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Dear list members,
I should be grateful for information on the 'Prayer of Humble Access' from
the Book of Common Prayer. Is the text older than the Book of Common Prayer
or am I correct in thinking that Thomas Cranmer is the author. I'm
particularly interested in the last phrase and the theme of the indwelling
of God/Christ in the believer. This theme occurs in Patristic theology,
following John 6:56 and John 14:23, but I don't have any precise
references. Any help would be greatly appreciated. The text of the prayer
is as follows:
We do not presume to come to this thy Table, O merciful Lord,
trusting in our own righteousness,
but in thy manifold and great mercies.
We are not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under thy Table.
But thou art the same Lord, whose property is always to have mercy;
Grant us therefore, gracious Lord,
so to eat the flesh of thy dear Son Jesus Christ, and to drink his blood,
that our sinful bodies may be made clean by his body,
and our souls washed through his most precious blood,
and that we may evermore ever dwell in him, and he in us.
Amen
Yours sincerely
Wyn
Wyn Thomas
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