Commontide
O God, you know that we are set in the midst of many grave dangers, and because of the frailty of our nature we cannot always stand upright: Grant that your strength and protection may support us in all dangers and carry us through every temptation; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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An eighth-century Roman prayer for standing upright amid grave dangers, carried through Cranmer's Prayer Book, now reassigned at the Easter Vigil to answer the story of the three young men in the furnace.