Prayer Resources

Prayer is the language with which we build our relationship with The Divine. Meditating in prayer not only helps one to become more aware of the Divine presence, but allows us to express our thoughts, desires, troubles, and concerns to the Supreme Creator, who can answer if it be in line with the Divine Will (Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will be done, on Earth, as it is in Heaven).

Divine Office/Liturgy of The Hours (Praying the Psalter)

Praying at regular times of the day is an ancient Christian tradition with roots in Jewish worship. The Divine Office is a prayer routine which traditionally prays the entire book of Psalms over a period of time. Not only does this practice keep one’s awareness of the Divine heightened throughout the day, this utilizes and helps one to become familiar with the Psalms, which are some of the most powerful scriptures (with many believing each to have magical correspondences). It also familiarizes one with the structure of ritual and prayer.

  • Daily Office of BSGAutomatically presents prayers based on date and time, with customizable settings. Available as an app for your phone. (Anglican Tradition, Brotherhood of St Gregory/Episcopal Church)
  • Daily Office of ACNASimilar to the above, but also available as an app for your phone. (Anglican Tradition, Based off of ACNA 2019 Book of Common Prayer)
  • CommonPrayer.orgPresents Morning and Evening prayers with Psalms and Readings automatically loaded into the pages. It includes abbreviated prayer options to save time. (Anglican Tradition)
  • Universalis.com – Presents the seven hours of prayers as currently used by the Roman Catholic church.
  • DivinumOfficium.com – Presents all hours of the traditional Divine Office of the Roman Rite in Latin and English.
  • The Office of The Hours of the Apostolic Johannite Church – Version of the hours used by the Apostolic Johannite Church, a Gnostic Christian Church.

Spiritual Communion

While the true presence of Christ is made present physically in the miracle of the Eucharist, for times when one cannot receive the sacrament, there are ways to still receive Spiritual Communion with Christ.

  • A Form for Spiritual Communion – This order provided by The Order of Julian of Norwich, an Anglican monastic order, follows the format of a Mass, but provides Spiritual Communion prayers in place of the Eucharistic prayers.
    • This Form can be used with the Sunday Mass Readings and Collects from the below calendars (The Revised Common Lectionary readings include a Psalm and are usually longer than the Traditional readings):