Commontide
Gracious and holy Father, please give me intellect to understand you, reason to discern you, diligence to seek you, wisdom to find you, a spirit to know you, a heart to meditate upon you, ears to hear you, eyes to see you, a tongue to proclaim you, a way of life pleasing to you, patience to wait for you, and perseverance to look for you. Grant me a perfect end, your holy presence, a blessed resurrection, and life everlasting. Amen.
BCP 2019, p. 672
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A devotional prayer long attributed to St. Benedict of Nursia, drawn into the Book of Common Prayer 2019 in modernized wording, though its own history before that remains genuinely uncertain.