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Cradle of Prayer
When you are looking to incorporate more prayer in your life, the Cradle of Prayer website is an essential destination. Started by a former parishioner of St. John’s Church in Savannah, Cradle of Prayer is a free resource of daily readings from the 1928 Book of Common Prayer and songs from the 1940 Hymnal designed to refresh your mind, heart, and soul.
Each daily recording contains the morning and evening prayer service for every day of the week, as outlined in the Daily Office of Prayer from the 1928 Prayer Book. Each reading includes a psalm, an old testament scripture, a new testament scripture, and prayers for the order of the day. To find these recordings, visit CradleofParyer.org/this-weeks-prayers/ and select the recordings at the bottom of the page. You may also download optional apps for your smartphone or tablet.
Additionally, the Cradle of Prayer website offers helpful information if you are not familiar with the Book of Common Prayer. You may also learn to sing six canticles using the website’s canticle tutorial, which many churches use to rehearse their choirs. Visit their Listening Room page to enjoy several hymns and songs that feature the beautiful voice of Soprano Stacy Stephens.
Being a parish that worships in the beauty of the 1928 Book of Common Prayer, we encourage you to visit the Cradle of Prayer website and to share its resources with others.
Book of Common Prayer
To these ancient witnesses, however, we must also add the doctrinal standards known as the “historic formularies” of Anglicanism. First devised in the 16th century Church of England, these principally comprise: the Book of Common Prayer (1549 to 1662, and in the USA 1789 to 1928), the Ordinal, and the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion (as adopted in the USA in 1801). In them is set forth the Church’s understanding of the doctrine, discipline, and worship of Christ. Their authority stands under the Word of God in Holy Scripture and the tradition of the Church Catholic. In them we find the consensus of faith and practice that bound Anglicans together as a church. Continue reading ⟶