|
Compline
If you would like to say the Office of Compline,
perhaps in your own home at the same time as the Sisters, please
follow the text and links below. At the conclusion of Compline, you
may wish also to say the words as shown for the departed.
The Office of
Compline
Blessing
May
the Lord Almighty grant us a quiet night and a perfect end. Amen.
Little
Chapter
Be
sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring
lion, is walking about seeking whom he may devour; whom resist,
steadfast in the faith. R.
Thanks be to God.
Confession
We
confess to our God and Father, before the whole company of heaven
and one another, that we have sinned, through our own fault, in
thought, word and deed and in what we have left undone. Wherefore we
pray him to forgive us our sins and to keep us in eternal life.
Amen.
May
the almighty and merciful God grant us forgiveness of all our sins
and the grace and comfort of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Versicle
V.
O God make speed to save us R.
O Lord make haste to help us.
Glory
to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit: as it was in
the beginning, is now and shall be for ever. Amen. Alleluia. [in
Lent: Praise to you, O Lord, King of eternal glory]
Psalms
of the Day
Hymn
Before
the ending of the day; Creator of the world, we pray; That you, with
steadfast love, would keep; Your watch around us while we sleep.
From
evil dreams defend our sight.
From fears and terrors of the night;
Tread under foot our deadly foe,
That we no sinful thought may know.
To
God the Father, God the Son.
And God the Spirit, Three in One:
All honour, praise, and glory be
From age to age eternally.
(Hymn on Sundays)
Glory
to thee, my God, this night; For all the blessings of the light;
Keep me, O keep me, King of kings; Beneath thy own almighty wings.
Forgive
me, Lord, for thy dear Son,
The ill that I this day have done,
That with the world, myself and thee,
I, ere I sleep, at peace may be.
Praise
God, from whom all blessings flow.
Praise him, all creatures here below,
Praise him above, ye heavenly host,
Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
Chapter
You,
O Lord, are in the midst of us, and we are called by your name;
Leave us not, O Lord, our God. R.
Thanks be to God.
Responsory
V.
Into your hands, O Lord, I commend my spirit.
R. Into your hands, O Lord, I
commend my spirit.
V.
For you have redeemed us, O Lord, God of truth.
R.
I commend my spirit.
V.
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.
R.
Into your hands, O Lord, I commend my spirit.
V.
Keep as, O Lord, as the apple of an eye.
R.
Hide us under the shadow of your wings.
Antiphon
to the Nunc Dimittis
Preserve
us, O Lord, while waking, and guard us while sleeping; that awake we
may watch with Christ, and in peace we may take our rest. (Paschal Time: Alleluia)
Nunc
Dimittis
Now,
Lord, you let your servant go in peace: *
your word has been fulfilled.
My
own eyes have seen the salvation *
which you have prepared in the sight of every people;
A
light to reveal you to the nations *
and the glory of your people
Israel
.
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit: as it was
in the beginning, is now and shall be for ever. Amen. (Antiphon)
Collect
Visit,
we beseech you, O Lord, this house, and drive far from it all the
snares of the enemy: May your holy angels dwell with us and keep us
in peace and may your blessing be upon us evermore: Through Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.
Blessing
The
Lord bless us and keep us. The Lord make his face to shine upon us
and be gracious to us. The Lord lift up his countenance upon us and
give us peace.
For
the departed
De Profundis Antiphon
Rest
eternal grant to them, O Lord *
and let light perpetual shine upon them.
De Profundis (Psalm
130)
Out
of the depths have I cried to you, O Lord; Lord, hear my voice; *
let your ears consider well the voice of my supplication.
If
you, Lord, were to mark what is done amiss, O Lord, who could stand?
*
But there is forgiveness with you, so that you shall be feared.
I
wait for the Lord; my soul waits for him; in his word is my hope. *
My soul waits for the Lord, more than the night watch for the
morning, more than the night watch for the morning.
O
Israel , wait for the Lord, for with the Lord there is mercy; *
With him is plenteous redemption and he shall redeem
Israel
from all their sins.
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit: as it was
in the beginning, is now and shall be for ever. Amen. (Antiphon)
Versicle
V.
To eternal life.
R.
Bring their souls, O Lord.
Let
us pray
O
God, the Creator and Redeemer of humankind: in your mercy grant to
all the departed the forgiveness of their sins and the vision of
perfect truth: through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
May
they rest in peace. Amen.
|