Commontide
Go forth into the world in peace, be of good courage, and fight the good fight of faith, that you may finish your course with joy; and the blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, be among you, and remain with you always. Amen.
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A dismissal blessing in two joined movements: a Pauline charge to press on in faith and a Trinitarian benediction. A longer parent form circulated in early-twentieth-century Anglican Confirmation use; the ACNA BCP 2019 condensed it, replacing a chain of exhortations drawn from 1 Thessalonians with two crisp Pauline metaphors of fighting and finishing.