In the church year, this is referred to as ordinary time, setting it apart from the liturgical seasons of advent, easter, and lent.
While in the liturgy, this is "ordinary time," it's hard to claim that anything in the Christian life is ordinary. As a Christian, I am called to do more than just live in the ordinary. The general confession from the Book of Common Prayer has always included sins of ommission as well as sins of commission. So, even in ordinary time, I need to be more than a passive Christian.
The simplest act of activity may be prayer. Certainly, involving God in the ordinary tasks of life and our cares and concerns is not passive. I mentioned that God had been good to me in many ways, including providing parking spaces. While a member of the clergy I was working with at the time claimed God didn't do parking spaces, my feeling was that if it was important enough to cause concern, then asking God for help, and thanking God fora good outcome made a lot of sense to me. This is the heart of the Celtic Christianity which is focused on involving God in everything and recognizing God's small works as well as the might works.
grace & peace
will
Many of us find it easier to do daily prayer if we have a guide for our prayer. While the various prayer books have such guides, they include formulae for the daily readings and prayers that take time to use, complexities that make them less than useful for a daily routine. While there are missals written for the monastic communities, few are readily accessible to laity. This site has been created to build a virtual missal, a book of hours for the office. The first phase is to make prayers available, first for the various times of day, then for the days of the week. Eventually, this will be coupled with a mechanism for varying the prayers and readings in an automated way. It is hoped that regular users will be able to access the site and see the office appropriate for their local time. Someone checking in at 8:00am on a Monday would see the Monday Start of Workday office; a 10:00pm visit would bring up compline.
As prayers are added, links will be added below. Your prayers for the site are appreciated.
grace & peace
will