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:

Out of the deep have I called unto thee, O Lord  *

Responder:

Lord, hear     my voice.

Leader:

O let thine ears con-sid-er well *

Responder:

the voice of my com-plaint.

Leader:

If thou, Lord, wilt be extreme to mark what is done a-miss,  *

Responder:

O Lord, who may a-bide it?

Leader:

For there is mercy with thee,  *

Responder:

therefore shalt thou be feared.

Leader:

I look for the ◊ Lord; my soul doth wait for him; *

Responder:

in his word is my trust.

Leader:

My soul fleeth unto the Lord  *

Responder:

before the morning watch, I say, be-fore the morn-ing watch.

Leader:

O Israel, trust in the ◊ Lord, for with the Lord there is mer-cy, *

Responder:

and with him is plen-teous re-demp-tion.

Leader:

And he shall redeem Is-rael *

Responder:

from all     his sins.

Leader:

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

Responder:

and to the Ho-ly Ghost,

Leader:

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

Responder:

world with-out end. A-men.

Leader:

Re-joice in the Lord, you right-eous: *

Responder:

praise comes well from the up-right in heart.

Leader:

Give thanks to the Lord on the harp.  *

Responder:

Sing God′s praise with the ten-stringed lute.

Leader:

Sing to the Lord a new song. *

Responder:

Play loudly with all your skill.

Leader:

For your word, O Lord, is true,  *

Responder:

and you are faithful in all you do.

Leader:

You love what is just and right.  *

Responder:

The earth is full of your kind-ness.

Leader:

By your word were the heav-ens made, *

Responder:

and the stars in their hosts by the breath of your mouth.

Leader:

You gathered up the sea as into a wa-ter jar. *

Responder:

You laid up the deep as in a store-house.

Leader:

Let all the earth fear you, O Lord,  *

Responder:

and all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of you.

Leader:

For you spoke, and the world came to be:  *

Responder:

you commanded, and it stood firm.

Leader:

You, Lord, bring the counsels of the nations to no-thing *

Responder:

and frustrate the designs of the peo-ples.

Leader:

Your counsel shall endure for ev-er: *

Responder:

the purpose of your heart, to all gene-ra-tions.

Leader:

How blest are the people whose God is the Lord,  *

Responder:

the people you chose as your own pos-ses-sion.

Leader:

You, Lord, look down from heaven upon all people: *

Responder:

from the place where you dwell, you consider all who in-hab-it the earth.

Leader:

You fashion the hearts of them all  *

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and ob-serve all their deeds.

Leader:

A king is not saved by a mighty ar-my, *

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nor is a warrior deliv-ered by much strength.

Leader:

A horse is a vain thing to count on for vic-tory, *

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nor will it save anyone by its great strength.

Leader:

But your eye, O Lord, is on those who fear you, *

Responder:

on those who rely on your stead-fast love,

Leader:

to deliver them from death  *

Responder:

and to keep them a-live in fam-ine.

Leader:

We have waited eagerly for you, O Lord, *

Responder:

for you are our help and our shield.

Leader:

Our heart shall re-joice in you *

Responder:

because we have hoped in your Ho-ly Name.

Leader:

Let your constant love at-tend us, O Lord, *

Responder:

as we put our trust in you.

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:

Hear me when I call, O God of my right-eousness *

Responder:

thou hast set me at liberty when I was in trouble; have mercy upon me, and hearken un-to my prayer.

Leader:

O ye sons of men, how long will ye blaspheme mine hon-our *

Responder:

and have such pleasure in vanity, and seek af-ter leas-ing?

Leader:

Know this also, that the Lord hath chosen to himself the man that is god-ly *

Responder:

when I call upon the Lord, he will hear me.

Leader:

Stand in awe, and sin ◊ not: commune with your own heart, and in your chamber, and be still  *

Responder:

Offer the sacrifice of righteousness and put your trust in the Lord.

Leader:

There be many that say,  *

Responder:

“Who will shew us an-y good?”

Leader:

Lord, lift thou up  *

Responder:

the light of thy counte-nance up-on us.

Leader:

Thou hast put gladness in my heart  *

Responder:

since the time that their corn, and wine, and oil increased.

Leader:

I will lay me down in ◊ peace, and take my rest  *

Responder:

for it is thou, Lord, only, that makest me dwell in safe-ty.

Leader:

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

Responder:

and to the Ho-ly Ghost,

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 *

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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.