The Collect for Proper 13
The Sunday closest to August 3. Book of Common Prayer (1979), page 232.
Contemporary
Let your continual mercy, O Lord, cleanse and defend your Church; and, because it cannot continue in safety without your help, protect and govern it always by your goodness; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Traditional
O Lord, we beseech thee, let thy continual pity cleanse and defend thy Church, and, because it cannot continue in safety without thy succor, preserve it evermore by thy help and goodness; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
When it is prayed
It is the Collect of the Day at these offices:
- Sunday, August 1, 2027Morning Prayer · Evening Prayer
- Monday, August 2, 2027Morning Prayer · Evening Prayer
- Tuesday, August 3, 2027Morning Prayer · Evening Prayer
- Wednesday, August 4, 2027Morning Prayer · Evening Prayer
- Thursday, August 5, 2027Morning Prayer
- Saturday, August 7, 2027Morning Prayer · Evening Prayer