A morning prayer for grace
O Lord, our heavenly Father, Almighty and everlasting God, who hast safely brought us to the beginning of this day: defend us in the same with thy mighty power; and grant that this day we fall into no sin, neither run into any kind of danger; but that all our doings may be ordered by thy governance, to do always that is righteous in thy sight; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Text: Book of Common Prayer (1662), public domain.
About this prayer
The third collect at Morning Prayer in the Book of Common Prayer. Thomas Cranmer adapted it in 1549 from the Latin collect said at Prime, the early-morning hour of the medieval Sarum office. Anglicans have prayed it at the start of the day for nearly five centuries, and it suits any Christian's morning.