Daily OfficeLesson 3 of 3 · About 3 minutes
How the Calendar Is Kept
Daily Office follows the calendar of the BCP. It works out the seasons, the date of Easter, and which day gives way when a Sunday, a Principal Feast and a Holy Day meet. When a feast falls on a greater day, the app moves it, as the BCP does. It can do this for any date, in any year.
- A Holy Day has its own readings and collect, and its own psalms unless you say the Psalter in the 30-Day Cycle.
- Some feasts begin the evening before, with the readings the BCP appoints for the eve. Christmas Eve is one of these.
Your parish’s patron
If your parish is dedicated to an Apostle or an Evangelist, Daily Office can keep the eve of that saint’s feast. Evening Prayer on the eve then uses the readings the BCP provides for it.
Open Settings, and tap The Liturgy.
Open Settings, and click The Liturgy.
Open Settings, and pinch The Liturgy.
Tap Parish Patron, and choose your parish’s saint.
Click Parish Patron, and choose your parish’s saint.
Pinch Parish Patron, and choose your parish’s saint.
Press Back to show the sidebar, and then select Settings.
Select Customize the Liturgy, and then Parish Patron. Choose your parish’s saint.
Collects for the lesser feasts
The BCP’s Calendar remembers saints on many weekdays. With Collects for Lesser Feasts turned on, the saint’s collect follows the Collect of the Day on those days. A Sunday, a Holy Day or a season’s own days keep their own collect. It is off until you turn it on.
Open Settings, and tap The Liturgy.
Open Settings, and click The Liturgy.
Open Settings, and pinch The Liturgy.
Turn on Collects for Lesser Feasts.
Press Back to show the sidebar, and then select Settings.
Select Customize the Liturgy, and turn on Collects for Lesser Feasts.
The Calendar: step through it on the app’s own screens.