Prayers of Great Traditions

150 A Bible Reading Plan The New Testament Matthew Matthew Matthew Mark Mark Twenty-eight days 1.1–17 11.1–19 21.1–22 1.1–20 11. ...

A Bible Reading Plan 151 Luke Luke Luke John Twenty-eight days 1.1–23 9.1–22 18.31–43 1.1–9 1.24–56 9.23–45 19.1–27 1.10–18 1.57 ...

152 A Bible Reading Plan John John John John Twenty-eight days 5.1–9 11.1–16 13.1–11 16.1–11 5.10–18 11.17–27 13.12–20 16.12–24 ...

A Bible Reading Plan 153 Acts Acts Acts Acts Twenty-eight days 1.1–14 9.1–19 13.1–25 19.1–20 1.15–26 9.20–43 13.26–52 19.21–41 2 ...

154 A Bible Reading Plan Romans Hebrews 1 John 3 John 1–14 Twenty-eight days 12.1–8 1.1–14 1.1–10 2 Corinthians 12.9–21 2.1–9 2. ...

The sources Prayers from The Apostolic Constitutions (fourth century) This work in eight parts was put together by an unknown ha ...

156 The Sources Prayers of John Chrysostom (349–407) John Chrysostom was a well-educated and devout Christian with an ascetic li ...

The Sources 157 in the Benedictine tradition are widely used by Christians of all kinds for a Daily Office. Franciscan prayer Fr ...

158 The Sources been a devout monk and scholar, but after years of inner struggle he found peace and ‘justification by faith’ in ...

The Sources 159 Prayers of Jeremy Taylor (1613–67) Taylor was an able and educated scholar whose fortunes rose and fell with the ...

160 The Sources The members funded a larger building, the Metropolitan Tabernacle, and Spurgeon’s time was filled with continual ...

The Sources 161 nature metaphors for spiritual thought, journeying and community. These themes therefore relate deeply to the in ...

162 The Sources reflecting this concern. Prayers for this Office have been specially written, inspired by sources such as Earth ...

Acknowledgements The original authors of these prayers deserve the true honour, but many others have contributed over time to th ...

Notes 1 These prayers are based on Old Testament and New Testament blessings, prayers and scriptures, translated and compared wi ...

Notes 165 25 Luke 22.32. 26 John 17.20–23. 27 Luke 23.34. 28 John 11.41. 29 John 12.28. 30 Luke 15.22. 31 2 Cor. 12.9. 32 Psalm ...

166 Notes 50 The Nisibene Hymns, IV, 1, NPNF, p. 172. 51 Hymns on the Nativity, XIV, 25, NPNF, p. 250. 52 Hymns on Paradise, XV, ...

Notes 167 5 and 7 These prayers are adapted from Augustine of Hippo, as in Schaff, P. (ed.) A Select Library of the Christian Ch ...

168 Notes 111 ‘Prayers for Everyday Use, 34’, p. 53. 112 ‘Prayers for Everyday Use, 33’, p. 53. 113 ‘Prayers for Everyday Use, 2 ...

Notes 169 137 Ch. 39. 138 Ch. 30. 139 Ch. 31. 140 Ch. 5. 141 Ch. 5. 142 Psalm 47. 143 Ch. 50. 144 Ch. 14. 145 Ch. 2. 146 Ch. 3. ...