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Why not present - at least optionally - only the choices that are currently relevant? The program knows what day and season it is, because it links correctly to the lectionary index page for the current date in the calendar, although it apparently does not know that a feast falling on Sunday (like Confession of Peter and Conversion of Paul in 2015) is generally transferred. The eCP could allow making choices in advance and then display the text of only the options that will be used. Yes, I know eCP is trying to reproduce the printed book, but the designers didn’t have a problem providing the Opening Sentences with a link rather than printing them in place, so why not do the same for the Venite and/or its alternatives? The Church of England Common Worship apps (see below) provide a complete service with the most popular option printed in place and the alternatives available through links and pop-up windows. The user must then scroll past all the seasonal antiphons (regardless of season), then past Psalm 95 (represented only by a link), the Jubilate (printed in full), and “Christ our Passover” (printed in full, even on the 314 out of 365 days it won’t be used) to the rubric for the Psalm Appointed. Scrolling from the top is the only option if the user wishes to “begin with the versicle … on page 80,” since there is no link to jump there and no page numbers. The Confession is printed in place, so skipping it requires manually scrolling past it. Some of the choices seem inconsistent to me.įor example, Morning Prayer II begins with a rubric stating that the Officiant can begin with an opening sentence, with the Confession, or “with the versicle ‘Lord, open our lips’ on page 80.” Using the opening sentences requires tapping a link, scrolling through all the seasonal sentences (regardless of the present season) to reach the general sentences, making a choice, reading the sentence, and then tapping the Back arrow. eCP provides all the services of the church, but using the Daily Office section requires almost as much flipping from place to place as using the printed book. It is pricy for a smartphone app, visually appealing, and it works … with some work on the user’s part. (3) Electronic Common Prayer from Church Publishing is the official TEC Prayer Book app, so I will spend far more time describing it than any other. This would be my favorite 1979 Daily Office app, if not for the St. The presentation is very clean and simple.

Several prayers are suggested for each service in the intercessions sections the user can skip these, of course. Other enrichments include optional music - several hymns and sometimes a chanted psalm - and a commemoration of a feast or holy person when appointed. The readings from the 1979 Daily Office Lectionary are in the New Revised Standard Version. Within the English services, there is the option of using the Coverdale Psalter in preference to BCP 1979. Spanish Morning Prayer also includes the Midday Office, and Spanish Evening Prayer also includes Compline. All that is needed is to click on one of the four main buttons and the chosen service appears ready to be prayed from top to bottom, with all the propers in their proper places. This provides complete services of Morning and Evening Prayer (Rite II) in both English and Spanish for yesterday, today, and tomorrow. (2) To my taste, the best in the App Store is Mission St.

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That follows the directive of Archbishop Cranmer that Morning and Evening Prayer should be so simple that it takes significantly less time to figure out how to say them than it takes to say them once they are figured out. The better apps are much more interactive. That requires a lot of flipping from place to place, which is awkward on a phone or computer. (1) There are various apps and electronic publications that just include the text of the Prayer Book as it appears in print. Several apps allow following the Daily Office as set out in the 1979 Prayer Book of The Episcopal Church, which is often used by other Christian groups. I have probably missed some, so I hope readers will add them in the comments.Īmerican Book of Common Prayer.

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Many of them are available as well for Windows Phone, Kindle Fire, Blackberry, and generic mobile browsers. However, most of the following can also be found in the Google Play Store for Android. I am therefore more familiar with apps for iPhone and iPad that can be found in the U.S. As an Apple user for over thirty years, I have naturally used iOS devices. As promised in my post “ Daily Office in Your Pocket,” here is a rather long list of smartphone and tablet applications focused on the Daily Office.

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