Prayer book?

  • Thread starter Thread starter Big_Chris
  • Start date Start date
Status
Not open for further replies.
B

Big_Chris

Guest
Can someone recommend a prayer book for me?
Right now I’m using *Praying With The Orthodox Tradition *by Stefano Parenti, which is fine, except there’s only a few prayers for each hour of the day.
I carry a few books with me just about everywhere I go: NT, Holy Transfiguration Psalter, my prayer book mentioned above, B. Ward’s Sayings of the Desert Fathers, Thoreau’s Walden, and a journal notebook. So, I need something sort of compact.
 
Since you are Catholic and posting here in the EC subforum, can we assume you are looking for something from the Eastern tradition, preferrably from an Eastern Catholic source? Can we also assume you are interested in a daily cycle of worship?
 
ByzCathCantor said:
Since you are Catholic and posting here in the EC subforum, can we assume you are looking for something from the Eastern tradition, preferrably from an Eastern Catholic source? Can we also assume you are interested in a daily cycle of worship?
Click to expand...
Yes. Yes.
 
I would venture guess that the most common recommendation you would get is the Byzantine Daily Worship by +Archbishop Joseph Raya.

There was a thread on this not so long ago, which includes additional information and contact infomation for the publisher. It had been out of print for some time, but a new run was recently produced as is available directly from the publisher, Alleluia Press.

Let me see if I can dig up that thread. If not, I’ll post additional details about this precious book and resource.
 
Big_Chris said:
Hmmm - that seems to contain more than I need, such as the Divine Liturgies.
Click to expand...
Perhaps, but it is one place you will find the daily office in such concise and useable form, and a very respected resource.

BTW - if your goal is to be able to pray the hours in Eastern tradition daily, Eastern Christian Publications has just started offering a email subscription based service. They will email you the “script” for the entire day, in pdf format, with all the propers selected and inserted in the right place.

I’ve attached a sample file so that you can see if this would be helpful to you (and older file, from the time period when they were offering a free trial subscription).

Hope this helps!
 
Big_Chris said:
Can someone recommend a prayer book for me?
Right now I’m using *Praying With The Orthodox Tradition *by Stefano Parenti, which is fine, except there’s only a few prayers for each hour of the day.
I carry a few books with me just about everywhere I go: NT, Holy Transfiguration Psalter, my prayer book mentioned above, B. Ward’s Sayings of the Desert Fathers, Thoreau’s Walden, and a journal notebook. So, I need something sort of compact.
Click to expand...
Even though it’s a four volume set, I just take the book of the current season with me when I go on the road or whatever. I don’t think you could do better than the liturgy of the hours, and since it is a Psalter as well, it would replace one of the books you mentioned. It has all the prayers for every part of the day, Office of Readings, which includes scripture and a homily from a Pope or a Church Father or Doctor, and a guide booklet for knowing where the heck you are all the time. It’s a little pricy, but it’s the best thing I’ve ever bought. Really. My least regretted large purchase of all time.

google.com/products/catalog?hl=en&tok=X_ZD-7NkW1kqauQW9b9LZg&cp=8&gs_id=4&xhr=t&q=liturgy+of+the+hours&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&biw=1280&bih=598&ion=1&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=1664614495536019878&sa=X&ei=3hiYT4GHGIi02AXbkoWWBw&sqi=2&ved=0CKUBEPMCMAs

If this is just too cumbersome, there is the “Shorter Christian Prayer”, which requires a little bit of knowledge of the LOTH in order find your proper date, and it only has the Morning and Evening prayers, but while I was saving up for the LOTH, it was my prayer book.

google.com/products/catalog?hl=en&q=shorter+christian+prayer&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=3193327652501436036&sa=X&ei=AxuYT_-5GuOc2AW37L2JBw&ved=0CIABEPMCMAE

Whatever you decide on, God bless you for joining in the Church Universal in saying Her daily prayers.

Peace,

Steven
 
ByzCathCantor said:
Perhaps, but it is one place you will find the daily office in such concise and useable form, and a very respected resource.

BTW - if your goal is to be able to pray the hours in Eastern tradition daily, Eastern Christian Publications has just started offering a email subscription based service. They will email you the “script” for the entire day, in pdf format, with all the propers selected and inserted in the right place.

I’ve attached a sample file so that you can see if this would be helpful to you (and older file, from the time period when they were offering a free trial subscription).

Hope this helps!
Click to expand...
Thanks for posting the pdf! I still haven’t been able to find this book, but I’ll keep looking.

For the OP, there is also The Byzantine Book of Prayer published by and available from Byzantine Seminary Press in Pittsburgh for about $20.

For Western Catholic prayer, the “Shorter Christian Prayer” mentioned above is excellent, or, if you lack time, as I do, especially in the morning, check out “Magnificat”, published monthly.
 
MrPip said:
For the OP, there is also The Byzantine Book of Prayer published by and available from Byzantine Seminary Press in Pittsburgh for about $20.
Click to expand...
The original Byzantine Book of Prayer, like the Byzantine Daily Worship, was published by Alleluia Press and both are the handiwork of + Archbishop Joseph Raya.

I am not sure if this book by the same name now being offered by the BSP is a different book, or a reprint of the original. As I was interesting in replacing my long lost copy of the original, I think I will call to inquire …
 
I’m personally a big fan of the Melkite Eparchy of Newton’s new “Publican’s Prayer Book,” available from melkite.org/products-page/prayer-books

Also, the two-volume “Let Us Pray to the Lord” books available from Eastern Christian Publications (secure.webvalence.com/ecommerce/kiosk.lasso?merchant=ecpubs&kiosk=books&class=4) are also very good. The first volume contains all of your daily prayers plus other things such as Matins and Vespers and various other devotions. The second volume is primarily the two Byzantine Liturgies.
 
Sorry me computer messed up:(

I was saying or trying to say that both Byzantine daily Worship and the Jordanville prayer book have been very useful to me. And a good psalter.
 
andrewstx said:
Sorry me computer messed up:(

I was saying or trying to say that both Byzantine daily Worship and the Jordanville prayer book have been very useful to me. And a good psalter.
Click to expand...
👍

Although I’ve never seen the Jordanville Prayer Book, I’ve been told that the new Melkite book is basically the same thing except in a dignified modern English. The “BDW,” in my opinion, is indispensable, as is a good Psalter. I have two Psalters that I really like; the one published by New Skete, and the translation done by Baron Jose DeVinck and Fr. Contas. 👍 The Psalter translated and published by Holy Transfiguration Monastery is also very good, if you like Elizabethan English.
 
I do indeed like Elisabethan English just comes across as more reverent to me. Probablly because I was Episcopal at one time. I also like and with thy spirit much more than and also with you.

In my Antiochian parish it’s always Elizabetheian English that is used.
 
ByzCathCantor said:
BTW - if your goal is to be able to pray the hours in Eastern tradition daily, Eastern Christian Publications has just started offering a email subscription based service. They will email you the “script” for the entire day, in pdf format, with all the propers selected and inserted in the right place.

I’ve attached a sample file so that you can see if this would be helpful to you (and older file, from the time period when they were offering a free trial subscription).
Click to expand...
I’m glad you were successful in getting the free trial subscription. I made two attempts to get subscribed, and a PM to Jack, unsuccessful. Did they end up deciding to offer the paid subscription? If so got a link for that?
Phillip_Rolfes said:
I’m personally a big fan of the Melkite Eparchy of Newton’s new “Publican’s Prayer Book,” available from melkite.org/products-page/prayer-books

Also, the two-volume “Let Us Pray to the Lord” books available from Eastern Christian Publications (secure.webvalence.com/ecommerce/kiosk.lasso?merchant=ecpubs&kiosk=books&class=4) are also very good. The first volume contains all of your daily prayers plus other things such as Matins and Vespers and various other devotions. The second volume is primarily the two Byzantine Liturgies.
Click to expand...
“Publican’s Prayer Book,” is a very nice prayerbook, and very lovely print and binding etc as well. As I recall there’s so additional material, not prayers, also at the end of the book.

RE “Let Us Pray to the Lord”, do you know what translation they used for the services? I’m not a fan of some translations, including what the Greek Orthodox use here, when they use English. I’m used to the OCA’s which we use.
 
5Loaves said:
RE “Let Us Pray to the Lord”, do you know what translation they used for the services? I’m not a fan of some translations, including what the Greek Orthodox use here, when they use English. I’m used to the OCA’s which we use.
Click to expand...
The translations used in the “Let Us Pray to the Lord” books are, in part, Ruthenian translations (pre-Revised Divine Liturgy). Much of the rest of the translations were done directly from the Ruthenian Recension by a local Ruthenian priest. The Psalms are from the Grail Psalter. Everything is in modern English. As far as personal preferences are concerned, I prefer the Publican’s Prayer Book by far.

If you’ve been using the electronic Divine Office from Eastern Christian Publications you should have a pretty good idea of the type of translation used in the LUPttL books. 👍
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top