Almighty God and Father,
we cry to you in our need.
In your great compassion,
have mercy on us.
Christ,
hear us.
for us you were born
of the Virgin Mary.
Have mercy on us.
Lord,
forgive us our sins.
Help us in our last hour.
For us you suffered death.
Have mercy on us.
Source: Kyrie minus summum 1612, Kyrie magnae Deus Potentiae, from a musical arrangement by Hugo Diestler. Translated for A Collection of Prayers.
This is not the work of A Collection of Prayers, but a very useful and amazing project.
Someone has researched and compiled Scripture references behind every rite and prayer in The Book of Common Prayer. Here is their preface:
The Book of Common Prayer (BCP) is a landmark document of the Anglican tradition and the English language. Its unique rites, formulations, and collects are suffused with Biblical quotation and allusion.
This resource is a port of The Book of Common Prayer: With marginal references to texts in the Holy Scriptures published by the Church of England in 1839 (archive.org link), which aims to catalogue each scriptural reference in the text of the 1662 BCP.
Inline Biblical quotations are taken from the New Revised Standard Version (BibleGateway link).
And here is the link to The Scriptural BCP.
Glory to you, O Lord, glory to you.
Glory to you, who gave me sleep to refresh my weakness
and to repay the toils of this weak flesh.
To this day, and all days,
a peaceful, healthy, sinless course,
Grant, O Lord.
The angel of peace,
a faithful guide, guardian of souls and bodies,
to encamp around me
and to encourage all that is good,
Grant, O Lord.
Pardon and forgiveness of all sins and offences,
Grant, O Lord.
To our souls, whatever is good and convenient,
and peace to the world,
Grant, O Lord.
Whatever is true,
whatever is noble,
whatever is right,
whatever is pure,
whatever is lovely,
whatever is admirable—
if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—
such thoughts and such deeds,
Grant, O Lord.
A Christian death,
without sin,
without shame,
and if it pleases you, without pain,
and a good answer before the judgment seat of Jesus Christ our Lord.
Grant, O Lord. Amen.
Source: Bishop Andrews, in Service and Prayers for Church and Home, p. 14 (modified)
O Lord our God and heavenly Father,
in your indescribable mercy
you have provided food and drink
for the nourishment of our weak bodies.
Grant us peace
to use these gifts from your hands
with thankful, reverent hearts.
Let your blessing rest on these your gifts,
to our comfort and sustenance.
Grant, good Lord,
that as we hunger and thirst for this food for our bodies,
so may our souls earnestly long after
the Bread of eternal Life,
Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior. Amen.
Source: Freely modified from George Webb, “Short direction for the daily exercise of the Christian,” London 1625.
Original in traditional English:
O Lord our God and heavenly Father, which of Thy unspeakable mercy towards us, hast provided meate and drinke for the nourishment of our weake bodies. Grant us peace to use them reverently, as from Thy hands, with thankful hearts: let Thy blessing rest upon these Thy good creatures, to our comfort and sustentation: and grant we humbly beseech Thee, good Lord, that as we doe hunger and thirst for this food of our bodies, so our soules may earnestly long after the food of eternal life, through Jesus Christ, our Lord and Saviour, Amen.
Guide us, Lord,
in all the changes and varieties of the world;
that we may have evenness and tranquility of spirit:
that we may not grumble in adversity
nor grow proud in prosperity,
but in serene faith surrender our souls
to your most divine will;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Source: From Jeremy Taylor, 1613-1667
Source of this version: Modified from https://prayersascending.blogspot.com/
Original in traditional English:
Guide us, Lord, in all the changes and varieties of the world; that we may have evenness and tranquility of spirit: that we may not murmur in adversity nor in prosperity wax proud, but in serene faith resign our souls to thy divinest will; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
O Lord, you have called me to open my hand,
that you might fill it:
but I would not open it;
I held the world fast,
and kept my hand shut,
and would not let it go.
But you alone can open it for me;
not my hand only, but my mouth;
not my mouth, but my heart also.
Grant that I may know nothing but you,
account all things a loss compared with you,
and endeavor to be transformed
to be like you.
Source: From Jeremy Taylor, 1613-1667
Source of this version: Modified from http://anglicanhistory.org/taylor/worthy/7.2.html
Original in traditional English:
Thou hast called unto me to open my hand, and thou wouldest fill it: but I would not open it; I held the world fast, and kept my hand shut, and would not let it go. But do thou open it for me; not my hand only, but my mouth; not my mouth, but my heart also.
Grant that I may know nothing but thee, account all things loss in comparison of thee, and endeavour to be made conformable to thee, …
Almighty and eternal God,
you sanctify and govern all Christendom
through your Holy Spirit.
Hear us, by your grace,
and keep your church
and all its members
in the true faith,
that we may faithfully serve you;
through Jesus Christ, your Son, our Lord.
Amen.
Source: Attributed to an old Lutheran Church Order, found in Allgemeines evangelisches Gesang- und Gebetbuch zum Kirchen und Hausgebrauch, Hamburg, 1846, p. 437#2.
The adjective “faithfully” was added both because it is implied, and it gives a more satisfactory conclusion.
Allmächtiger, ewiger Gott, der Du durch Deinen heiligen Geist die ganze Christenheit heiligest und regierest: Erhöre unser Gebet, und gieb uns gnädiglich, daß sie mit allen ihren Gliedern, in reinem Glauben durch Deine Gnade Dir diene: um Jesu Christi, Deines lieben Sohnes, unsers Herrn willen. Amen.
Praise be to God the Father who made us.
Praise be to God the Son who redeemed us.
Praise be to God the Holy Spirit who sanctified us.
Praise to the the holy and glorious Trinity, now and forever. Amen.
Source: Rambachs Handbüchlein (Johann Jakob Rambach 1693-1723), translated for A Collection of Prayers from Gebetbuch, enthaltend die sämtlichen Gebete und Seufzer Martin Luther’s, ….Evangelischer Bücher-Verein, 1866, #48(c).
Ehre sei Gott, dem Vater, der uns erschaffen hat.
Ehre sei Gott, dem Sohn, der uns erlöset hat.
Ehre sei Gott, dem heiligen Geist, der uns geheiliget hat.
Ehre sei der heiligen und hochgelobten Dreieinigkeit von nun an bis in Ewigkeit. Amen.
Translation note:
Ehre is translated as “praise” so that hochgelobten can be translated as “glorious” without redundancy.
O my Lord Jesus,
be my light!
Enlighten my heart
so that I walk
as a child of the light,
flee and shun
the works of darkness,
and serve you this whole day.
Amen.
Source: Nürnberger Handbuch, Translated for A Collection of Prayers. German source: Gebetbuch, enthaltend die sämtlichen Gebete und Seufzer Martin Luther’s, ….Evangelischer Bücher-Verein, 1866, #28.
Original in German
Ach mein Herr Jesu! sei du mein Licht, erleuchte mein Herz, daß ich diesen Tag als ein Kind des Lichts wandle, die Werke der Finsterniß fliehe und scheue, und diesen ganzen Tag dir dienen möge. Amen.
O eternal God,
creator and preserver of all mankind,
giver of all spiritual grace,
author of everlasting life,
send your blessing on
this man and this woman
whom we bless in your name.
Help and empower them
to live faithfully together,
and to keep the promises
made to each other and to you.
Keep them in your love and peace together,
and guide them with your holy Word;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
O God,
you established and blessed marriage,
and you use it as a picture
of the spiritual marriage and unity
between Christ and his Church.
Look mercifully on this man and woman
that they may love, honor, and cherish each other,
and live together in faithfulness and patience,
in wisdom and true godliness,
that their home may be
a haven of blessing and of peace;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns
with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and forever.
Amen.
Source: Modified and adapted from the 1928 U.S. Book of Common Prayer. Both prayers are shortened from the 1662 Book of Common Prayer.
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