Prayerbook
Prayerbook
Prayer for the daily life of the Church
The Prayerbook gathers together devotional and liturgical resources for those who wish to pray with the Church in a more regular and disciplined way. It is intended to serve clergy, religious, and laity alike by offering a stable place for prayer, meditation, and spiritual rhythm.
Within Old Catholic Churches International, prayer is never an afterthought. It is part of the Church’s common life and one of the ways we remain rooted in Christ, formed by the Scriptures, and sustained in sacramental and pastoral ministry.
Whether you are looking for daily readings, Marian devotion, the Rosary, or the Little Office, this page is meant to help you begin and continue a life of prayer.
Prayer shapes the Church
The Prayerbook supports a life of devotion grounded in scripture, tradition, and the prayer of the Church.
Liturgical and devotional
OCCI makes use of a variety of liturgical traditions, and its prayer life includes both formal liturgical prayer and personal devotion.
For daily use
These resources are meant to help establish a steady rhythm of prayer across the week, not merely occasional devotion.
What this section offers
The Prayerbook area presently points readers toward daily mass readings, Marian prayers, daily Marian prayers, the Little Office, the Rosary, mysteries of the Rosary, and additional prayer resources. Together these form a practical devotional doorway into the prayer life of the Church.
This page should not feel like a list of disconnected links. It should feel like an invitation into regular prayer: prayer with scripture, prayer with the saints, prayer in the hours of the day, and prayer in union with the worship of the Church.
Prayerbook resources
Daily Mass Readings
A natural starting place for daily prayer, reflection, and preparation for the Church’s worship.
Marian Prayers
Traditional prayers of devotion that honor the Blessed Virgin Mary within the wider life of catholic prayer.
Daily Marian Prayers
A simple and regular devotional path for those who wish to incorporate Marian prayer into everyday life.
Little Office
A structured daily office rooted in traditional catholic devotion, with ordered prayer such as Prime and Vespers arranged through the week.
The Rosary
A well-loved devotional form that joins vocal prayer to meditation on the life of Christ.
Resources
Additional aids for prayer and office, including materials connected to Morning Prayer, Evening Prayer, Night Prayer, the Book of Common Prayer, the Anglican Breviary, Divine Office, and iBreviary.
The spirit of the Prayerbook
The Prayerbook should reflect a life that is both devotional and liturgical. OCCI uses a variety of liturgies in its churches, including the Novus Ordo, Eastern Rite liturgies, the 1928 Book of Common Prayer, the Third Roman Missal, and the Tridentine Liturgy. That wider liturgical breadth gives context to the prayer resources gathered here.
The Little Office especially shows the tone this page ought to carry: “God, come to my assistance / Lord, make haste to help me.” It is ordered, scriptural, reverent, and intended for repeated use. Prayer here is not novelty. It is discipline, devotion, and communion with God.
For that reason, this page works best when it is simple, direct, and deeply churchly in voice.
How to use this page
Use the daily mass readings to anchor your prayer in the appointed readings of the Church.
Add a simple daily form such as Marian prayers, the Rosary, or the Little Office.
This page is best used not occasionally, but habitually, as a companion to the daily spiritual life.
Continue Exploring
Related devotional pages
You may also wish to continue to the Little Office or other devotional resources connected with the prayer life of the Church.
Need Help?
Contact us directly
If you are looking for guidance in the prayer life of the Church or need help finding the right devotional resource, we invite you to get in touch.
A final word
A church without prayer loses its center. The Prayerbook exists to help keep that center clear and accessible through scripture, devotion, daily office, and the inherited practices of catholic prayer.
We hope this page helps clergy and faithful alike enter more deeply into a steady and disciplined life of prayer.