Commontide
Proper 23
O God, our refuge and strength, true source of all godliness: Graciously hear the devout prayers of your Church, and grant that those things which we ask faithfully, we may obtain effectually; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
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BCP 2019, p. 621
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A prayer rooted in Psalm 46's image of God as "refuge and strength," this collect has been prayed at Sunday Mass since at least the eighth century. Cranmer translated it into English for the 1549 prayer book, and it has traveled in every major Anglican prayer book since.