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Lectionary

The lectionary determines which scripture readings appear in the daily office. The default is the Lutheran Service Book Daily Lectionary (distinct readings every day), which is also used in Treasury of Daily Prayer. The Lutheran Hymnal one-year is the historic alternative with Sunday-week readings.

LSB Daily Lectionary Distinct OT and NT readings every day, continuous through the books of Scripture. From the Lutheran Service Book (CPH 2006) / Treasury of Daily Prayer (CPH 2008). TLH 1941 Historic One-Year Sunday-week readings — the historic one-year lectionary from The Lutheran Hymnal (1941). Each Sunday's readings carry through Monday-Saturday.

Psalm presentation

Each office's appointed psalm can be chanted with a recorded tone, read aloud with the same ESV audio used for the lectionary readings, or simply read silently from the page. "Chant with accompaniment" is the default; it falls back to "Read with ESV audio" automatically when a psalm doesn't yet have pointing data or its tone hasn't been recorded.

Chant with accompaniment Sing the appointed psalm against a recorded chant tone. Requires pointing data for the psalm; falls back to read-with-audio when pointing isn't available. Read with ESV audio Listen to the appointed psalm read aloud (Crossway ESV audio), the same way the daily lectionary readings are presented. No audio Read the psalm silently from the page. Tap Next when finished.

Syllable duration 333ms (180 BPM)

How long the cantor holds each reciting-tone syllable. Default 333ms — a triplet feel against the cadence's 90 BPM.

Hold an extra beat on internal punctuation

When enabled, commas, semicolons, colons, and em-dashes inside a reciting-tone phrase extend the recite-tone by one syllable's duration — the cantor sustains across the breath point rather than rushing the next phrase.

App playback speed

Each video in the office has an authored playback rate (the editorial choice of how fast it should sound). This setting nudges every video up or down the YouTube playback-rate ladder by the same number of steps. At "Normal," each section plays at its authored rate; "Slower" moves every video one step slower; "Much faster" moves every video two steps faster; and so on.

Silent mode

Pray in silence (no audio)

When enabled, no audio plays at all — the YouTube player is not loaded and Crossway scripture audio is not fetched. The office becomes a text-only prayer experience where you advance through each section at your own pace using the Next button.

Video display

Hide videos (audio only)

When enabled, the YouTube player is rendered off-screen and only the audio plays. The text is the visible component of the office. Has no effect when Silent mode is on.

Autoplay

Automatically advance through sections

When enabled, the office plays through automatically. You'll still need to press "Begin" once at the start of the office (browser policy).

Homily voice

The homily is spoken aloud by your browser's built-in text-to-speech engine. On macOS, the highest-quality voices have "(Enhanced)" or "(Premium)" in their name — download them in System Settings → Accessibility → Spoken Content → System Voice → Manage Voices. This setting has no effect in Silent mode.

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Auto-scroll

Scroll to each section as it begins

When enabled, the page scrolls automatically to keep the currently playing section in view. If you scroll manually, auto-scroll pauses until the next section starts.

Theme

"Parchment" is the default warm-light theme; "Dark" is a low-glare theme for early morning or nighttime prayer; "Follow system" switches between the two based on your device's preference.