A Collect for Peace
A short prayer from Evensong in the Book of Common Prayer.
This Collect was appointed as the second of three prayers at the end of Evensong in the Book of Common Prayer of 1549.
O God, from whom all holy desires, all good counsels, and all just works do proceed: Give unto thy servants that peace which the world cannot give; that both our hearts may be set to obey thy commandments, and also that by thee we being defended from the fear of our enemies may pass our time in rest and quietness; through the merits of Jesu Christ, our Saviour. Amen.