In Christian liturgy, a collect is both a liturgical action and a short, general prayer. In the Middle Ages, the prayer was referred to in Latin as collectio, but in the more ancient sources, as oratio. In English, and in this usage, 'collect' is pronounced with the stress on the first syllable. Collects appear in the liturgy of the Mass of the Roman Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, and some other rites. Beginning with the Lutheran Book of Worship in 1979, contemporary Lutheran liturgies have dropped the name 'Collect' in favor of 'Prayer of the Day', although the meaning, structure, and function remains the same. Contents 1 Liturgical collect 2 Form 3 Examples of the prayers 3.1 'A Collect for Purity' 3.2 'A Collect for the Renewal of Life' 4 Reference Liturgical collect The liturgical collect is a dialog between the celebrant and the people. It follows a hymn of praise (such as the 'Gloria in Excelsis Deo', if used) after the opening of the service, with a greeting by the celebrant 'The Lord be with you', to which the people respond 'And with you(r spirit)'. The celebrant then invites all to pray with 'Let us pray'. In the more ancient practice, an invitation to kneel was given, and the people spend some short time in silent prayer, after which they were invited to stand. Then, the celebrant concluded the time of prayer by 'collecting' their prayers in a unified petition of a general form, referred to as a collect. Many of these still in use by churches of the West were originally composed in Latin, wherein they adhere to a flowing chanted style. Traditionally,
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