Alexa, please say the Lord’s Prayer

IT is a device normally associated with checking the weather or ordering the shopping. But Alexa can now say grace before your evening meal or give thanks to God before bedtime.

Amazon’s virtual assistant has been harnessed by the Church of England to make being a practising Christian easier. In response to a simple command, a CofE app tells Alexa to read out the Lord’s Prayer or the Ten Commandments. Users can ask how to become a Christian, how to pray and who God is.

Alexa can also be used to locate the nearest church.

The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, said the Church was ‘thrilled’ to enable churchgoers and those exploring faith ‘to connect with God in another way at a time that’s right for them’.