A Prayer for the Clergy and People
A prayer from the sixteenth-century Book of Common Prayer.
This prayer came at the close of Morning and Evening Prayer in the Book of Common Prayer, the service book of the Church of England following the Reformation in the sixteenth century.
ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who alone workest great marvels: Send down upon our Bishops and Curates, and all Congregations committed to their charge, the healthful Spirit of thy grace; and that they may truly please thee, pour upon them the continual dew of thy blessing. Grant this, O Lord, for the honour of our Advocate and Mediator, Jesus Christ. Amen.