Prayers from the Book of Common Prayer
12. For a Church Convention or Meeting
See also Various Occasions no. 13.
Almighty and everliving God, source of all wisdom and understanding, be
present with those who take counsel for the renewal and mission of your
Church. Teach us in all things to seek first your honor and glory. Guide us
to perceive what is right, and grant us both the courage to pursue it and
the grace to accomplish it; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
13. For the Election of a Bishop Coadjutor or other Minister
Almighty God, giver of every good gift: Look graciously on your Church,
and so guide the minds of those who shall choose a bishop coadjutor for this
Diocese (or, rector for this parish), that we may receive a faithful pastor,
who will care for your people and equip us for our ministries; through Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.
14. For the Unity of the Church
See also Various Occasions no. 14, and Collect no. 6 (page 395)
O God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, our only Savior the Prince of
Peace: Give us grace seriously to lay to heart the great dangers we are in
by our unhappy divisions; take away all hatred and prejudice, and whatever
else may hinder us from godly union and concord; that, as there is but one
Body and one Spirit, one hope of our calling, one Lord, one Faith, one
Baptism, one God and Father of us all, so we may be all of one heart and of
one soul, united in one holy bond of truth and peace, of faith and charity,
and may with one mind and one mouth glorify thee; through Jesus Christ our
Lord. Amen.
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13. For a Church Convention
Almighty and everlasting Father, you have given the Holy Spirit to abide
with us for ever: Bless, we pray, with his grace and presence, the bishops
and the other clergy and the laity here (or now, or soon to be) assembled in
your Name, that your Church, being preserved in true faith and godly
discipline, may fulfill all the mind of him who loved it and gave himself
for it, your Son Jesus Christ our Savior; who lives and reigns with you, in
the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
14. For the Unity of the Church
Almighty Father, whose blessed Son before his passion prayed for his
disciples that they might be one, as you and he are one: Grant that your
Church, being bound together in love and obedience to you, may be united in
one body by the one Spirit, that the world may believe in him whom you have
sent, your Son Jesus Christ our Lord; who lives and reigns with you, in the
unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
page 256 BCP
II. For the choice of fit persons for the ministry
O God, you led your holy apostles to ordain ministers in every place: Grant
that your Church, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, may choose suitable
persons for the ministry of Word and Sacrament, and may uphold them in their
work for the extension of your kingdom; through him who is the Shepherd and
Bishop of our souls, 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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