Prayers for Illumination on Salvation
Adapted from Psalm 25:4-5 (NIV)
O Lord,
Show us your ways, Lord,
Teach us your paths.
Guide us in your truth and teach us,
for you are God my Savior,
and my hope is in you all day long.
Blessed Lord,
who caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning:
Grant us so to hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them,
that we may embrace and ever hold fast
the blessed hope of everlasting life,
which you have given us in our Savior, Jesus Christ,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God,
now and forever. Amen.
The Book of Common Prayer, according to the use of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. © 1977, Charles Mortimer
Guilbert as custodian; public domain.
Almighty and gracious Father, since our whole salvation stands in our knowledge of your Holy Word, strengthen us now by your Holy Spirit that our hearts may be set free from all worldly thoughts and attachments of the flesh, so that we may hear and receive that same Word, and, recognizing thy gracious will for us, may love and serve you with earnest delight, praising and glorifying you in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
John Calvin, Adapted, quoted in Bard Thompson, Liturgies of the Western Church
God, source of all light, by your Word you give light to the soul. Pour out upon us the spirit of wisdom and understanding that, being taught by you in Holy Scripture, our hearts and minds may be opened to know the things that pertain to life and holiness; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen