The Saint Melangell Prayer Book

[@austinfurgason3634]

Can’t wait to buy it

[@brendagriffin1414]

Marvellous! A lot of hard work has gone into this book and it shows - very well done 🙏

[@josephalexandersmith3413]

Wonderful!

[@daniellebalogun9426]

❤how wonderful

[@josephmary969]

wonderful video fr, thank you

[@spiderdxn2263]

I'm a Latin Catholic and just ordered this. It looks wonderful!

[@OrthodoxReview]

Nice

[@fathercyprian]

Thank you for this, Raphael, and what an honour to have you commenting on our little channel! The parcel with your review copy should reach me any day now, so I'll be sure to forward it on asap. 🙂

[@josephalexandersmith3413]

Looking forward to Raphael's review!

[@seraphim4088]

Please forgive my ignorance everyone. I'm in the ER, so there's a lot I don't know. It seems like the prayers are largely, if not entirely, in a style of exclamation and response. So can these prayers only be done when there are multiple people present? What does one do if they are all alone?

[@fathercyprian]

If you're unfamiliar with the western style of offices, this is a perfectly reasonable question, so have no fear. The division of texts between an officiant and everybody else is for those occasions when praying as a group but the usual thing to do when praying alone would simply be to offer the prayers as they are. You would pray both what we call the versicles (V) and the responses (R). e.g. V. O God, come to my aid. R. O Lord, hasten to help me. &c. The only adjustment I make when praying alone (although we never truly pray alone) is that, when I come to the Long Responsory at any of the offices of prayer, I omit the first repetition and go straight into the psalm verse. So, for instance, at Compline: e.g. V. Into your hands, O Lord, I commend my spirit. (I omit this - R. Into your hands, O Lord, I commend my spirit.) V. For You have redeemed me, O Lord God of truth. R. Into your hands, O Lord, I commend my spirit. V. Glory be...&c. R. Into your hands, O Lord, I commend my spirit. I hope that's of some use. May God bless you.