Lesson 1 of 3 · About 3 minutes

Who Says What

Daily Office sets out the office as the BCP prints it. So the page tells you, as the BCP does, what is done and who says each part.

Directions in red

Words printed in red italics are directions. They are not said aloud. They tell you what is done next, and often who says it, such as “Officiant and People together.”

The Confession of Sin. Its directions are in red.

Officiant and People

Where the BCP names who speaks, so does the page. The name is set in small capitals before the words:

Officiant, for the one who leads the office.
People, for everyone’s answer.

In the Suffrages, the BCP marks the two parts only V. and R., and so does the page.

If you are praying alone, say both parts.

Keeping silence

Where the BCP keeps a silence, a direction in red says so: “Silence may be kept.” Stay in the silence as long as you like, and then go on.