Discussing Evening Prayer and Common Prayer

As with Matins, Daily Evening Prayer is the same as in the 1928 BCP with the addition of: a rubric allowing the recitation of the Angelus Domini before the service, seasonal antiphons for: the Magnificat and Nunc dimittis, the insertion of the kyrie after “Let us pray” and before the Our Father, and a list of recommended office hymns after the collect for aid against perils.

For those who are more familiar with the 79 book, how does its daily office compare with the one presented here?

The first striking difference is at evensong were the Phos Hilaron, while certainty allowed at the same place is not printed in the text of the office. Also the Jubilate Deo and Pascha nostrum are not printed after the Venite, though they are allowed at the appropriate times by the rubrics.

Another obvious difference is different optional canticles. The Jubilate Deo at morning prayer, and the Cantate Domino, Bonum est, Deus misereatur, and Benedic, anima mea at evening prayer. Those who love the optional canticles from the 1979 prayer book have no cause for alarm. They appear elsewhere in this book, in the little offices, in Vigils and Lauds, or in a table of additional canticles.  The seasonal antiphons for the traditional canticles are another change.

The number of collects is different though I believe all of the collects from the 79 book appear elsewhere in this book. The list of recommended office hymns after the third collect is new. The prayers for mission though allowed, are printed in the section of prayers and thanksgivings, rather than here. The prayer for those in authority, for the clergy and people, and for all sorts and conditions of men, are reinstated in their place. The optional alternatives to the grace are eliminated, though if they were turned into seasonal alternatives, I would have no real objection to them.

On to the Prayers and Thanksgivings!