Wednesday 23 April 2025    (other days)
Easter Wednesday 

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Compline (Night Prayer)

INTRODUCTION
Deus, in adiutórium meum inténde.
  Dómine, ad adiuvándum me festína.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
  et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
  et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen. Allelúia.
INTRODUCTION
O God, come to our aid.
  O Lord, make haste to help us.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son
  and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning,
  is now, and ever shall be,
  world without end.
Amen. Alleluia.
Examination of Conscience
This is an excellent moment for an examination of conscience. In a communal celebration of Compline, one of the penitential acts given in the Missal may be recited.
Confíteor Deo omnipoténti
et vobis, fratres,
quia peccávi nimis
cogitatióne, verbo,
ópere et omissióne:
mea culpa,
mea culpa,
mea máxima culpa.
Ideo precor beátam Maríam semper Vírginem,
omnes Angelos et Sanctos,
et vos, fratres,
oráre pro me ad Dóminum Deum nostrum.
Misereátur nostri omnípotens Deus
et, dimissís peccátis nostris,
perdúcat nos ad vitam ætérnam.
Amen.
I confess to almighty God
and to you, my brothers and sisters,
that I have greatly sinned,
in my thoughts and in my words,
in what I have done and in what I have failed to do,
through my fault,
through my fault,
through my most grievous fault;
therefore I ask blessed Mary ever-Virgin,
all the Angels and Saints,
and you, my brothers and sisters,
to pray for me to the Lord our God.
May almighty God have mercy on us,
forgive us our sins,
and bring us to everlasting life.
Amen.
Hymnus
Iesu, redémptor sæculi,
Verbum Patris altíssimi,
lux lucis invisíbilis,
custos tuórum pérvigil:
Tu fabricátor ómnium
discrétor atque témporum,
fessa labóre córpora
noctis quiéte récrea.
Qui frangis ima tártara,
tu nos ab hoste líbera,
ne váleat sedúcere
tuo redémptos sánguine,
Ut, dum graváti córpore
brevi manémus témpore,
sic caro nostra dórmiat
ut mens sopórem nésciat.
Iesu, tibi sit glória,
qui morte victa prænites,
cum Patre et almo Spíritu,
in sempitérna sæcula.
Amen.
Hymn
Jesu, the world’s redeeming Lord,
The Father’s co-eternal Word,
Of light invisible true Light,
Thine Israel’s Keeper day and night.
Our great Creator and our Guide,
Who times and seasons dost divide,
Refresh at night with quiet rest,
Our limbs by daily toil oppressed.
We pray thee, while we dwell below,
Preserve us from our ghostly foe;
Nor let his wiles victorious be
O’er them that are redeemed by thee.
That while in this frail house of clay
A little longer here we stay,
Our flesh in thee may sweetly sleep,
Our souls with thee their vigils keep.
All praise be thine, O risen Lord,
From death to endless life restored;
All praise to God the Father be,
And Holy Ghost eternally.

Ps 90:1-16
In protectione Altissimi

“Ecce dedi vobis potestatem calcandi supra serpentes et scorpiones” (Lc 10, 19).

Allelúia, allelúia, allelúia.
1Qui hábitat in protectióne Altíssimi,*
  sub umbra Omnipoténtis commorábitur.
2Dicet Dómino:†
  «Refúgium meum et fortitúdo mea,*
  Deus meus, sperábo in eum».
3Quóniam ipse liberábit te de láqueo venántium*
  et a verbo malígno.
4Alis suis obumbrábit tibi,†
  et sub pennas eius confúgies;*
  scutum et loríca véritas eius.
5Non timébis a timóre noctúrno, a sagítta volánte in die,†
  6a peste perambulánte in ténebris,*
  ab extermínio vastánte in merídie.
7Cadent a látere tuo mille†
  et decem mília a dextris tuis;*
  ad te autem non appropinquábit.
8Verúmtamen óculis tuis considerábis,*
  et retributiónem peccatórum vidébis.
9Quóniam tu es, Dómine, refúgium meum.*
  Altíssimum posuísti habitáculum tuum.
10Non accédet ad te malum,*
  et flagéllum non appropinquábit tabernáculo tuo,
11quóniam ángelis suis mandábit de te,*
  ut custódiant te in ómnibus viis tuis.
12In mánibus portábunt te,*
  ne forte offéndas ad lápidem pedem tuum.
13Super áspidem et basilíscum ambulábis*
  et conculcábis leónem et dracónem.
14Quóniam mihi adhǽsit, liberábo eum;*
  suscípiam eum, quóniam cognóvit nomen meum.
15Clamábit ad me, et ego exáudiam eum;†
  cum ipso sum in tribulatióne,*
  erípiam eum et glorificábo eum.
16Longitúdine diérum replébo eum*
  et osténdam illi salutáre meum.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
  et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
  et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Allelúia, allelúia, allelúia.

Psalm 90 (91)
The protection of the Most High

Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia.
He who lives under the protection of the Most High
  dwells under the shade of the Almighty.
He will say to the Lord:
  “You are my shelter and my strength,
  my God, in whom I trust.”
For he will free you from the hunter’s snare,
  from the voice of the slanderer.
He will shade you with his wings,
  you will hide underneath his wings.
His faithfulness will be your armour and your shield.
You will not fear the terror of the night,
  nor the arrow that flies by day;
nor the plague that walks in the shadows,
  nor the death that lays waste at noon.
A thousand will fall at your side,
  at your right hand ten thousand will fall,
  but you it will never come near.
You will look with your eyes
  and see the reward of sinners.
For the Lord is your shelter and refuge;
  you have made the Most High your dwelling-place.
Evil will not reach you,
  harm cannot approach your tent;
for he has set his angels to guard you
  and keep you safe in all your ways.
They will carry you in their arms
  in case you hurt your foot on a stone.
You walk on the viper and cobra,
  you will tread on the lion and the serpent.
Because he clung to me, I shall free him:
  I shall lift him up because he knows my name.
He will call upon me and for my part, I will hear him:
  I am with him in his time of trouble.
I shall rescue him and lead him to glory.
I shall fill him with length of days
  and show him my salvation.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son
  and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning,
  is now, and ever shall be,
  world without end.
Amen.
Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia.

How to listen
Lectio brevisAp 22:4-5
Vidébunt fáciem Dómini, et nomen eius in fróntibus eórum. Et nox ultra non erit, et non egent lúmine lucérnæ neque lúmine solis, quóniam Dóminus Deus illuminábit super illos, et regnábunt in sǽcula sæculórum.
Scripture Reading
Apocalypse 22:4-5
They will see the Lord face to face, and his name will be written on their foreheads. It will never be night again and they will not need lamplight or sunlight, because the Lord God will be shining on them. They will reign for ever and ever.
Responsorium breve
Hæc dies quam fecit Dóminus: exsultémus et lætémur in ea, allelúia.
Short Responsory
This is the day which was made by the Lord: let us rejoice and be glad, alleluia.
Canticum

Christus lumen gentium et gloria Israel

Salva nos, Dómine, vigilántes, custódi nos dormiéntes, ut vigilémus cum Christo et requiescámus in pace. Alleluia.
29Nunc dimíttis servum tuum, Dómine,*
  secúndum verbum tuum in pace,
30quia vidérunt óculi mei*
  salutáre tuum,
31quod parásti*
  ante fáciem ómnium populórum,
32lumen ad revelatiónem géntium*
  et glóriam plebis tuæ Israel.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
  et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
  et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Salva nos, Dómine, vigilántes, custódi nos dormiéntes, ut vigilémus cum Christo et requiescámus in pace. Alleluia.
CanticleNunc Dimittis
Save us, Lord, while we are awake; protect us while we sleep; that we may keep watch with Christ and rest with him in peace. Alleluia.
Now, Master, you let your servant go in peace.
  You have fulfilled your promise.
My own eyes have seen your salvation,
  which you have prepared in the sight of all peoples.
A light to bring the Gentiles from darkness;
  the glory of your people Israel.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son
  and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning,
  is now, and ever shall be,
  world without end.
Amen.
Save us, Lord, while we are awake; protect us while we sleep; that we may keep watch with Christ and rest with him in peace. Alleluia.
Orémus.
  Vox nostra te, Dómine, humíliter deprecétur, ut, domínicæ resurrectiónis hac die mystério celebráto, in pace tua secúri a malis ómnibus quiescámus, et in tua resurgámus laude gaudéntes. Per Christum Dóminum nostrum.
  Amen.
Let us pray.
God our Father,
  as we have celebrated today the mystery of the Lord’s resurrection,
  grant our humble prayer:
free us from all harm
  that we may sleep in peace
  and rise in joy to sing your praise.
Through Christ our Lord,
Amen.
Noctem quiétam et finem perféctum concédat nobis Dóminus omnípotens.
  Amen.
The Lord grant us a quiet night and a perfect end.
  Amen.

Regina Caeli

Regína cæli, lætare, allelúia,
quia quem meruísti portáre, allelúia,
resurréxit sicut dixit, allelúia;
ora pro nobis Deum, allelúia.
Queen of Heaven, be joyful,
  Alleluia.
You who were worthy to bear him.
  Alleluia.
He has risen, as he promised.
  Alleluia.
Pray for us to God.
  Alleluia.

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