I like the Anglican Breviary better than any of these three. However, I find the Benedictine Breviary to be the easiest to use. Once the Anglican Office Book 2nd Edition arrives, I plan to use the AOB 2nd Edition with the sermons and martyrology of the Anglican Breviary to supplement. I will keep the Benedictine Daily Prayer as well, for sermons and martyrology. That's just my personal taste. But all three books are good. Your comparison was excellent. If one does not need sermons and martyrology, I really like the CTS Daily Office used by the Anglican Ordinariate. Its fully Catholic.

Very interesting comparison. I'm Melkite so I stick with the Byzantine rite (the Anthologion is my go-to office book), but I have enjoyed your deep dive into the western monastic office.

As a Benedictine Oblate, I pray all the Hours from the Benedictine Daily Prayer breviary (if I need to pack extra small/light for travel, I switch to the Farnborough Abbey Diurnal). I much prefer the BDP as my normal mode, and like it more in most ways, except a few things: 1) Psalms are intentionally "inclusive" in many sections of the psalms (always replacing "blessed" with "happy" and removing most mentions of masculine placeholder pronouns; "Blessed is the man" becomes "Happy are they" and "sons of Israel" becomes "children/people of Israel"). 2) Some of the concluding prayers are just really hippie-ish. I actually really like most of the intercessions found in the litanies, but a number of those concluding prayers have that sense of benign, hippie-ish, kumbaya flavor from Liturgical Press. 3) The Lutheran/Anglican considerations baked into the whole breviary (not just inclusions to the calendar, but a general mindset throughout the whole thing) is frustrating as well (this arises from a fixation on non-Catholic Benedictine Oblates, which is really just small population in the UK/EU and even smaller here in the US; Esther de Waal just made them seem like a bigger deal than they really are IMO). 4) Prime is omitted, even though it would barely add any extra pages to the textblock. I just want those first 3 things fixed (adding Prime is just extra) in the BDP breviary, and I'd be totally content. EDIT: I simply *cannot* prayerfully enter into the texts (and I've tried for many years) when I'm constantly parsing through antiquated English translations that publishers always pair with Latin. I wish someone would publish Latin-English side-by-sides that uses something like RSV2CE for Psalms/Scripture and normal English for everything else.

Good comparison. I sold some things to buy the Farnbourough and I must say it is definitely the best of the 3 - physically and in terms of the office itself (it has the best translation and the rubrics are simplified in comparison to the LAP, easier to use). But BDP would be my suggestion for someone new to the breviary for how easy it is to use. The only problem I’ve ever had with the diurnals is that I miss going through most of the psalms. BDP takes you through all but 12, the two diurnals are only about half.

I would've bought the Benedictine version- because of your video in fact - if it didn't have a post VII kalendar. I like the 30 day cycle (which VII adopted), because it's realistic. But... a pre VII kalendar with all the octaves and observances has become very important to me. I ultimately got the EOB and am loving it.

I bought the LAP over the farborough because I am not roman catholic and the LAP had the additional prayers I loved it so much i bought the LAP matins companion I dont even necessarily "pray" the office everyday but theyre very nice to read devotionally especially the matins because of the passages from church fathers Edit: I also want.to add... as to the build of the book... take care of it and it will take care of you... so far has handled heavy usage well but never really put it into my back pocket

Benedictine Daily Prayer does not include Prime, as you say at around 14:21. It also uses "inclusive language" in the Psalms and avoids masculine pronouns for God in the canticles. For example, the Benedictus: "Blessed are you, Lord God of Israel, you have come to your people and set them free." Or the Magnificat: "From this day all generations will call me blessed; you, the Almighty, have done great things for me and holy is your name." For some this is no problem. For others it's a dealbreaker.

I have the Farnborough edition, I love it. I wish I had Matins, but I’m not sure anyone even prints one for the laity to purchase .

The assumption note in conjunction with the feast of Maximilian Kolbe leads me to assume that this was intended for use among high church members of the ELCA. Especially since the ELCA is the only Lutheran Church in North America that commemorates him.

I wish Carmelite (OCarm) breviaries are this easy to find and are published

You should do a comparison on all the Byzantine prayer books you’ve reviewed! Not including the psalters

Podré rezar el monástic Diurnale solo en la latín? Ya que no se nada de inglés

Would praying the Catholic version of the diurnal in English be not liturgical? I’ve heard people say it’s not.

That Lutheran note is odd. I think that any Lutheran could observe the Assumption in the sense of Dormition. She died just as anyone else has or will. Now the BVM is with God....What is wrong with that?