Virtual Compline

Officiant:

Friends, it is in vain that we rise up so early, and go so late to rest, and eat the bread of anxiety: for God gives sleep to his beloved.

Dear God,
thank you for all that is good,
for our creation and for our humanity,
for the stewardship you have given us of this planet Earth,
for the gifts of life and of one another,
for your love, which is unbounded and eternal.

Let us come to God as one from whom no secrets are hidden, to ask for forgiveness and peace.

A moment of silence is kept.

Officiant:

We have wounded your love.

All:

O God, heal us.

Officiant:

We stumble in the darkness.

All:

Light of the world, transfigure us.

Officiant:

We forget that we are your home.

All:

Spirit of God, dwell in us.

Officiant:

Eternal Spirit, living God,
in whom we live and move and have our being,
all that we are, have been, and shall be is known to you,
to the very secret of our hearts
and all that rises to trouble us.

Living flame, burn into us,
cleansing wind, blow through us,
fountain of water, well up within us,
that we may love and praise in deed and in truth.

May the God of Love have mercy on us, pardon us, and set us free. Know that you are forgiven and be at peace. May God strengthen us in all goodness and keep us in life eternal.

All:

Amen

Leader:

Praise the Lord, for it is good to sing praises to our God:  *

Responder:

how pleasant and seemly it is to praise the Most High.

Leader:

You Lord are rebuilding Je-ru-salem: *

Responder:

and gathering the scattered ex-iles of Is-rael.

Leader:

You are healing the broken-heart-ed: *

Responder:

and binding up     their wounds.

Leader:

You count the number of the stars:  *

Responder:

and call them all by their names.

Leader:

Great are you, O Lord, and mighty your pow-er: *

Responder:

yes, and your wis-dom is in-finite.

Leader:

You raise up the low-ly: *

Responder:

and bring down the wicked to     the dust.

Leader:

Sing to the Lord in thanks-giv-ing: *

Responder:

make music on the harp to our God,

Leader:

who covers the sky with ◊ clouds, and prepares rain for the earth:  *

Responder:

making the hills green with grass and with plants for hu-man use.

Leader:

You, O Lord, give the cattle their food:  *

Responder:

and the young ravens when they call to you.

Leader:

You set no store by the power of a horse:  *

Responder:

nor by the strength of a war-ri-or’s thighs.

Leader:

But your delight is in those who re-vere you: *

Responder:

in those who rely on your mer-cy.

Leader:

Praise the Lord, O Je-ru-salem: *

Responder:

O holy city, praise     your God.

Leader:

For the Lord has strengthened the bars of your gates:  *

Responder:

and blessed your chil-dren with-in you.

Leader:

The Lord has established peace within your bor-ders: *

Responder:

and fed you amply with the fin-est wheat.

Leader:

You, O Lord, send your word to the earth:  *

Responder:

and your command runs ver-y swift-ly.

Leader:

You give snow like wool:  *

Responder:

and sprinkle hoar-frost like ashes.

Leader:

You scatter hailstones like bread-crumbs: *

Responder:

you send the cold, and the wa-ters stand fro-zen.

Leader:

You utter your word and the ice is melt-ed: *

Responder:

you blow with your wind and the wa-ters flow.

Leader:

You make known your word to Ja-cob: *

Responder:

your statutes and de-crees to Is-rael.

Leader:

You have not done this for any other na-tion: *

Responder:

nor have you taught them your laws.

Leader:

O praise the Lord.  *

Responder:

O praise     the Lord.

Leader:

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, *

Responder:

and to the Ho-ly Spir-it,

Leader:

as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, *

Responder:

world with-out end. A-men.

Leader:

Leader:

O most mighty and merciful God,
in this time of grievous sickness, we flee unto thee for succour.
Deliver us, we beseech thee, from our peril;
give strength and skill to all those who minister to the sick;
prosper the means made use of for their cure;
and grant that, perceiving how frail and uncertain our life is,
we may apply our hearts unto that heavenly wisdom
which leadeth to eternal life;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

All:

Leader:

Keep watch, dear Lord,
with those who work, or watch, or weep this night,
and give your angels charge over those who sleep.
Tend the sick, Lord Christ; give rest to the weary,
bless the dying, soothe the suffering,
pity the afflicted, shield the joyous;
and all for your love’s sake.

All:

Leader:

Be present, Spirit of God,
within us, your dwelling place and home,
that this house may be one where
all darkness is penetrated by your light,
all troubles calmed by your peace,
all evil redeemed by your love,
all pain transformed in your suffering,
and all dying glorified in your risen life.

All:

Leader:

Lighten our darkness, we beseech thee, O Lord,
and by thy great mercy defend us
from all perils and dangers of this night;
through Jesus Christ our savior,
who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit
for ever and ever.

All:

Leader:

Lord, you     now have set your ser-vant     free *

Responder:

to go in peace as you have pro-mised,    

Leader:

For with     my eyes I have     seen *

Responder:

your sal-va-tion,    

Leader:

→ which you have pre-pared *

Responder:

before the sight of all peo-ple:    

Leader:

A light     to shine through all na    -tions *

Responder:

and the glory of your peo-ple,Isra-el.    

Leader:

Glo    -ry be to the Fa-ther, and to the     Son, *

Responder:

and to the Ho-ly Spi-rit,    

Leader:

As it     was in the be-gin-ning, is     now, *

Responder:

and will be fore-ver. A-men.