Shorter Christian Prayer

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I’ve been using Christian Prayer for a while now but what puts me off doing MP and EP more regularly is all the fussing around. You know, look up the pages in the guide, find them, mark them with ribbons, figure out which section is at which ribbon, flip back and forward between pages, and all that.

Can anyone tell me – is Shorter Christian Prayer easier to use?
 
Yes, Shorter Christian Prayer is easier, but it also has places where you have to turn to other pages for such things as: the Invitatory Psalms, Concluding Prayer for the Week/Seasons, and the Hymns. The Morning and Evening Canticles are on the inside cover in the front and back.

What I do is use the one ribbon it comes with to mark whichever Morning or Evening Prayer I’m using (Week 1, 2, 3, 4) and use colored sticky tabs for the other pages cited above. It makes it much simpler. 😉
 
Do you like the Magnificat? That’s easy to use and carry.
 
hilde the dog:
Do you like the Magnificat? That’s easy to use and carry.
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It’s a monthly booklet with Morning and Evening Prayer (only one Psalm per, though) plus many other great features, such as the daily Mass readings, meditations on Gospel, etc. Magnificat
 
Thanks. I’ll make a trip to the Catholic bookstore (30 miles away) to look at Shorter Christian Prayer. I’ve also been to the website and requested a sample copy of Magnificat, though at $45 a year for Canadian subscriptions it looks like an expensive option.
 
I stopped using “Shorter Christian Prayer” when I realized that I am not a Shorter Christian… 😛
 
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I’ve been using Christian Prayer for a while now but what puts me off doing MP and EP more regularly is all the fussing around. You know, look up the pages in the guide, find them, mark them with ribbons, figure out which section is at which ribbon, flip back and forward between pages, and all that.

Can anyone tell me – is Shorter Christian Prayer easier to use?
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You will still be doing all of that with Christian Prayer, but with a lot less ribbons. Shorter Christian Prayer has just 2, if my memory serves. I had to use holy cards to keep my places. If you want less fussing, you’ll have to upgrade to The Liturgy of the Hours 4 volume set. No matter which one you use, there will be a guide to check and some fussing and flipping to do. I’ve used them all, and my sentimental favorite is Christian Prayer. I hope this helps.
 
Get the book, “The Divine Office for Dodos” It’ll teach you EVERYTHING you need to know to pray the Divine Office - in an easy to understand format. 🙂
 
I used Shorter Christian Prayer for several years quite happily. However it lacks several things:

There is only one week of prayer for lent and advent, it lacks many feasts and all memorials, and it lacks Commons for various memorials and feasts.

It is a good basic book and a good way to become acquainted with the LOH. Eventually one may want more variety.
 
Eventually, one may want something better than an ICEL liturgy.

Use the Shorter Christian Prayer for awhile, but then by all means graduate someday to the non-heretical Latin text.
 
Grace and Peace be with you all,

I used to pray Christian Prayer which is simply a condensed version of the modern Liturgy of the Hours. I too began to be distracted by all the flipping around and trying to determine the proper response etc.

Finally I broke down and purchased the ‘whole’ Liturgy of the Hours (four book set) and I’m here to tell you if you like to do liturgic prayer without all the flipping around get it! It’s great and most of the days prayers are all in one place with a lot let confusion and a great deal more ‘readings of the day’. It’s actually very nice to have.

For those who don’t like post-vatican II liturgical works I also find myself praying the Morning and Evening Prayers from The Old Orthodox Prayer Book from our Orthodox Christian Brothers and Sisters. Very penitant and very moving and written in the vernacular and not Latin.

Please don’t get me started with the ICEL… ugh.

Peace, Love and Blessings.
 
I got discouraged with all the page flipping. Doesn’t take much to discourage me.

A buddy of mine downloaded Christian Prayer to his Palm Pilot. He showed it to me. Way cool. The version he has, every prayer for each day is right there, in order. No flipping of any kind.

Of course, this would require me to invest $500 in a piece of technology that quite frankly scares me. I’m lucky I know how to turn on my 'puter.

Darn kids and your fancy electronics. Get off my lawn! :mad:
 
I have come to offer up The Flipping as an act of penance.

No telling how many souls have been delivered from purgatory by my flipping! Maybe Holy Mother Church planned it that way… 🙂
 
Week IV, unless I’m mistaken… which, when you don’t use a guide with Christian Prayer, is always possible. I can definitely tell you that tomorrow is the Presentation of the Lord, which should only require one flip, to Sunday Week I… a good day to start again!
 
…For those who don’t like post-vatican II liturgical works I also find myself praying the Morning and Evening Prayers from The Old Orthodox Prayer Book from our Orthodox Christian Brothers and Sisters. Very penitant and very moving and written in the vernacular and not Latin.
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Aaaaaaaaah the Old Believers Prayer book from Erie - absolutely wonderful - try the Pre and Post Communion Prayers too

I’d be lost without it – oh and Eastern Catholics use it too - it and the Jordanville Prayer Book are regarded generally as the ‘gold standard’ in Prayer Books
 
hilde the dog:
Do you like the Magnificat? That’s easy to use and carry.
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I just found a sample day on the Magnificat website.

magnificat.net/INT/JourUS.pdf

It is only an abbreviated office for MP and EP, not the full thing.

It does though have the daily Mass readings in their entirety, which is a big plus for me, and which makes my decision even more complicated.
 
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wannabee:
Aaaaaaaaah the Old Believers Prayer book from Erie - absolutely wonderful - try the Pre and Post Communion Prayers too

I’d be lost without it – oh and Eastern Catholics use it too - it and the Jordanville Prayer Book are regarded generally as the ‘gold standard’ in Prayer Books
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Grace and Peace wannabee,

Yes and it’s the original 1986 print with the hand done lettering…oooohhhh hand done lettering.

:bowdown: All those prostrations…

Thanks for sharing.

In Christ
 
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