Commontide
Proper 14
Almighty God, give us the increase of faith, hope, and love; and, that we may obtain what you have promised, make us love what you command; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
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Original-language source · public domain
BCP 2019, p. 618
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One of the oldest collects in the prayer book, this prayer goes back to a Roman liturgical booklet probably composed in the 5th or 6th century, preserved in the ancient Verona manuscript called the Leonianum. Archbishop Cranmer translated it for the first Book of Common Prayer in 1549, making one characteristic change: where the Latin asked that we might merit God's promises, Cranmer quietly removed the word, trusting the promises to grace alone.