Prayers

A Collect for Peace

A short prayer from Evensong in the Book of Common Prayer.

The tower of Holy Cross church from the walled garden on Goodnestone Park in Ke nt

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A Collect for Peace

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The tower of Holy Cross church from the walled garden on Goodnestone Park in Ke nt

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Introduction

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.