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u/Knopwood · 9 pointsr/Anglicanism

There is a book put out by Church Publishing called "Readings for the Daily Office from the Early Church", though I don't know if it's in print. And I have a copy of one of the two volumes of this English book which serves the same function.

The monastic house I'm associated with uses a reading from the Rule of S. Benedict at Compline.

u/keakealani · 6 pointsr/Anglicanism

What an awesome practice! The Daily Office is such a rich expression of prayer that I wish more people would try! So kudos to you for trying it out.

On your questions...

  1. In my diocese there is a simple application process to become a licensed lay officiant when officiating within a specific church, but I don’t really think it’s restrictive in the sense that you can’t just say the Office somewhere outside of a church with other people. Certainly, the spirit of the Office is that it is accessible to all and doesn’t require special ordination or certification. That said if this is something you are really passionate about, I think you should see about what kind of formation your church can offer so that you might be able to say the Office with confidence and have good instruction on all the nuances of it.

  2. Keep in mind that the 2019 prayer book is issued by the ACNA, not the Episcopal Church. That may or may not matter to you, depending on whether you plan on characterizing your Office group as a sort of pan-Anglican group, or whether it is more specifically Episcopalian in nature. The official prayer book in TEC is the 1979, which I think is the one you should use if you plan on situating yourself as firmly Episcopalian, but otherwise I don’t really think it matters what prayer book you use as long as you are consistent. This may also be a pragmatic question - I am not sure if the 1928 prayer book is easily accessible in bulk, and I just don’t know what the price and distribution patterns of the 2019 book are at all. I am assuming you are providing prayer books or some sort of printout for your fellow Office-sayers to follow.

  3. I don’t know, I’ll let someone else comment.

  4. I don’t think it needs to be super formalized, but some sort of lectern or table from which a reader can do the readings might be nice. If you have kneelers and stuff that’s great, but if not there are lots of other options. Heck, even just having some throw pillows that people can sit/kneel on might be all you really need.

  5. I don’t think so. Definitely giving an actual sermon is prohibited, I think, so to me the spirit of the law says that lay people shouldn’t be expounding on scripture or other topics in a sermon-like setting. But, I think group discussion is appropriate. You could also consider doing a short reading; for example my church uses this book of readings from the early church for some of our Daily Office services.

  6. I think once a week is a good start. My church says EP every day but it is split up among many different officiants, most of whom officiate once a week. It is hard to make it work in the average person’s schedule to say the Office publicly more than a couple times a week, and it’s better to cultivate a loyal following for one service than spread out the interest among many different services. Perhaps as your group grows (God willing!) you might be able to create a rotation to offer prayer more often.

    Best of luck in this endeavor - it sounds like such a worthy effort!
u/doktorstilton · 4 pointsr/Episcopalian

OK. I'm writing a book on it, so I've given this lots and lots of thought.

I do rite 2, because my parish is rite 2 and the monastic community with which I have an affiliation is rite 2.

Morning Prayer:
I don't do the Confession generally. I say one of the opening sentences. I use the Venite with an antiphon outside of Eastertide, or the Pascha Nostrum for all of Eastertide. I use the 30 day psalm schedule unless I'm feeling impatient or I'm praying at the parish. I flip the 19th day morning and evening schedule so Psalm 95 winds up at night (which gets around having the Venite and Psalm 95 both at the same office). I say Gloria Patri after each psalm or portion of psalm 119, and I keep a time of silence. Two readings (OT + Epistle) in the morning. I follow the suggested canticles (p. 145) for the first canticle, and Benedictus for the second. I use suffrages A, unless the Te Deum was the first canticle in which case I use suffrages B. I do three collects: of the day (last Sunday, or a lesser feast), then I cycle through the seven listed in the office, then one of the prayers for mission. I pray General Thanksgiving on major feast days. I don't do St. Crysostom.


Evening Prayer:
I don't do the Confession generally. I say one of the opening sentences. I use the Phos Hilaron on Sundays and major feasts. I do one scriptural reading (Gospel), and the Magnificat, and then a non-scriptural reading from this book or this book or this book. I always use suffrages B in the evening. I do the collects the same way as I do at Morning Prayer. I conclude with the Marian antiphon appropriate to the season, since I don't typically do Compline.