Prayers

A Collect for Aid Against All Perils

The third of three short prayers from the close of Evensong in the Book of Common Prayer.

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A Collect for Aid Against All Perils

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Introduction

This Collect was appointed as the third of three prayers at the end of Evensong in the Book of Common Prayer of 1549.

Lighten our darkness, we beseech thee, O Lord; and by thy great mercy defend us from all perils and dangers of this night: for the love of thy only Son, our Saviour, Jesu Christ. Amen.