May 12, 2021 | liturgy |
Let us pray (in silence) [that we may consciously live in the presence of the Risen Christ]
pause
that we, who believe your only-begotten Son, [only-begotten One]
our redeemer,
may also in heart and mind there continually dwell;
through Jesus Christ
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
The above is my reworking for my Book of Prayers in Common in which I seek to provide a set of collects with history and commentary.
Christians have been praying the above prayer on the Feast of the Ascension for over 12 centuries – shared through the Reformation into the Roman Missal and Books of Common Prayer. Surprisingly, it was removed from Roman Catholic rites in 1970, but then restored again in 2002.