Saint Augustine's Prayer Book is an Anglo-Catholic devotional book published for members of the Episcopal Church by the Order of the Holy Cross

Order of the Holy Cross

The Order of the Holy Cross is an international Anglican monastic Order that follows the Rule of St. Benedict.-History:The Order was founded in 1884 by the Rev. James Otis Sargent Huntington, an Episcopal priest, in New York City. The Order moved to Maryland briefly before settling in West Park,...

, an Anglican monastic community.

The first edition of this little book of devotions, edited by Fr. Loren Gavitt, was published in 1947. Now in the eighteenth printing of the 1967 revised edition, it remains popular book among High Church

High church

The term "High Church" refers to beliefs and practices of ecclesiology, liturgy and theology, generally with an emphasis on formality, and resistance to "modernization." Although used in connection with various Christian traditions, the term has traditionally been principally associated with the...

 members of the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Church of Canada

Anglican Church of Canada

The Anglican Church of Canada is the Province of the Anglican Communion in Canada. The official French name is l'Église Anglicane du Canada. The ACC is the third largest church in Canada after the Roman Catholic Church and the United Church of Canada, consisting of 800,000 registered members...

. It is used as a companion to the Book of Common Prayer

Book of Common Prayer

The Book of Common Prayer is the short title of a number of related prayer books used in the Anglican Communion, as well as by the Continuing Anglican, "Anglican realignment" and other Anglican churches. The original book, published in 1549 , in the reign of Edward VI, was a product of the English...

 (American editions of 1928 and 1979). In addition to various prayers and devotions, it includes the order of Mass according to the American Missal, with the Prayer Book Canon of the Mass.

Contents

1. Christian Obligations
2. Common Forms of Prayer
   Prayer
   Prayer is a form of religious practice that seeks to activate a volitional rapport to a deity through deliberate practice. Prayer may be either individual or communal and take place in public or in private. It may involve the use of words or song. When language is used, prayer may take the form of...
   
   
3. Daily prayers
4. Various Prayers
5. Praise
   Praise
   Praise is the act of making positive statements about a person, object or idea, either in public or privately. Praise is typically, but not exclusively, earned relative to achievement and accomplishment...
   
    and Thanksgiving
   Thanksgiving
   Thanksgiving Day is a holiday celebrated primarily in the United States and Canada. Thanksgiving is celebrated each year on the second Monday of October in Canada and on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States. In Canada, Thanksgiving falls on the same day as Columbus Day in the...
   
   
6. The Mass
   Mass (liturgy)
   "Mass" is one of the names by which the sacrament of the Eucharist is called in the Roman Catholic Church: others are "Eucharist", the "Lord's Supper", the "Breaking of Bread", the "Eucharistic assembly ", the "memorial of the Lord's Passion and Resurrection", the "Holy Sacrifice", the "Holy and...
   
   
7. Devotions for Holy Communion
8. Spiritual Communion
   Spiritual Communion
   Spiritual Communion is a practice among Catholics of desiring union with Jesus Christ in the Holy Eucharist as a response to God's own desire for union. It is used especially as a preparation for Holy Mass....
   
   
9. Sacrament of Penance
10. Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
    Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
    Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament is a devotional ceremony celebrated within the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church, as well as in some Anglican and Lutheran Churches, Liberal Catholic churches, Western Rite Orthodox churches, and Latinised Eastern Catholic Churches.Benediction of the...
    
    
11. Devotions to the Blessed Sacrament
12. Stations of the Cross
    Stations of the Cross
    Stations of the Cross refers to the depiction of the final hours of Jesus, and the devotion commemorating the Passion. The tradition as chapel devotion began with St...
    
    
13. Prayers for the Sick
14. Prayers for the Dead
15. Requiem Mass
16. Devotions to the Trinity
    Trinity
    The Christian doctrine of the Trinity defines God as three divine persons : the Father, the Son , and the Holy Spirit. The three persons are distinct yet coexist in unity, and are co-equal, co-eternal and consubstantial . Put another way, the three persons of the Trinity are of one being...
    
    
17. Devotions to the Holy Ghost
18. Devotions to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
19. Devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary
20. Devotions to St. Joseph
21. Devotions to the Angels
22. Various Litanies
23. Novenas
24. Devotions for Christmas
    Christmas
    Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday generally celebrated on December 25 by billions of people around the world. It is a Christian feast that commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, liturgically closing the Advent season and initiating the season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days...
    
    
25. Devotions to the Passion
    Passion (Christianity)
    The Passion is the Christian theological term used for the events and suffering – physical, spiritual, and mental – of Jesus in the hours before and including his trial and execution by crucifixion...
    
    
26. Holy Hour
    Holy hour
    Holy Hour is the Roman Catholic devotional tradition of spending an hour in Eucharistic adoration in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament. The official Raccolta book provides indulgences for this practice....
    
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External links

• Saint Augustine’s Prayer Book; a book of devotion for members of the Episcopal Church - Library of Congress Online Catalog
• Holy Cross Monastery - Holy Cross Publishing
• Self-Examination From Saint Augustine's Prayer Book