what breviaries do Lutherans use?

[FireDragon76]

Do Lutherans have a breviary or prayer book? Is there a difference between the LCMS and ELCA in terms of what is used?

I have started trying to use a basic tablet/phone app called iBreviary, it is an RCC Franciscan breviary and seems fairly short. I used to use St. Bede's Breviary, it is from the BCP (1928 and modern TEC, with a lot of options).

 

[Tangible]

CPH publishes a daily devotional book (maybe not technically a breviary?) called the Treasury of Daily Prayer. There is also an electronic version called PrayNow. It has liturgies for Matins and Vespers, alternative settings for Morning Prayer and Evening Prayer, seasonal propers, and other resources like prayers, selected psalms, and the Small Catechism. Most of the pages are comprised of daily devotional pages including scripture readings from OT and NT, a writing from historical theologians (ancient, Reformation or modern), a brief note regarding special days and festivals if applicable, a collect prayer of the day and suggestions for readings from the BoC. All in all an excellent tool for daily private or family devotions.

 

[Obedientiarius]

I have used the Treasury of Daily Prayer, the Brotherhood Prayer Book, and For All the Saints at various points in my life. The Treasury of Daily Prayer was already aptly described by Tangible.

The Brotherhood Prayer Book is essentially a Lutheran version of an old breviary complete with all 7 offices and Gregorian chant (it also comes in a text-only edition). The language is old school and the Psalter is from the King James Version.

The resource I have come to prefer is For All the Saints. It is a four-volume set and is in the same family as the RC Liturgy of the Hours and the Episcopal Church's Daily Office Book. It uses the RSV for the readings and is on a two-year cycle of lessons. It has Matins, Vespers, and Compline. One warning: it has readings from tradition for each day, but they come from a wide variety of sources. If you are looking for strictly Lutheran readings from tradition, you will need to go with the Treasury. If, though, you are interested in Lutheran, Reformed, Catholic, Orthodox, etc. then you may prefer this set.

 

[ContraMundum]

I have used the Treasury of Daily Prayer, the Brotherhood Prayer Book, and For All the Saints at various points in my life. The Treasury of Daily Prayer was already aptly described by Tangible.

The Brotherhood Prayer Book is essentially a Lutheran version of an old breviary complete with all 7 offices and Gregorian chant (it also comes in a text-only edition). The language is old school and the Psalter is from the King James Version.

The resource I have come to prefer is For All the Saints. It is a four-volume set and is in the same family as the RC Liturgy of the Hours and the Episcopal Church's Daily Office Book. It uses the RSV for the readings and is on a two-year cycle of lessons. It has Matins, Vespers, and Compline. One warning: it has readings from tradition for each day, but they come from a wide variety of sources. If you are looking for strictly Lutheran readings from tradition, you will need to go with the Treasury. If, though, you are interested in Lutheran, Reformed, Catholic, Orthodox, etc. then you may prefer this set.

Thanks for that. Always good to hear about new resources.