---
title: "Custom text and prayers"
slug: "custom-text-and-prayers"
description: "Learn to add and configure Custom Text and Prayers in the Source & Summit Digital Platform for use in music packets and congregational booklets."
tags: ["Custom Text", "Prayers"]
updated: 2025-08-04T20:50:37Z
published: 2025-08-04T20:50:37Z
canonical: "help.sourceandsummit.com/custom-text-and-prayers"
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.sourceandsummit.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Custom text and prayers

Learn how to add and configure custom text and prayer sections in the Source & Summit Digital Platform.

> [!NOTE]
> Note
> 
> 
> The features described in this article are available on the following plans:
> 
> *Custom Text*
> 
> - **Basic Plan**
> - **Essentials Plan**
> - **Standard, Educational, Complete Digital Add-On**
> 
> *The Custom Text feature is not supported with the Basic Digital Add-On Plan.*
> 
> *Prayer*
> 
> - **Basic Digital Add-On**
> - **Essentials Plan**
> - **Standard, Educational, Complete Digital Add-On**
> 
> *The Prayer section is not supported with the Basic Plan.*

## **When to use each Section**

#### Custom Text

Use a Custom Text section to add helpful notes in your liturgy preparation, or text that cannot be found elsewhere on the Digital Platform. *For example: rehearsal notes for your choir, announcements for the congregation, or general intercessions.*

#### Prayers

Use a Prayer section to add content for devotional moments before, during, or after Mass. *For example: Prayers before Mass, Prayers after Communion, or the Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel after Mass.*

## **How to add Custom Text and Prayer sections**

[Video](https://cdn.document360.io/2f4703e0-6aba-4ef3-bb5e-e77c48482a6f/Images/Documentation/Adding%20Custom_Text_Prayers_1080.mp4)

1. [Create or open an Ordo](/v1/docs/how-to-create-an-ordo).
2. In the left panel, click **+**.
3. Select either:

**Custom Text** → A blank **Custom Text** section will appear at the top of your Ordo. **Prayer** → A **Prayer** section will appear at the top of your Ordo.

## **Editing a Custom Text section**

[Video](https://cdn.document360.io/2f4703e0-6aba-4ef3-bb5e-e77c48482a6f/Images/Documentation/Insert%20Custom%20Text_1080.mp4)

1. Click the **Custom Text** section in the center canvas.
2. Type directly in the text box to add your content.
3. To change the title, click the **red title** to edit it.
4. In the Outline (left panel), drag and drop the **Custom Text** to its correct position.

## **Selecting a Prayer**

[Video](https://cdn.document360.io/2f4703e0-6aba-4ef3-bb5e-e77c48482a6f/Images/Documentation/Selecting%20a%20Prayer_1080.mp4)

1. Click the **Prayer** section in the Outline or center canvas.

→ The Prayer content library will open in the right panel.
2. Prayers are organized into folders (Prayers after Confession, Acts of Contrition, Common Prayers, etc). Click a **folder** to view the available prayers in each.
3. To browse more prayers, click **Prayers** in the top left corner of the left panel.
4. Click the **prayer name** to insert it into your Ordo.
5. In the outline (left panel), drag and drop the **Prayer section** to its correct position.

> [!NOTE]
> Pro Tip
> 
> 
> If you regularly use a custom text or prayer in the liturgy, [create a template](/v1/docs/using-templates#creating-a-template) with those sections to save time.