Sacrament Of The Ordinary Life

Book Resources for Daily Prayers


The Divine Hours by Phyllis Tickle

(She has 3 volumes in either hardback or paperback that comprise an entire year.) 

*The Divine Hours: Prayers for Springtime (2006) 

*The Divine Hours: Prayers for Summertime  (2006) 

*The Divine Hours: Prayers for Autumn and Wintertime (2006)
(Pros: Has a variety of Scripture prayers; Cons: 3 volumes for the entire year)


Christmastide: Prayers for Advent Through Epiphany from The Divine Hours (2003)

(Pros: Has a variety of Scripture prayers; Cons: these same prayers are also contained in the Autumn and Winter volume)

Eastertide: Prayers from Lent through Easter from The Divine Hours (2004)

(Pros: Has a variety of Scripture prayers; Cons:  these same prayers are also contained in the Springtime volume)

The Divine Hours Pocket Edition (2007)

(Pros: small pocket size, Week's worth of daily prayers for several time      periods; Cons: there is a 7 day rotation of material instead of unique      material for each day as in her 3 volume set)

     * some volumes also come in kindle versions

Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals (2010) by Shane Claiborne, Johathan Wilson-Hartgrove, and Enuma Okoro

(Pros: One volume for the entire year, suggested Bible readings from the 

Lectionary and some "extras"; Cons: repetative)

Common Book of Prayer

Used by the Anglican and Episcopal Churches since the 1500's.  There have been several revisions.

(Pros: tried and true, used for centuries; Con: tricky to navigate at first)

ScriptureTalks With God and the New King James Version of the New Testament, Psalms, and Proverbs by Kenneth Boa and Max E. Andres 

(Pros:30 day rotation of material, small and compact; Cons: hard to find it

has been out of print but you can still find some used copies.  Also found a 

download for mobile devises - see Internet Resources for Daily Prayers)