Welcome to the Queer Book of Hours
Begin your time of prayer by selecting an option from the Daily Prayer or Special Prayers menu options above.

This QUEER BOOK OF HOURS is divided into sections by days of the week, with prayers for Morning, Midday and Evening. There are also sections for "Taking God to Work", "Remembering & Grieving", and "Queer Saints".

Further sections, to be published at a later date, will offer prayers of Healing, prayer celebrating diverse gender identities, and more.

MCC San Francisco is a house of prayer for all people, a home for queer spirituality.

We are grounded in the Christian tradition, exploring and affirming many paths to God.

Whoever you are, wherever you have come from, you are welcome here.

From and For Our Communities

Books of Hours were the most popular books of the Middle Ages and were used by people in their personal devotions at a time when church authorities kept most people as mere spectators in community rituals.

‘I’m excited about this being a place where queer people can turn at any time of day to find prayers that speak from our experience of Spirit, address our fears, our longing, and our hopes,’ says Rev. Dr. G. Penny Nixon, Senior Pastor at MCC San Francisco.

‘Our queer bodies are sacred and all of our lives are sacred,' she says.

'We hope this will offer people a way to access their own spirituality whenever —and wherever—they choose.'