Commontide
Almighty God, heavenly Father, you have blessed us with the joy and care of children: Give us calm strength and patient wisdom so to train them, that they may love all that is true, and pure, and lovely, and of good report, following the example of their Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.
BCP 2019, p. 666
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A parent's prayer barely a century old: written in 1919 by an Episcopal priest for his own family's private devotions, it entered the Book of Common Prayer in 1979 and, in 2019, had its earlier, more scriptural wording quietly restored.