Andrew Burnham

A daily prayer book for the Ordinariate with material from the Anglican tradition, adapted according to the Roman rite. It includes an order for morning, evening and night prayer throughout the year, an interim order of the Mass, spiritual readings, minor offices, calendar and lectionary tables, for use throughout the English speaking world.

This significant book asks whether the widespread falling away of the appeal of religious worship is connected with the simplification of liturgical practice over recent decades. Has a well-meant policy of making the language and style of worship more accessible resulted in a loss of the sense of mystery - and has this accelerated the decline' ''The author, who was involved with the development of Common Worship, explores the wider Catholic and Orthodox traditions where nothing like...