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For nearly 500 years, the Book of Common Prayer (BCP) has served as a cornerstone of Anglican worship, influencing rituals not just in England, but across the globe. Following Englands split from Rome in 1534, the need arose for a unified order of worship in English, replacing the traditional Latin. The first BCP was introduced in 1549 during Edward VIs reign, then abolished under Mary I, only to be reinstated with modifications by Elizabeth I in 1559. The English Civil War (1642–1651) saw it banned again, before a significant revision brought it back under James I in 1662. This 1662 version...

While many of us are familiar with such famous words as, "Dearly beloved, we are gathered together here. . ." or "Ashes to ashes, dust to dust," we may not know that they originated with The Book of Common Prayer, which first appeared in 1549. Like the words of the King James Bible and Shakespeare, the language of this prayer book has saturated English culture and letters.

I have struggled for years to cultivate a practice around Morning and Evening Prayer. A friend recently introduced me to an app for Lectio Divina that I have greatly enjoyed. Yet, something still felt like it was missing from my spiritual life as an Anglican Christian. As such, I am now attempting to create that something. My goal is to provide Morning and Evening prayer recordings complete with lectionary readings - eventually for each day. As I am married to an Anglican Priest, I have also left room for the occasional off-shoot episode. Much love and much peace, Megan.

Experience a deeper prayer life through this fresh take on ancient liturgy for believers today. Designed to help individuals, families, and congregations pray together across denominations, this book of common prayer will help you and your community join together each day with the same songs...

Read by the author with extra audiobook-exclusive poems. The Book of Common Courage is a collection of prayers, poems, and blessings to help you find a flicker of strength in the small and hard moments of life. Beloved author and therapist K. J. Ramsey invites you to journey word-by-word through...

In these days of danger, trouble, and evil, New York Times bestselling author Joseph Prince reveals how God's children can have round-the-clock protection through the power of prayer. The Prayer of Protection unveils the Bible's ultimate psalm of protection, Psalm 91, to help you understand more...

Daily prayers for morning, noon, evening, and the close of the day, drawn from the Book of Common Worship: Daily Prayer Edition, prepared by the Office of Theology and Worship for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).Daily prayer has been a way of life and practice of faith for the people of God for millennia, from the psalmists of ancient Israel through the saints of the Christian Church. These services for daily prayer are designed to help you join that great cloud of witnesses - seeking the way of God in your life and the will of God for the world. The patterns provided here are a simplified,...

"What is at stake is authenticity. . . . Sooner or later Christians tire of public meetings that are profoundly inauthentic, regardless of how well (or poorly) arranged, directed, performed. We long to meet, corporately, with the living and majestic God and to offer him the praise that is his...