By the Very Rev. Chris Dow

The Common Prayer Canada daily prayer mobile app was released on Advent Sunday 2020 by the Prayer Book Society of Canada (PBSC). It has been very well received throughout the Canadian church. Many users have commented that the app makes it so much easier to get into a rhythm of daily prayer and Bible reading.

The app allows you to pray the complete Anglican services of Morning Prayer, Evening Prayer, Family Prayer and much more. It automatically generates the full services for every day of the year, including the Psalms, Bible lessons, seasonal variations and collects. It’s simplified and streamlined for a user-friendly experience, and also offers many advanced settings for customization preferences.

We’re very pleased to announce that the Eastern Arctic Inuktitut Bible has just been added to the app!

This means that many parts of the liturgy can now be displayed in Inuktitut syllabics: the Opening Sentences, Psalms, Bible Lessons and some canticles, namely the Benedictus, Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis. At this time, we’re unable to offer the entire app (Collects, etc.) in Inuktitut, because the Eastern Arctic Inuktitut Prayer Book has never yet been digitized, though this is a project the Diocese would be happy to sponsor as funding allows.

Later this year, we also have plans to add the Inuinnaqtun language from the Central Arctic and the Walton Cree Prayer Book from the eastern shore of Hudson Bay.

If you would like to donate to the ongoing development of this project, please do so through the PBSC (prayerbook.ca). You can donate quickly and securely online through the PBSC’s Canada Helps page.

Download the Common Prayer Canada app today for free from the App Store or Google Play, or check it out on the web at pray.prayerbook.ca