A Commonplace Prayerbook
This is a work-in-progress: these prayers are being edited to conform with a more-standard English usage, albeit a higher-grade of English than many newspapers. I welcome feedback, corrections and questions via email at “arkouda” at this domain.
Daily Prayers
Morning Prayers
Various Prayers during the day and Mealtime Prayers
Bedtime Prayers
Small Compline (ER).
Special Use
Akathist of Thanksgiving (Evening)
First and Third Hours for Lent
Ninth Hour and Typika for Lent
Paschal Hours
Compline with Akathist for Lenten Fridays
Communion
Canon of Preparation for Communion (Said the night before)
Prayers Before Communion (Said the morning of)
Prayers Before Mass (WR)
Thanksgiving After Communion (ER)
As sources for the above prayers, I’ve been using the Jordanville Prayerbook, the 1982 St Tikhon’s Prayerbook and several publications from the community at New Skete. I’ve also made ample use of online sources. When including scriptural texts I’ve used the New Skete Psalter and the New Revised Standard version of the Bible. I’d prefer the Jerusalem Bible, but I don’t see that anywhere online. I’ve made steps to make the language inclusive of gender for humanity and avoid blatantly Non-Orthodox renditions passages. No: the words are not “heretical” but languages shift over time. Perhaps at one time some of these things meant what they say – but not any more.
I’ve been tripped up a couple of times when different Jurisdictions and Translations are radically different in meaning. For example:
Lord, save your people, and bless your inheritance, granting to faithful Christians victories over their enemies, and protecting your commonwealth by your Cross.
O Lord, save Your people, And bless Your inheritance. Grant victories to your rulers over their adversaries. And by virtue of Your Cross, Preserve Your commonwealth.
Save, O Lord, save Your people and bless Your inheritance; grant victory to the faithful over their adversaries. And protect Your commonwealth, by the power of Your Cross.
O Lord, save thy people, and bless thine inheritance! Grant victory to the Orthodox Christians over their adversaries, and by virtue of thy cross, preserve thy habitation.
It keeps going…. so I’ve made choices. And yes, I’ve crossed the streams: I’m a Liturgical Hunter/Gatherer, a Palaeolithic Liturgy Geek. And sometimes it may change. Eventually, I hope to include some Holy Images, maybe some audio (but I don’t know how that will work on the iTouch). All in good time.
Yes, comments are not allowed on these pages like they are on my blog, Sarx. Feel free to contact me over there (or by email – take out the spaces, etc) if you want to ask a question or share a prayer request!
I don’t promise I’ll always pray for you: I promise I’ll try to.
If you don’t like my prayers, a wonderful resource is the daily feed from the Church of England’s Common Worship:
Lauds (Morning Prayer) yesterday
Vespers (Evening Prayer) yesterday
Compline (Night Prayer) yesterday
Lauds (Morning Prayer) today
Vespers (Evening Prayer) today
Compline (Night Prayer) today
Lauds (Morning Prayer) tomorrow
Vespers (Evening Prayer) tomorrow
Compline (Night Prayer) tomorrow
(The feed is provided for yesterday, today and tomorrow because this is the internet…)