O Lord Jesus Christ,
who at thy first coming
didst send thy messenger
to prepare thy way before thee;
Grant that the ministers and stewards
of thy mysteries may likewise
so prepare and make ready thy way,
by turning the hearts of the disobedient
to the wisdom of the just,
that at thy second coming to judge the world
we may be found an acceptable people in thy sight,
who livest and reignest
with the Father and the Holy Spirit
ever, one God, world without end. Amen.

Source: The Book of Common Prayer (1928)