, so that it may produce what is needed to sustain our life: Bless those who work in the fields; give us seasonable weather; and grant that we may all share the fruits of the earth, rejoicing in your goodness; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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Commontide

Collect for Proper 21 · Commontide

Collect

Prayers

Week Starting September 25-October 1

Proper 21

O merciful Lord, grant to your faithful people pardon and peace, that we may be cleansed from all our sins and serve you with a quiet mind; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Largire, quaesumus, Domine, fidelibus tuis indulgentiam placatus, et pacem: ut pariter ab omnibus mundentur offensis, et secura tibi mente deserviant.

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Original-language source · public domain

BCP 2019, p. 620

Provenance

Gelasian, c. 700

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One of the oldest prayers in regular Anglican use, this collect for Proper 21 traces to the early medieval Roman rite and was carried into English by Cranmer in 1549. ACNA BCP 2019 also appoints it as the lay absolution in the Daily Office.