Yesterday the new CPH publication 'The Treasury of Daily Prayer' (TDP) arrived courtesy of Amazon (CPH international postage is unaccountably steep).
This morning I got the chance to use the book for the first time at morning prayer. It is an excellent resource, and one which I will be recommending to people in my congregation - especially those who would like encouragement in a disciplined prayer life. I think that's most of us.
Naturally there are some things that I would like to be different. For example, I'm very much at home in the 'page 36' setting of Matins in the (Australian) Lutheran Hymnal - in fact I find it hard to imagine a better setting of the Te Deum than you find there. But no matter.
While the TDP uses unfamiliar (to Australian Lutherans) American (LCMS) settings of Matins and Vespers - it also includes a number of other settings for prayer which are very useful (and beautiful).
I've got to hand it to CPH - they publish stuff that is unashamedly Lutheran; that is well suited for use by both pastors and people; that is made from good-quality materials; and that is attractively priced.
I've included a couple of pictures of my own copy - the 'soft back' edition.
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So how do I get to hear the Australian Lutheran setting of Matins and especially the Te Deum?
I'll email you an mp3!
Hello brother,
may I have a copy of that mp3 as well? Thank you!
georgetown.lutheran@gmail.com
Me too, please Fraser. Thanks!
I've got to hand it to CPH - they publish stuff that is unashamedly Lutheran
So, old boy, what's specifically "Lutheran" about this version of "Daily Prayer"?
How does (or should) a "Lutheran" morning prayer (for eg.) differ from a Catholic or Anglican MP?
I would have thought that while we all have different versions of the psalter (in terms of what psalms are prayed on what day) there is nothing specific to any particular confession about these variations.
Surely the beauty of daily prayer is that - as distinct from the Eucharist - here is a form of the "Prayer of the Church" which we can pray together?
Nice to know that you're reading my blog, old crustacean.
My comment about 'unashamedly Lutheran' was meant as a word of praise about their catalogue as a whole.
But also about the TDP. If you have a look inside, I think you'll see what I mean - especially in the readings.
I understand that many of the settings of the liturgy owe more to Anglican sources than to Lutheran ones.
Pfatteicher provides a good attempt at a ecumenical office book. Excellent, really. But not one volume; not all inclusive.
The Roman office - especially morning and evening prayer - is largely (99%) useable by Lutherans, in my opinion.
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