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 ''III. For all Christians in their vocation''

Almighty and everlasting God, by whose Spirit the whole body of thy faithful people is governed and sanctified:  Receive our supplications and prayers, which we offer before  thee for all members of thy holy Church, that in their  vocation and ministry they may truly and godly serve thee;  through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, who liveth and  reigneth with thee, in the unity of the same Spirit, one God,  now and for ever. Amen.

Preface of Baptism, or of the Season

16. For the Mission of the Church

O God, who hast made of one blood all the peoples of the earth, and didst send thy blessed Son to preach peace to those  who are far off and to those who are near: Grant that people  everywhere may seek after thee and find thee, bring the  nations into thy fold, pour out thy Spirit upon all flesh, and  hasten the coming of thy kingdom; through the same thy  Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee  and the same Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

O God of all the nations of the earth: Remember the multitudes who have been created in thine image but have  not known the redeeming work of our Savior Jesus Christ;  and grant that, by the prayers and labors of thy holy Church,  they may be brought to know and worship thee as thou hast  been revealed in thy Son; who liveth and reigneth with thee  and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Preface of the Season, or of Pentecost