Commontide
Morning Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, you stretched out your arms of love on the hard wood of the Cross that everyone might come within the reach of your saving embrace: So clothe us in your Spirit that we, reaching forth our hands in love, may bring those who do not know you to the knowledge and love of you; for the honor of your Name. Amen.
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Written by Bishop Charles Henry Brent in 1907 and drawn into the Prayer Book in 1979, this collect casts Christ's outstretched arms on the Cross as the model and motive for every act of Christian mission.