Prayer for the Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost

O almighty God,
you are the author of everlasting happiness.
Sustain and comfort us in all the trials of this present life,
and grant to us at last, in your presence,
fullness of joy, and pleasure for evermore;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

Source: Freely modified from Mozarabic Collects, ed. Rev. Chas. R. Hale, New York, 1881, p. 35#2 (Trinity 16)

“you are the author of everlasting happiness” may be a reference to James 1:17

“Sustain” may be a reference to Psalm 55:22

“Sustain and comfort us in all the trials …” may be a reference to Acts 14:22, 2 Corinthians 1:3.

“grant to us at last, in your presence, fullness of joy…” is a reference to Psalm 16:11