Forward Day by Day

Loved this app until this afternoon when I got a blank screen when I opened it. Since it's $6.99 for the app I'm hoping this is temporary. I haven’t been able to open this for 2 days now. I can get it thru Facebook, but not the app.

All the prayers and the lectionary readings you need to pray the Daily Office or to pray shorter devotions. And it can be as traditional or modern as you like, and can be simplified or prayer with the Angelus and Regina Coeli. I’ve been using Forward Day by Day since 2018 and have watched a good app get even better. Back then I liked the basic layout and functionality, but was disappointed that I was stuck with a small font size, even if I used a larger one in my iOS default settings. That was changed a few years ago; now there is a choice of fonts, sizes, screen colors, bold/italic for responses, and even drop caps, for a nice touch. I’ve used the app at home, for meetings, when traveling, and I’ve been happy with how well it has performed. If anyone asks about devotions or the daily office, I mention this app. Sending someone to the BCP for that is just unkind, since they’re so hard to follow there. I like to support Forward Movement, for the multitude of good things they do, and with this quality app, it’s just another reason to support them.

In today’s COVID era where I don’t get to church services like I would prefer, this is a great way to ensure I stay connected to the church.

Thank you so very much for adding the journal to this beautiful new addition of Forward!

The written firm of the Daily Office should offer a 3-reading setting which would match the podcasts of morning and evening prayer. On saints’ feast days information about the saints should be linked to the Daily Office as in the Venite app.

The authors of the reflections rotate each month. Some months you get mainstream reflections on the gospel. Other months you get heavy doses of social justice reflections. It’s like a whipsaw sometimes month to month. If you are sensitive to politics being mixed into your gospel reflections, I’d look elsewhere.

I’ve enjoyed this app until last night when all I got was the revolving circle..I got the same today. Turned my iPad off, then on again, but got the message that I wasn’t connected to the internet. But I was connected. Deleted the app, then restored and got the revolving circle again. Maybe I’ll try the website. Deleting the app until fixed. Very disappointing. By the way: in connecting to the website with Daily Prayer, the site also says “Not connected to the internet.” Someone needs to fix the site itself: that is the source of the problem. I will (try to) send them a contact message - if it goes thru’ .....

I have been getting this ap, reading it daily and now it will not open. I tried going to a hotspot but it still will not open. Please let me know what to do! Thanks

Was happy to find an app for this as much easier for me to read than print version. Unfortunately, I found it cumbersome to move to a different date, among other things. Navigation is not intuitive and thus frustrating. Instead I’m using the free version on the website - much better. Save the $7 and donate to your parish instead.

I’m I the only one who goes on vacation to wild and natural places and is disappointed I can’t do my morning readings because this app has to be online to work? Please update your app to cache a few days or a month of data so it works everywhere I pray.