A Little Guide

There's more here than you need on any given day, and that's on purpose — different seasons want different things. Nothing is required, nothing keeps score. Wander in wherever you like.

The daily prayers

• The Daily Office →

  Morning, Noonday, and Evening Prayer, and Compline — each one assembled for today, with the right psalms, readings, and collect already in place. No ribbon-flipping. Read it, or tap Listen where you'd rather it be read to you.

• The Readings →

  The day's appointed scripture from the Daily Office Lectionary, on their own if that's all you're after.

• Daily Devotions →

  The Prayer Book's short devotions for the four hours — a whole one fits in a minute, for the days that only have a minute.

Ways to go deeper

• Lectio Divina →

  A slow, guided way to sit with a single psalm (or the Lord's Prayer, or the Baptismal Covenant): read, reflect, respond, rest. It sets its own pace, and you can leave any time.

• The Examen →

  A gentle look back over the day, in the evening. Anything you write goes into your own journal and nowhere else.

• Stillness →

  A quiet, timed sit — centering prayer, held by a bell at the beginning and the end. Nothing to do but be still.

• The Rule of St Benedict →

  Read through three times a year in small daily portions, in text or read aloud. A short “word from the Rule” also turns up through the day, one of the old Tools for Good Works, put plainly.

Listening

• Listen →

  A small, curated shelf of Episcopal audio — the daily offices and Forward Day by Day from Forward Movement, Trinity's Sunday sermons, the sung Compline from St Mark's, and more, each playing from its own ministry's servers.

• The Daily Round →

  One tap plays the day's readings, Forward Day by Day, and the day's portion of the Rule straight through, hands-free — built for the commute or the kitchen. Choose which shows, and in what order, here.

Prayers for the moment

• For This Moment →

  Carrying something in particular? Name it, and be pointed to a few prayers and psalms for it — matched from the Prayer Book, never made up.

• The Prayer List →

  The people and things you're holding in prayer, kept for you to return to.

• The Psalter →

  All 150 psalms, in the Prayer Book translation — and most can be read aloud to you.

Sunday, and the day before

• Tomorrow at Eucharist →

  On Saturdays: tonight's special Compline collect, a plain-language look at tomorrow's readings, who's preaching, and a quiet way to prepare for Communion.

• Sunday at Trinity →

  On Sundays: Trinity Cathedral's service leaflet, reflowed to actually read well on a phone — hymns included, tap any to enlarge — with the livestream folded in for anyone at home.

Your own words

• The Journal →

  Whatever you write in the Examen or Lectio is gathered here. It stays on your device — private — unless you choose to make an account, and even then only you can read it.

Making it yours

In Settings you can make the text larger or smaller (or use the A− / A+ buttons at the top of any page), switch between light and dark, choose the traditional or contemporary Lord's Prayer, set up the Daily Round, and, if you like, make an account so your journal and settings follow you between devices. On a phone you can also add Prayer Corner to your home screen (Share, then “Add to Home Screen”) so it opens like an app.

For where all of this comes from — every prayer, psalm, and reading — see About & Credits.