Preorders now open for Divine Worship: Daily Office (Commonwealth Edition)

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We interrupt our regularly scheduled programming to bring you an announcement of great joy:

Divine Worship: Daily Office (Commonwealth Edition) is now available for preorder!

It is undeniable that Catholic Truth Society does excellent work. Personal misgivings aside (I’m no fan of the RSV-2CE), I expect this to be a thoroughly-edited, well-made prayer book free of any major problems. Sign up for their newsletter to receive 10% off and place your preorder today.

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  1. C NorfolkSeptember 23, 2021 at 4:24 PM

    Will you be reviewing this one for us? Thanks for your work on this blog so far

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    1. Divine Worship: The BloggerSeptember 23, 2021 at 4:54 PM

      Yes, I'll be reviewing DW:DO:CE (I wish these titles weren't so long and unwieldy!) in a month or two. Mine should arrive in the next day or so, and I'd like to pray with it consistently for awhile before writing a detailed review. From what I've seen so far (lots of photos on Twitter and in Ordinariate Facebook groups), it's a very-well-thought-out office book that fits squarely within the classical Anglican tradition.

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  2. Living Life with the Early ChurchSeptember 29, 2021 at 8:01 AM

    Could you please include a recommendation of a pointed psalter (ideally with chants) for chanting the DW:DO to Anglican Chant? It would be nice if, as far as possible, we all standardised on the same pointing. There are too many different pointings for the Coverdale psalms available.

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    1. Divine Worship: The BloggerOctober 1, 2021 at 9:23 PM

      For Anglican chants, I'm partial to The Cathedral Psalter. There are several editions out there, and my copy is fairly old - I'm not sure if it's substantially the same as the versions available for purchase today. But I see no need to standardize on pointing. Very few Anglican chants are composed for a specific psalm; the great thing about them is that virtually any psalm can be pointed to be sung with just about any chant.

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