It has a global, a universal aspect. Our Prayer Book is no quaint relic, or religious artefact, or cultural curio. It represents, it offers in one handy source, the best prayer and thought not only of Episcopal and Anglican history, but of Judeo-Christian tradition. Perhaps we take them for granted or hardly notice them. But within those fifty pages are prayers from every century of Christian experience, from the earliest days to the twentieth century.
Every race is represented, and many nations.
All this is true not only for the Collects, but for the Book of Common Prayer as a whole. It is, on the one hand, eminently handy, affordable, and easy to use. On the other hand, it is almost incomparably charged with power and meaning. Celebrate this treasure. Thank God for it.