Almighty and everlasting God,
You are always more ready to hear than we to pray,
and to give more than we either desire or deserve:
Pour upon Your church the abundance of Your mercy,
forgiving us those things of which our conscience is afraid,
and giving us those good things for which we are not worthy to ask,
except through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ our Savior;
Who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
We've moved into the book The Divine Hours: Prayers for Autumn and Wintertime by Phyllis Tickle.
Vineyard Church in Ann Arbor has the Divine Hours prayers on its website.
This prayer originates from The Book of Common Prayer. It the Collect (Contemporary) Proper 22, for the Sunday closest to October 5th. Page 234 in my copy of the BCP.
(Vineyard Church in Ann Arbor seems to be one week behind. Or maybe I am one week ahead.)
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