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    Common Worship: Time to Pray
    Common Worship: Time to Pray
    Common Worship: Time to Pray
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    Common Worship: Time to Pray

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    A beautiful resource for personal devotional time containing Prayer During the Day and Night Prayer from Common Worship: Daily Prayer.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChurch House Publishing
    Release dateAug 4, 2014
    ISBN9780715122051
    Common Worship: Time to Pray

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      Common Worship - Church of England

      Time to Pray

      Prayer During the Day and Night Prayer

      from Common Worship: Daily Prayer

      Church House Publishing

      COPYRIGHT

      Published by Church House Publishing

      Church House

      Great Smith Street

      London SW1P 3NZ

      Copyright © The Archbishops’ Council 2006

      First published 2006

      ISBN-13 978-0-7151-2122-1

      ISBN-10 0-7151-2122-7

      ISBN (for this ePub Edition) 978-0-7151-2205-1

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, except as stated below, without written permission.

      Texts for local use: the arrangements which apply to local editions of services cover reproduction on a non-commercial basis both for a single occasion and for repeated use. Details are available in the booklet A Brief Guide to Liturgical Copyright (see Copyright Information here for further information).

      Designed by John Morgan studio

      Ebook compiled by RefineCatch Ltd, Bungay, Suffolk

      CONTENTS

      Introduction

      Prayer During the Day

          Introduction

          Structure

          Sunday

          Monday

          Tuesday

          Wednesday

          Thursday

          Friday

          Saturday

          Advent

          Christmas Season

          Epiphany Season

          Lent

          Passiontide

          Easter Season

          From Ascension Day until the Day of Pentecost

          From All Saints’ Day until the day before the First Sunday of Advent

      Night Prayer

          Introduction

          Structure

          Notes

          Night Prayer

      Psalms

          Introduction

          Psalms

      Acknowledgements and Sources

      Authorization

      Copyright Information

      The Lord’s Prayer

      Introduction

      Time to Pray is a pattern of prayer, praise and daily Bible reading that is simple, fresh and accessible. It enables us to create and establish a regular routine of time with God – whatever our lifestyle. While being straightforward and flexible to use, it draws us into a tradition that has been practised by Christians throughout the centuries and continues to be shared across the world today.

      Time to Pray creates a framework for praying the Bible. In addition to the space provided for study or reflection on God’s word many of the words and phrases that are used come directly from Scripture. A church in which people pray the Bible together becomes a church which is equipped for proclamation and service.

      Using Time to Pray: different patterns

      Many people have evolved a daily Quiet Time, for reading Scripture and for praying. With this in mind, Prayer During the Day is offered as a framework for personal devotion that can be used at any time of day.

      You can use Prayer During the Day as your sole act of prayer and praise, or you can use both Prayer During the Day and Night Prayer in a simple pattern of prayer at the beginning and end of the day.

      Prayer During the Day and Night Prayer also work well with small groups and larger congregations, in a variety of contexts.

      Time to Pray is a simple starting point for regular daily prayer. Both Prayer During the Day and Night Prayer are part of a larger and more extensive scheme of regular devotion, appropriately entitled Common Worship: Daily Prayer. Daily Prayer contains the more substantial Morning and Evening Prayer, all the Psalms and a sizeable range of prayers, intercessions and scriptural songs.

      Prayer During the Day

      Introduction

      A pattern for Prayer During the Day is provided for each day of the week. This may be used on that day of the week at any time of year. In addition there is a form of Prayer During the Day for each of the seasons of the Christian year. This may be used throughout the season or at certain high points: for example, the Easter form may be used between Easter and Pentecost, or for the first week of Eastertide, or on Easter Day only.

      Setting the scene

      Creating a prayerful environment is important for those who are praying by themselves as much as for those who are praying with others. You may find it helpful to establish a special place in which to pray. You might also place an open Bible, a cross a candle, an icon or another picture in front of you, to give the time and space special significance. You will be able to think of other symbols and simple actions that you can build into your prayer time.

      The shape of Prayer During the Day

      Prayer During the Day has a simple structure that will quickly develop into a familiar rhythm when used regularly.

      Preparation

      The opening responses – verses from Scripture – conventionally lead into prayer. You may wish to meditate on the words or still yourself with some music, as you invite the Holy Spirit to inspire you.

      If you wish to make a confession to God, this is a good place to do so. If you need some words, there is a confession at the beginning of Night Prayer (here).

      Praise

      At this point you may wish to use your own words to praise God or to sing a hymn or song. The texts printed in Prayer During the Day introduce us to a selection of well-established traditional and biblical songs of praise, called ‘canticles’. (A canticle is a song most often taken directly from the Bible.)

      The Word of God

      A psalm and one or more Bible readings are read.

      Psalms: Each pattern of Prayer During the Day suggests a psalm or part of a psalm which may be used. These can be found here.

      On each day and in each season a more varied pattern of psalms is also suggested. (In order to keep the book to a reasonable length these psalms have not been printed out.) An even more comprehensive way of reading the psalms can be found in the annual Common Worship Lectionary booklet.

      There is some advice about how to use the psalms here.

      Readings: One of the best ways of hearing God speaking through holy Scripture is to follow a well-constructed pattern of readings day by day. The reading in Prayer During the Day can be

      ♦  the day’s passage from a book of Bible-reading notes.

      ♦  one or two of the readings for the day in the annual Common Worship Lectionary booklet. This provides an Old Testament reading and a New Testament reading each for Morning and Evening Prayer. Choosing one of those tracks to read during your prayer time would give you a path to follow that covers most of the Bible in due course and also echoes the

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