HELP! Which prayerbook should I get?

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So recently I’ve been looking for a prayerbook and three have caught my attention:

***My Prayer Book by Fr. Lasance

Blessed Be God by Fr. Callan and McHugh

Handbook of Prayers by… not sure exactly.***

So which one should I get?

I want a book that I can use every day for prayers and just to open when I have some time through out the day.

From what I’ve seen “My Prayer Book” is full of reflections along with prayer, but I’m afraid that it might be too full of reflections that it just becomes a book that I can’t use everyday.

Blessed Be God seems nice as well and about the same as “My Prayer Book” so which of these two is better?

and then I’ve heard the Handbook of Prayers is a really good modern prayer book with latin prayers as well, and the New Translation of the Ordinary Form of the Mass.

Although that last point isn’t too much of an issue since I don’t plan on using it for Mass, but if I do I switch between ordinary and extraordinary every couple sundays, so either way it’s not an issue.

Soooooo I guess mainly what I’m trying to get at is what I said already.

I want a book I can use every day for prayer and just open up throughout the day when I have time. What do y’all suggest? If you have any of these, how do you use it?
 
I don’t have the other two, but I do have Blessed Be God, and I recommend it highly.
 
My Prayer Book and Blessed be God are among my favorites. There is also a small pocket sized Novena booklet by Father Stedman.
 
sancte_joseph said:
So recently I’ve been looking for a prayerbook and three have caught my attention:

***My Prayer Book by Fr. Lasance

Blessed Be God by Fr. Callan and McHugh

Handbook of Prayers by… not sure exactly.***

So which one should I get?

I want a book that I can use every day for prayers and just to open when I have some time through out the day.

From what I’ve seen “My Prayer Book” is full of reflections along with prayer, but I’m afraid that it might be too full of reflections that it just becomes a book that I can’t use everyday.

Blessed Be God seems nice as well and about the same as “My Prayer Book” so which of these two is better?

and then I’ve heard the Handbook of Prayers is a really good modern prayer book with latin prayers as well, and the New Translation of the Ordinary Form of the Mass.

Although that last point isn’t too much of an issue since I don’t plan on using it for Mass, but if I do I switch between ordinary and extraordinary every couple sundays, so either way it’s not an issue.

Soooooo I guess mainly what I’m trying to get at is what I said already.

I want a book I can use every day for prayer and just open up throughout the day when I have time. What do y’all suggest? If you have any of these, how do you use it?
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I have both, My Prayer Book and Bleesed Be God. Both are excellent prayer books; however lately I have been finding myself use my Blessed Be God more, especially during Lent since it has the Stations of the Cross by St. Alphonsus which is the one our church uses. It also has the Epistle and Gospel readings for Sundays (EF). Yet I still can’t say one is better than the other which is probably why I purchased both so I wouldn’t have to. 😃
 
Of the three books you named I only have Blessed Be God but I LOVE it! It has so many prayers plus beautiful artwork and a ribbon marker. It fits in my handbags and , as a result, I keep it with me constantly. It’s been perfect for me so far. Good luck with your decision.😃
 
Thanks everyone for all the responses! I ended up ordering Blessed Be God and it should get here in a couple days! 😃
 
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