Public Prayers

It is a matter for regret that in many churches the public prayers on the part of the congregation amount to nothing more than an unintelligible murmuring.

All should answer loudly and distinctly, so that each one may plainly hear his own words.

Where it is customary to make certain pauses in the recitation of the prayers, each one should endeavor to observe them, so as not to get ahead of others.

No one should begin his part before the Priest or leader has finished his.

In the recitation of the litanies and of other devotions each one should use a prayer-book until he becomes familiar with the exact answers to the various invocations.