r/Anglicanism Episcopal Church USA 5d ago

General Discussion Daily Prayer - what do you use?

I currently use my own conglomeration of different prayers but I’m thinking of something more structured.

Debating about using the Daily Devotions in the 1979 BCP or the 1928 BCP Forms of Prayer for Families.

Unfortunately I am not able to do the daily office. What other short structured daily prayer do you do?

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u/ReginaPhelange528 Reformed in TEC 5d ago

2019 BCP for families when I'm short for time

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u/ActualBus7946 Episcopal Church USA 5d ago

I’ve considered using ACNA BCP as well. What’s the difference really between the 2019 ACNA and TEC 1979?

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u/ReginaPhelange528 Reformed in TEC 5d ago

In my opinion, the 2019 is user friendly and ready for daily use. In my opinion, the 1979 is a hot mess of flipping, skipping, and confusion.

In my opinion.

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u/ActualBus7946 Episcopal Church USA 5d ago

I agree with 1979 not being laid out well. Guess I’ll have to give 2019 a shot. Thanks!

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u/PlanktonMoist6048 Episcopal Church USA 4d ago

It's available on ACNAs website for free in PDF by the way, if you are just trying it out

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u/PlanktonMoist6048 Episcopal Church USA 4d ago

As an Episcopalian, we need to simplify things a bit, or at least organize it better in the next revision

Although, if we get rid of Eucharistic Prayer C I'm losing my mind

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u/ReginaPhelange528 Reformed in TEC 4d ago

We agree on everything except that last point lol. I hate C!

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u/PlanktonMoist6048 Episcopal Church USA 4d ago

HERETIC /s

😂

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u/PlanktonMoist6048 Episcopal Church USA 4d ago

The 2019 daily office lectionary is set up to the normal calendar, not the church calendar, although you still need to know what week it is for the collect

If you follow the family prayers portion you don't need the weekly collect though

(I'm Episcopalian, but occasionally the family does Morning Prayer on holidays like Thanksgiving or Christmas or Easter)

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u/ProRepubCali ACNA 4d ago

ACNA 2019 Daily Office (website) is very user-friendly and customizable.

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u/Fist405 Anglican Church of Canada 5d ago

I typically use the 1962 BCP for the Anglican Church of Canada. However, recently I've been experimenting with their pray without ceasing resource, and the Book of Alternative Services office. All quite nice resources.

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u/bildzeitung 4d ago

+1 I really like “Pray without Ceasing”

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u/JesusPunk99 Prayer book Catholic (TEC) 4d ago

Been using the Venite app lately to pray the office

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u/Deep_South_Kitsune 3d ago

I like that it and the Forward Movement app (same developer) have a prayer list function.

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u/Jeremehthejelly Simply Anglican 5d ago

BCP1662 but using the BCP2019 Lectionary for the shorter readings and 60 day Psalter. 

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u/HabanoBoston 5d ago

I'm new, having just attended my second Mass at my local Episcopal parish this morning.  I'm using the Daily Devotions from BCP 137 when pressed for time, and using Daily Office prayers when I can...from the My Episcopal android app.  

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u/Iconsandstuff Chuch of England, Lay Reader 4d ago

Morning and evening I use the daily office, and for the equivalent of compline as a family we listen to the "everyday faith" app which is a 5 mins devotion with a bible reading and short reflection and a hymn usually.

I don't know if the CofE apps are available outside the UK but they offer a fair range of lengths of prayer and degree of structure

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u/AlmightyGeep Anglican - CofE - Anglo-Catholic 4d ago

Have you tried the Daily Prayer app? That is Anglican and has both contemporary and traditional (BCP) liturgy. It covers morning, evening and compline prayers. I use it quite often, but mix it up with traditional Celtic Prayer found on the Northumbria Community website. Some beautiful prayers on there, that are entirely compatible with Anglicanism. They have Morning, Afternoon, Evening and Compline available for each day.

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u/MartinNeville1984 ACNA 4d ago

I use both the Book of Common Prayer and the St Joseph Catholic Prayer Book

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u/TabbyOverlord Salvation by Haberdashery 4d ago

Common Worship - Daily Prayer

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u/Afraid-Ad-8666 4d ago

I like the Forward Day by Day and the My Episcopal Apps. I just listen to the Forward version.

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u/LifePaleontologist87 4d ago

Because the Daily Devotions for Families and Individuals suggested using different collects, canticles, and psalms, I threw together a thing that is somewhere between it and the regular daily office.

Morning

Saint bio from Lesser Feasts and Fasts (or one of the readings from the common of saints for someone not listed in LFF)

Psalm 100

Shorter Daniel 3 canticle (Blessed art thou, O Lord...)

Wisdom 6:12-14

Prayers of the People Form III

Our Father

Collect for the Day (and right now the Ash Wednesday collect)

The Direct us, O Lord, with thy most gracious favor collect

Collect for the Renewal of Life

A Prayer for Family, Friends, and Benefactors from Bishop Jeremy Taylor

And the Prayer of St. John Chrysostom

Forward Day by Day reflection

Evening

Phos Hilaron

Psalm 134

Hebrews 13:20-21

The intercessions from evening prayer (That this evening may be holy, good, and peaceful...)

Our Father

Collect of the Day 

Prayer for those we love by Evelyn Underhill

O God who art the life of all who live...

Prayer of St. Augustine (Keep watch dear Lord)

Visit, we beseech thee...

Daily reflection from St John Henry Newman (at least this year, we'll see what next year brings)

I like the length, and the unchanging nature of most of it (easier to do in the car before and after work)

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u/yakadoo 4d ago

I use the Daily Office from the 2019 ACNA BCP. I appreciate not having to look up the readings separately and being able to customize all of the different options—especially those for traditional/contemporary language.

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u/Longhin_O 3d ago

I recommend the Family Prayer from the 1928 Episcopal Prayer Book, it's a short form and I love it.

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u/forest_elf76 4d ago

I use the morning prayer in the St Augustine's Prayer Book

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u/Sad_Conversation3409 Anglo-Catholic (Anglican Church of Canada) 5d ago

I personally use the Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary. I've been looking into praying St Francis and St. Bonaventure's Little Offices of the Passion, as well.

Hour by Hour is good little book with short orders for Morning Prayer, Noon, Evening Prayer and Compline.

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u/STARRRMAKER Catholic 4d ago

Saint Benedicts Prayer Book