Ways to Pray at Home - Online Resources
- The Church of England have put together a webpage of liturgy and prayer resources, especially for those affected in any way by the coronavirus: https://www.churchofengland.org/more/media-centre/coronavirus-liturgy-and-prayer-resources
- You can find services of Morning, Midday, Evening, and Night Prayer from the Church of England online at https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/join-us-daily-prayer, arranged for you with the readings of the day. There is also an app you can download to your smartphone or tablet (follow the link on the web page or search for “daily prayer” in your app store and look for the blue and white logo). Choose whether to pray in modern language, or to use the Book of Common Prayer.
- “Prayer During the Day” is the shortest and simplest of the services, morning and evening prayer have the longest portions of Scripture.
- An Ordinary Office: http://anordinaryoffice.org.uk/. “An Ordinary Office” is designed to be very accessible (you can follow it through text, symbol, audio, or video). Easy to pray if you’re unwell or very tired. Morning, midday, and evening prayer, plus “nocturnes” for those who can’t sleep.
- The Northumbria Community:
- https://www.northumbriacommunity.org/offices/how-to-use-daily-office/. Short but poetic forms of daily prayer in the “Celtic” style.
- Pray As You Go: https://pray-as-you-go.org/. A short (11-12 minutes) daily act of prayer and worship, available online or as a tablet and smartphone app (search for “pray as you go” in your app store and look for the headphone logo). This easy to use, beautifully produced site uses music and pictures to help you pray and reflect with a passage of Scripture. Follows the Roman Catholic calendar, but widely used by Christians of all traditions. There are also special seasonal meditations.
- Jesuit Sacred Space: https://www.sacredspace.ie/ Daily prayer online using lectionary readings, contemplative music, prayer and reflection – can be used as a phone app or on your computer.
- Word Live:
- https://content.scriptureunion.org.uk/wordlive/living-faith. Daily Bible study and prayer points from Scripture Union. Linked to a Facebook group where you can share your thoughts and prayers with other Christians.