Commontide
Almighty God, you alone gave us the breath of life, and you alone can keep alive in us the holy desires you impart. We beseech you, for your compassion’s sake, to sanctify all our thoughts and endeavors, that we may neither begin an action without a pure intention nor continue it without your blessing. And grant that, having the eyes of our mind enlightened to behold things invisible and unseen, we may in heart be inspired by your wisdom, in work be upheld by your strength, and in the end be accepted as your faithful servants; through Jesus Christ our Savior. Amen.
BCP 2019, p. 670
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A morning prayer asking God to purify our intentions before we act, and to keep alive the holy desires God plants in us through the day. It was written by the Victorian clergyman-scholar Rowland Williams, printed only after his death in 1872, and entered the Prayer Book tradition through the American revision of 1928 before reaching the ACNA 2019 book almost word for word.