Reddit reviews Commentary on the American Prayer Book

The actual Episcopal service is at: http://bcponline.org. There's some supplemental material that's not there, but that contains an awful lot of what we do.

The most common service is Holy Eucharist Rite II.

For the history and theology, Marion Hatchett's Commentary on The American Prayer Book is an excellent resource.

All right, I guess I'll go first.

• I use the Daily Office along with the D.O. Lectionary in the Book of Common Prayer 1979. I always do it alone. I live alone, and I don't attend Office services led by other people.
  
  
• I try to keep my head in each season:
  
  
• • I let Sunday Eucharist services (with the Lectionary readings, sermons, and music) help keep me on the right track in that respect.
    
    
• • I also follow a lot of Episcopal clergy and lay folks on Facebook and Twitter, and what they post tends to be enriching.
    
    
• • I make an effort to keep my music seasonal, too. The Benedictines of Mary have albums out for Advent, Lent, Easter, and several other holy days; one of those CDs is always in my car.
    
    
• I think of my practices as being both peculiarly Anglican as well as part of the holy catholic Church. The Daily Office owes a lot to Cranmer's adaptation of the Office already in use in early sixteenth-century England. It's like Offices in other Christian traditions, but it's also unique. But I try to avoid trying to focus on Anglican-ness above all else. I think that I'm often tempted to be an enthusiast of the Episcopal Church to excess, so I'm always striving inwardly to think of myself as a Christian primarily and not as an Episcopalian.
  
  
• Saint Augustine's Prayer Book.
  
  
• For "Etc.!" - I also love Marion Hatchett's Commentary on the American Prayer Book.

I would highly recommend getting a copy of Marion J. Hatchett's Commentary on the American Prayer Book

It basically goes through the BCP 1979 section by section, element by element and explains their origin, history, meaning, etc. It's by no means perfect, but it's the most comprehensive resource I know of in this regard.

May I suggest some reading around the BCP, since it is part of the core of what makes us a distinct group?

I've enjoyed "Inwardly Digest," the new(ish) book from Forward Movement by Derek Olsen. It digs into the historical and theological reasoning behind many aspects of the BCP and our liturgy. Since you'll be using the BCP frequently once you're received, it sure helps! I found it to be a good balance between easy reading, but deep enough to be worth a read. I'm learning new things even though I've been using the BCP my whole life.

If you'd like to REALLY go deep, Marion J. Hatchett's Commentary on the Book of Common Prayer is not light reading, but it is a great source if there are particular aspects of the development or theology of the BCP that you'd like to understand. I haven't read it through in its entirety but I keep it on hand for reference when I want to understand something specific in the BCP.

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