Every Sunday morning I post a prayer drawn (almost always) from The Book of Common Prayer and we use the weekly collect (set prayer). Many of you have written me to say how much you appreciate the wording or the ideas — and sometimes someone wants to take issue with the prayer. But, in my estimation, The Book of Common Prayer is the best prayer book available and I have used it for a number of years, along with the Oxford Guide to the BCP. I am happy, then, to commend to you David deSilva’s new book Sacramental Life: Spiritual Formation through the Book of Common Prayer.
There are here 45 short little readings and practices that can help you explore the sacramental life of baptism, eucharist, marriage and burial — this might be the best theological introduction to major dimensions of the BCP.