Image above: ancient incised cross at the Monastery on Skellig Michael, overlooking Little Skellig - one of the world's largest gannet breeding grounds. Find out more at our Skellig Michael page.
Daily Prayer
Prayer does not help our relationship with God. Prayer is our relationship with God.
Prayer does not help our relationship with God. Prayer is our relationship with God.
The Irish Jesuits were among the first to realize the potential of the Internet for prayerful reflection. The result was the global phenomenon which is Sacred Space - guiding six million visitors each year through a self-paced daily prayer session centred on the daily Gospel readings of the liturgy.
Living Space is the area of the renowned Sacred Space website where you will find enlightening and thought-provoking commentaries on the daily scripture readings.
SINCE the earliest days of the Church, Christians have continually prayed the Divine Office, in which the services of Matins, Lauds, Prime, Terce, Sext, None, Vespers and Compline are said throughout the day as a means of sanctifying time to God and obeying the command to "Pray without ceasing" (I Thess. 5:17).
THE Anglican Breviary contains the only authentic English form of these ancient prayers -- a direct translation of the Roman Breviary "put into English in accordance with the Book of Common Prayer."
THE Anglican Breviary contains the only authentic English form of these ancient prayers -- a direct translation of the Roman Breviary "put into English in accordance with the Book of Common Prayer."
The Liturgy of the Hours (also known as the Divine Office) is the richest single prayer resource of the Church. The practice of sanctifying the 24 hours of the day with psalms, hymns, readings and other prayers during "canonical hours" (periods of fixed prayer at regular intervals) is of great antiquity. Universalis is a clear and user friendly website, which makes the Divine Office very accessible on desktops and mobile devices. This means the Office can be prayed anywhere, whenever there is a space, however small, in life's hectic round of activities.
Pope Francis is extremely enthusiastic about the Internet, which he describes as offering "immense possibilities for encounter and solidarity. This is something truly good, a gift from God." It is not surprising that, in 2019, he launched Click to Pray, a mobile app enabling people around the world to come together in daily prayer.
The Chaplet of the Divine Mercy, also called the Divine Mercy Chaplet, is a Christian devotion to the Divine Mercy, based on the Christological apparitions of Jesus reported by Saint Faustina Kowalska (1905–1938), known as “the Apostle of Mercy.” She was a Polish religious sister of the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy and canonized as a Catholic saint in 2000.
As a Roman Catholic devotion, the chaplet is often said as a rosary-based prayer with the same set of rosary beads used for reciting the Rosary or the Chaplet of Holy Wounds. As an Anglican devotion, the Divine Mercy Society of the Anglican Church states that the chaplet can also be recited on Anglican prayer beads. The chaplet may also be said without beads, usually by counting prayers on the fingertips and may be accompanied by the veneration of the Divine Mercy image.
As a Roman Catholic devotion, the chaplet is often said as a rosary-based prayer with the same set of rosary beads used for reciting the Rosary or the Chaplet of Holy Wounds. As an Anglican devotion, the Divine Mercy Society of the Anglican Church states that the chaplet can also be recited on Anglican prayer beads. The chaplet may also be said without beads, usually by counting prayers on the fingertips and may be accompanied by the veneration of the Divine Mercy image.
Pray As You Go is a daily audio guided prayer session, provided by the English Jesuits. It is designed to help you pray whenever you find time, but particularly whilst travelling to and from work, study, etc. For mobile devices, simply download the "pray as you go" app.
The Daily Examen is a technique of prayerful reflection on the events of the day in order to detect God’s presence and discern his direction for us. The Examen is an ancient practice in the Church that can help us see God’s hand at work in our whole experience.
The easy to follow method presented here is adapted from a technique described by Ignatius Loyola in his Spiritual Exercises. The practice has been described as 'praying backwards through your day'! Click here to learn more about this powerful spiritual exercise.
The easy to follow method presented here is adapted from a technique described by Ignatius Loyola in his Spiritual Exercises. The practice has been described as 'praying backwards through your day'! Click here to learn more about this powerful spiritual exercise.
The immensely popular 3-Minute Retreats from Loyola Press invite you to take a short daily prayer break right at your computer or on your mobile device. Spend some quiet time reflecting on a Scripture passage.
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Marvelously rich daily resource for morning and evening prayer throughout the liturgical seasons, from the Anglican Church of Canada.
The Society of St John the Evangelist is a monastic community in the Anglican Episcopal Church, based in Cambridge, Mass., USA. At this time when the Monastery Chapel is closed, the Brothers invite you to join them for nightly Compline - the ancient monastic service of bedtime prayers. 
Deepen your understanding of the daily scripture readings through short Daily Video Scripture Reflections for every day of the Church year. Since the Catholic and Anglican Churches of Ireland and the UK share the same scripture readings on many days of the year, this - like the Sunday Website above - is a valuable ecumenical resource. 
Daily Prayer: morning, during the day, evening and night prayer from the Church of England. Available in both contemporary (Common Worship) and traditional (Book of Common Prayer) forms. Select 'More Options' for the latter 
"At Prayer with Thomas Merton” presents daily prayers for dawn and dusk, drawn from the writings of the great 20th century Trappist mystic, Thomas Merton, interwoven with excerpts set to music composed by the sacred music composer (and president of the International Thomas Merton Society), Kathleen Deignan, C.N.D. It is a beautiful resource for a contemplative start and finish to each day of the week. 
Church Services TV is a website where you can access live streaming of Church services in Ireland and the UK.While the services currently being streamed are Catholic, the site is actively recruiting those of other Christan denominations. A very useful feature is What's on now. 
Reflections on each day’s Gospel readings from the Australian Jesuits. |
An international work of Saint Louis University, The Sunday Website has had one and a half million page views in the last 16 months. It prepares site visitors for Sunday Mass and, since all three churches proclaim the same readings on many Sundays of the year, for Church of Ireland and Church of England Sunday liturgies also. It supplies the coming Sunday’s readings, prayers for contemplation on these readings, aspects of spirituality found in them, relevant background information and, finally, musical pieces being played by selected parishes in North America and England 
Daily Prayer from the Church of Ireland provides texts of the service for each day. There is also a recently-launched app for daily worship for use on a mobile device - search App Store for "Church of Ireland". 
The words of our hymns are prayers. The Bible constantly exhorts us to 'sing to the Lord'. The Timeless Truths website offers a large number of hymns, traditional and modern (mainly from the Reformed tradition). The text of each hymn is provided, with accompanying instrumental music so that you can sing along! 
Would you like to be part of a learning and praying community while continuing to work, study or raise a family? The Sisterhood of St. John the Divine, part of a contemporary expression of the religious life for women within the Anglican Church of Canada, invite you to consider becoming a Companion Online. Open to those of all Christian expressions, Companions Online is an opportunity to become “monastics in the world,” living a Benedictine rhythm of prayer, work, study, and recreation. Online Companions learn to develop practices that support and nurture their spiritual life from the comfort of their homes.
Click here for more information. 
A regular cycle of daily prayers – the ‘Daily Office’ – is at the core of the life of the ecumenical Northumbria Community, a dispersed Christian community with strong links to the saints and scholars of Ireland, the wisdom tradition of the Desert Fathers, and the ‘mixed life’ of the Franciscans. Access the daily prayers on this website. 
MCN Media is a company that live-streams from many churches in Ireland and the UK. To see what services are currently being streamed, click on Schedule. Or you can search for a particular church for a timetable of their streamed services. |
