Thursday Nights at 6:00 pm on Zoom
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What is Compline?
Compline is the last of the four services in the Daily Office section of the Book of Common Prayer (BCP, p. 127). It is descended from the night prayers said before bed at the end of the monastic round of daily prayer. Compline is a simple office including a confession of sins, one or more psalms, a short reading from scripture, an optional hymn or meditation, versicles and responses, the Lord’s Prayer, collects asking for God’s protection during the night to come, and the Song of Simeon (Nunc dimittis). The collects may be followed by a time of silence, along with free intercessions and thanksgivings.
At St. John’s Compline is said on Thursday night at 6:00 pm on Zoom. The service details are published weekly in Happenings.
An Order for Compline – St. John’s Newtonville
An Order for Compline (Book of Common Prayer, 1979)
Night Prayer (A New Zealand Prayer Book, 1988)
Lesser Feasts and Fasts (2024)