This simplified office of Prime in English was specifically recommended for morning prayer by the American bishops in the 1880s. It predates both the Vatican II changes and the earlier revisions of Pius X in 1911.

Features:

* Two invariant Psalms for all seven days of the Week (Psalms 53 and 118).
* Proper antiphons for Sundays and weekdays.
* Creed of St. Athanasius (Quicumque Vult).
* Traditional English translation, with parallel Latin text for select portions (Creed, Confiteor).
* Hymn translation "The Star of Morn to Night Succeeds" by Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman.