Welcome to the Re-Collect Podcast, where we spend a few moments taking the Sunday Prayer of the day into our weeks as a way to continue praying together as a church throughout the week. The Collects of the Christian Year are found in the Book of Common Prayer and help us focus our hearts on the Lord in our prayers and petitions. My name is Rachel Wassink, and welcome to the first episode of Re-Collect, where we’re going to answer what are these collects and why should we care about them.

O God of peace, who hast taught us that in returning and rest we shall be saved, in quietness and in confidence shall be our strength: b the might your Spirit lift us, we pray to your presence, where we may be still and know that you are God; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.