Daily Prayer

As a self-incriminated book collector with a job at a church, I have amassed a good number of volumes that either discuss prayer or offer to serve as guides to prayer. In the second category, the book that I am currently grateful for is Celtic Daily Prayer. It offers short and simple orders for morning, midday, and evening prayer that I have found helpful without being as burdensome or complicated as the orders of prayer suggested in other tomes in my prayer collection.

My aunt and uncle also use the week of Compline services provided in the book. Each one is rooted in the prayers of a famous Celtic saint. Praying one of these complines aloud with them felt awkward the first time or two, but I have come to look forward to this short time of shared prayer at the end of the day when I visit them in northwest Montana. I have yet to try this with my children, but some kids might love the participation and repetition they offer.