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:

Bow     down your ear, O Lord, and an-swer me, *

Responder:

for I am poor and in mis-ery.

Leader:

Keep watch over my life, for I am faith-ful; *

Responder:

save your servant who puts his trust in you.

Leader:

Be merciful to me, O Lord, for you are my God;  *

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I call upon you all the day long.

Leader:

Gladden the soul of your ser-vant, *

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for to you, O Lord, I lift up my soul.

Leader:

For you, O Lord, are good and for-giv-ing, *

Responder:

and great is your love toward all who call up-on you.

Leader:

Give ear, O Lord, to my prayer,  *

Responder:

and attend to the voice of my sup-pli-ca-tions.

Leader:

In the time of my trouble I will call upon you,  *

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for you will an-swer me.

Leader:

Among the gods there is none like you, O Lord, *

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nor anything like     your works.

Leader:

All the nations you have made will come and worship you, O Lord, *

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and glo-ri-fy your Name.

Leader:

For you are ◊ great; you do wondrous things;  *

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and you a-lone are God.

Leader:

Teach me your way, ◊ O Lord, and I will walk in your truth;  *

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knit my heart to you that I may fear your Name.

Leader:

I will thank you, O Lord my God, with all my heart,  *

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and glorify your Name for ev-er-more.

Leader:

For great is your love toward me;  *

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you have delivered me from the neth-er-most Pit.

Leader:

The arrogant rise up against me, ◊ O God, and a band of violent men seeks my life;  *

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they have not set you be-fore their eyes.

Leader:

But you, O Lord, are gracious and full of com-pas-sion, *

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slow to anger, and full of kind-ness and truth.

Leader:

Turn to me and have mercy upon ◊ me; give your strength to your ser-vant; *

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and save the child of your hand-maid.

Leader:

Show me a sign of your fa◊-vor, so that those who hate me may see it and be a-shamed; *

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because you, O Lord, have helped me and com-fort-ed me.

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 *

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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 *

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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 *

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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,  *

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“Who will shew us an-y good?”

Leader:

Lord, lift thou up  *

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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  *

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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:

Clap your hands all you peo-ples: *

Responder:

cry out to God with shouts of joy.

Leader:

For the Lord most high is to be feared:  *

Responder:

and is the great sovereign o-ver all the earth.

Leader:

The Lord has subdued the peoples un-der us: *

Responder:

and the nations un-der our feet.

Leader:

The Lord chose a land to be our her-itage: *

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it is the pride of Ja-cob whom God loves.

Leader:

God has gone up with shouts of tri-umph: *

Responder:

the Lord has gone up with a fan-fare of trum-pets.

Leader:

Sing praises, sing praises to God:  *

Responder:

sing praises, sing prais-es to our king.

Leader:

For God is the king of all the earth: *

Responder:

sing praises with your ut-most skill.

Leader:

God reigns over the na-tions: *

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God is seated on a ho-ly throne.

Leader:

The princes of the nations as-sem-ble: *

Responder:

with the people of the God of A-braham.

Leader:

For the mighty ones of the earth have become the servants of God:  *

Responder:

the Lord is ex-alt-ed o-ver all.

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 *

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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 *

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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.