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A Prayer of St. John Chrysostom

Taken from the Byzantine Liturgy attributed to St.

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Almighty God, who hast given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplications unto thee; and dost promise that when two or three are gathered together in thy Name thou wilt grant their requests: Fulfil now, O Lord, the desires and petitions of thy servants, as may be most expedient for them; granting us in this world knowledge of thy truth, and in the world to come life everlasting. Amen.

Book of Common Prayer / Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom

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John Chrysostom (d. 407) and placed by Cranmer at the close of Morning and Evening Prayer. It is the prayer that gathers up everything already prayed and hands it over — including the crucial qualifier, "as may be most expedient for them."

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