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Almighty and everlasting God, whose will it is to restore all things in your well-beloved Son, the King of kings and Lord of lords: Mercifully grant that the peoples of the earth, divided and enslaved by sin, may be freed and brought together under his most gracious rule; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
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BCP 2019, p. 623
Preface of Christ the King
Through your only begotten Son Jesus Christ, the King of kings and Lord of lords; for you have seated him at your right hand in glory, and put all things in subjection under his feet, that he may present them to you, O Father, perfectly restored in beauty, truth, and love.
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Composed in 1925 when Pope Pius XI established a feast honoring Christ's kingship over all nations, this collect lifts its opening clause almost verbatim from Paul's letter to the Ephesians. The English text in Anglican prayer books is a free adaptation made for the 1979 Episcopal prayer book by its working editor, Howard Galley.