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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.