Join Us in Praying the Daily Offices
For those unable to join us live on Zoom, recordings of our community prayers and clergy meditations are available via podcast about one hour after the end of each Office. Click the button below to never miss a post.
Morning Prayer
Please join us for Morning Prayer beginning at 7:30 AM daily, live on Zoom. We use the 1928 Book of Common Prayer.
Evening Prayer
Please join us for Evening Prayer beginning at 4:30 PM daily, live on Zoom. We use the 1928 Book of Common Prayer.
Enrich Your Life of Prayer
Silent Retreats
We regularly host half or full day* silent retreats at the church, creating a space for prayer and contemplation, and individual spiritual growth.
Each retreat begins with Morning Prayer and a brief meditation, followed by a time of silence with opportunities for confession or spiritual direction.
Please contact Fr. Hayden Butler for more information about our next retreat: hayden@stmatthewsnewport.com.
*For full-day retreats, lunch is provided at a nominal fee.
The Book of Common Prayer
At the heart of the Anglican way is prayer. The Book of Common Prayer contains the essence of what Christians have been praying since the time of Jesus. It gives us a daily rhythm that shapes our days while leading us through the Scriptures over the course of the year. The English is in an older form, and this is important because it means the language of prayer is truly common—it doesn't belong to the slang or style of any living generation—and it connects us to the Christians who have gone before us. With a little practice, we begin to pray with a language that unites us with other Christians, praying throughout the world and throughout the centuries. For help with learning to pray with the Book of Common Prayer, please contact any of our clergy or staff. We'd love to walk you through it.
Additional Resources for Praying the Daily Offices
CommonPrayer.org
This is an independent collection of resources based on the 1928 Book of Common Prayer, especially featuring the Daily Offices.
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There are both visual and audio options available, which make this an ideal resource for commuters or those who would prefer to listen to the Liturgy.
The Cradle of Prayer
Offers the Daily Offices from the 1928 Book of Common Prayer as audio recordings that can be streamed from any device.
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This is a helpful resource if you're just learning to pray the Daily Offices and need some direction, or if you're seeking to pray the Offices but don’t have a Prayer Book and Bible with you.
The Diocese of the Holy Trinity
Provides resources for Anglican daily prayer, based on the American 1928 Book of Common Prayer.
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These resources are intended to help Christians build a spiritual discipline of prayer, by practicing the pattern of prayer created for the laity by Archbishop Thomas Cranmer in the original 1549 Book of Common Prayer.
Ordo Calendars
These detail the rhythms of the Church Calendar, including feast days, penitential seasons, and other significant dates.
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We have the St. Matthew’s Life of Prayer calendar, designed for our parish each year, as well as the official Anglican Catholic Church (ACC) ordo calendar.
To order your calendar, go here.
Supplemental Reading
We recommend the following texts to enrich our member’s prayer lives and spiritual journeys.
Letters to Malcolm by C.S. Lewis
Into the Silent Land by Martin Laird
Christian Proficiency by Martin Thornton
The Return of the Prodigal Son by Henri Nouwen
For the Life of the World by Alexander Schmemann
Sacred Companions by David Benner
The Wisdom of Stability by Jonathan
Wilson-HartgroveThe Temple by George Herbert