Compline

PRAYER AT THE CLOSE OF THE DAY

Compline

  

L             The Lord almighty grant us a quiet night and peace at the last.

C             Amen

L             It is good to give thanks to the Lord,

C             to sing praise to your name, O Most High;

L             to herald your love in the morning,

C             your truth at the close of the day.

                Hymn 282 or another hymn appropriate for a night service is sung.

               The CONFESSION follows.

L             Let us confess our sin in the presence of God and of one another.

Evening Prayer

EVENING PRAYER

Vespers

L             Jesus Christ is the Light of the world,

C             the light no darkness can overcome.

L             Stay with us, Lord, for it is evening,

C             and the day is almost over.

L             Let your light scatter the darkness,

C             and illumine your Church.

L             Joyous light of glory:

C             of the immortal Father;

                                heavenly, holy, blessed Jesus Christ.

                We have come to the setting of the sun,

                                and we look to the evening light.

                We sing to God, the Father, Son,

                                and Holy Spirit:

                You are worthy of being praised

                                with pure voices forever.

                O Son of God, O Giver of life:

                                The universe proclaims your glory.

L             The Lord be with you.

Morning Prayer

MORNING PRAYER

Matins

L             O Lord, open my lips,

C             and my mouth shall declare your praise.

C             Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit;

                                as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen

                The alleluia is omitted during Lent.

C             Alleluia. Alleluia.

L             Give glory to God, our light and our life.

C             Oh, come, let us worship him.

C             Oh, come, let us sing to the Lord;

                                 let us shout for joy to the rock of our salvation.

I              Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving

                                and raise a loud shout to him with psalms.

II             For the Lord is a great God

                                and a great king above all gods.

I              In his hand are the caverns of the earth;

                                the heights of the hills are also his.

II             The sea is his, for he made it;

                                and his hands have molded the dry land.

I              Oh, come, let us bow down and bend the knee,

                                and kneel before the Lord, our maker.

II             For he is our God,

                                and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand.

C             Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit;

                                as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen

L             Give glory to God, our light and our life.