Shorter Morning and Evening Prayer

I bought this book in addition to the larger Morning and Evening prayer book to help me find my way around, but I needn't have worried as both are easy to use. The shorter version however is a lovely little book that I can see travelling with me as there is everything you need in there including Night prayer, which was a surprise as it's not mentioned. I note that someone has said that the book is out of date as the year stops at 2019 on the bottom table, which is true. However the book isn't out of date as such. I have included a picture of the table from the larger version which goes to 2040. I hope it's useful!

A fine small pocket version of Morning and Evening Prayer. Excellent!

It is a nice condensed version of the Liturgy of the Hours.

Good points: * It's small enough to slip into the jacket pocket. If you are short on time it's always there so that you can say the morning and evening Office at a lunch break, in a taxi, on the Tube, etc. * It contains all the elements to keep you in touch with the basic form of Office - a four week cycle of Psalter readings, scripture and prayers with simple easily understood seasonal variations and night prayer. Bad points: * It only has two ribbons and needs three of four. However if you need to use the book efficiently you have to make up bookmarks with passages on them (Benedictus, Magnificat, etc.). In my copy these render the ribbons redundant. * The detail takes a while to master, but its the Office and its worth the time spent doing this. I have read the complaints about the plastic cover and cheap production. The 'leather' covered version is presumably now out of print and may or may not come back into print. If it does I will probably buy it. Meanwhile however I don't mind the plastic. A book that sits in your pocket for large periods of time and is read on the move is going to come in for a fair bit of wear and tare. The plastic covered edition is nothing if not sturdy and this is about saying the Office, not quality of book production.

I am been praying the divine office daily. This is a very handy book to carry around during my prayer time.