We are receiving more reactions about Treasury of Daily Prayer
From Pastor David Petersen:
I really love it and I think it is going to be single best resource the
Church has ever seen (excluding the Bible) for both family and
individual devotions. This is far, far better for this purpose than a
hymnal or any devotional book we've seen to date. . . . For ease of use, for individual or family prayer, the TDP can't be
beat. Including the full Scripture readings, hymn, psalm verses, and a
devotional reading is really fantastic. I am convinced that this book
will be of great aid to those who are trying to have family devotions,
etc. . . . I think it was a brilliant vision and am eager to see the finished
product. Thanks for getting it done. I think it will be another feather
in CPH's cap and a credit to everyone involved.
From Pastor Rick Stuckwisch:
I could not be more delighted with the end results than I am. The book,
so far as I can tell from everything that I have seen and heard, is
exactly the sort of resource that was envisioned and, indeed, prayed
for. The number one priority, at least so far as I was concerned from
the outset, was that each day be easily found in the book, and that
everything needed for each day be located in that same spot. Thanks to
you, and to Brother Kinnaman, for keeping that primary goal intact.
From Pastor William Weedon:
The wonder of Treasury of Daily Prayer
is hard to overstate. I'm thinking of the song about the Pushmepullyou
in Dr. Dolittle: "I've never seen anything like it in all my life!"
The
real beauty of the book is in how it can be used VERY simply (just read
the assigned materials for the day - that will give you a section of
psalmody, two biblical readings, one non-biblical reading, a hymn verse
and a prayer at the very least; on feast or festival days or days
commemorating a saint, also a brief bio or commentary on the feast) or
as a complete breviary (use the materials as appropriate in the
included daily offices).
And how would a prayer manual
possibly be complete without helps for Confession and the Order of
Confession and Absolution? Without preparation for the Eucharist and
prayers for preparation and after receiving our Lord's Body and Blood?
These are all there, together with repeating prayers for each day of
the week.
What I think will be a great blessing is the
seamless manner in which the Church's commemorations are built into the
year. As you journey along, you'll be meeting saints here and there
along the way, learning a bit about their lives, and thanking God for
their faithful witness. AC/Ap XXI leaps to life! For example, in
December you'll meet John of Damascus, Theologian and Hymnwriter on the
4th; Nicholas of Myra, Pastor, on the 6th; Ambrose of Milan, Pastor and
Hymnwriter on the 7th; Lucia, Martyr on the 13th; Daniel and Three
Young Men, on the 17th; Adam and Eve on the 19th; Katherina von Bora
Luther on the 20th; St. Thomas on the 21st; St. Stephen on the 26th;
St. John on the 27th; Holy Innocents on the 28th; and David the Prophet
and King on the 29th! And that's JUST December! The writer to Hebrews
speaks of being "surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses" - and
through the Treasury, you'll come to know and recognize some faces in that great cloud!
A particular strength of the Treasury is the monthly Psalter, following the order of monthly Psalm reading from The Book of Common Prayer,
of the Anglican communion, which is also used in the Evangelical
Lutheran Church in America and among the Western Rite Orthodox. Thus,
we'll be joining many fellow Christians in the discipline of praying
the same Psalms on the same days each month.
So much more to praise, but that's enough for the day. Get your checkbooks ready, folks! You WANT this new book.
From Pastor Fraser Pearce, Australia:
This is great news. I hope that this material is well publicized down here in Australia as well. I am looking forward to getting a copy of a one-volume, all-inclusive, Lutheran office book.
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