Commontide
Almighty and everlasting God, you multiply your Church in every generation: Grant the gifts of faith and understanding to those being instructed in your holy Word; that being washed in the waters of Baptism, they may be born again and numbered among your adopted children; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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This prayer for those preparing for baptism is one of five Good Friday "Solemn Collects," ancient bidding prayers for the whole Church, its ministers, catechumens, and the world. Cranmer dropped them in 1549; this close translation of the old Latin first appears in an Anglican book in the ACNA's 2019 BCP.