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Let us pray

When Archbishop Thomas Cranmer compiled the Book of Common Prayer he sought to recover the church’s ancient heritage of regular prayer, beautifully saturated with the Bible. He was convinced that the Scriptures “ought to be much in our hands, in our eyes, in our ears, in our mouths, but most of all in our hearts.” So he created a framework, through Morning and Evening Prayer, for people to pray together regularly, fuelled by the Bible.

Building on that centuries long Anglican heritage, and using material derived from the BCP, ‘Let us pray…’ is intended as a simple framework to help us pray together, connected both to one another and to the witness of saints who have gone before and now cheer us onto the finish line:

• Praying together as a church family - here are outlines which can used whenever or wherever we meet with one another, for example, before or after sharing a meal, or over a coffee.

• Praying together as church families - here are resources which can be used for family prayers, perhaps over breakfast or supper.

• Praying together as part of the church family - here is a structure to use on your own, with the encouragement that you’re joining with others who are also praying in the same way at a similar time.

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