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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 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 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 87:2-19
Hominis graviter ægrotantis oratio

“Hæc est hora vestra et potestas tenebrarum” (Lc 22, 53).

Allelúia, allelúia, allelúia.

2Dómine, Deus salútis meæ,*

in die clamávi et nocte coram te.

3Intret in conspéctu tuo orátio mea;*

inclína aurem tuam ad precem meam.

4Quia repléta est malis ánima mea,*

et vita mea inférno appropinquávit.

5Æstimátus sum cum descendéntibus in lacum,*

factus sum sicut homo sine adiutório.

6Inter mórtuos liber,*

sicut vulneráti dormiéntes in sepúlcris;

quorum non es memor ámplius,*

et ipsi de manu tua abscíssi sunt.

7Posuísti me in lacu inferióri,*

in tenebrósis et in umbra mortis.

8Super me gravátus est furor tuus,*

et omnes fluctus tuos induxísti super me.

9Longe fecísti notos meos a me,*

posuísti me abominatiónem eis;

conclúsus sum et non egrédiar.*

10Oculi mei languérunt præ afflictióne.

Clamávi ad te, Dómine, tota die,*

expándi ad te manus meas.

11Numquid mórtuis fácies mirabília,*

aut surgent umbræ et confitebúntur tibi?

12Numquid narrábit áliquis in sepúlcro misericórdiam tuam*

et veritátem tuam in loco perditiónis?

13Numquid cognoscéntur in ténebris mirabília tua*

et iustítia tua in terra obliviónis?

14Et ego ad te, Dómine, clamávi,*

et mane orátio mea prævéniet te.

15Ut quid, Dómine, repéllis ánimam meam,*

abscóndis fáciem tuam a me?

16Pauper sum ego et móriens a iuventúte mea;*

portávi pavóres tuos et conturbátus sum.

17Super me transiérunt iræ tuæ,*

et terróres tui excidérunt me.

18Circuiérunt me sicut aqua tota die,*

circumdedérunt me simul.

19Elongásti a me amícum et próximum,*

et noti mei sunt ténebræ.

Glória Patri et Fílio*

et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

Allelúia, allelúia, allelúia.

Psalm 87 (88)
The prayer of one gravely ill

Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia.

Lord God, my saviour,

I have cried out to you by day and by night.

Let my prayer come before you:

turn your ear to my request.

For my soul is full of evils,

my life has come close to its end.

I am counted with those who go down to the pit:

I am left without help.

I am one of the dead,

like the murdered who sleep in their tombs,

who lie there forgotten,

cut off from your care.

You have thrust me down into the pit,

to the gloom and the shadow of death.

Your anger weighs heavy upon me;

you have drowned me under your waves.

You have taken my friends away from me:

you have made me hateful in their sight,

I am shut in, I may not go out.

My eyes are weak from my sufferings.

I have called to you, Lord, all the day;

I have stretched out my hands to you.

Is it for the dead that you perform your wonders?

Will the ghosts rise up and proclaim you?

In the tomb, will they tell of your kindness?

Will they tell of your faithfulness in the place of the lost?

Will your wonders be known in the darkness,

or your righteousness in the land of oblivion?

And so I have called out to you, Lord,

and in the morning my prayer will come before you.

With what purpose, Lord, do you reject my soul?

Why do you hide your face from me?

I am poor; from my youth I have been dying;

I have borne the terrors you sent, I am lost in confusion.

Your anger has overrun me, your terrors have broken me:

they have flowed round me like water,

they have besieged me all the day long.

You have taken my friends and those close to me:

all I have left is shadows.

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.

Lectio brevis	cf. Jer 14

Tu autem in médio nostri es, Dómine, et nomen tuum invocátum est super nos; ne derelínquas nos, Dómine Deus noster.

Scripture Reading	(Jeremiah 14:9) ©

Lord, you are in our midst, we are called by your name. Do not desert us, O Lord our God!

Responsorium breve

℟. In manus tuas, Dómine, comméndo spíritum meum. * Allelúia, allelúia. In manus.

℣. Redemísti nos, Dómine Deus veritátis. * Allelúia, allelúia. Glória Patri. In manus.

Short Responsory

Into your hands, Lord, I commend my spirit, alleluia, alleluia.

– Into your hands, Lord, I commend my spirit, alleluia, alleluia.

You have redeemed us, Lord God of truth, alleluia, alleluia.

– Into your hands, Lord, I commend my spirit, alleluia, alleluia.

Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.

– Into your hands, Lord, I commend my spirit, alleluia, 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.

Canticle	Nunc 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.

Concéde nos, omnípotens Deus, ita sepúlto Unigénito tuo fidéliter inhærére, ut cum ipso in novitáte vitæ resúrgere mereámur. Qui vivit et regnat in sæcula sæculórum.

Amen.

Let us pray.

Give us grace, almighty God,

so to unite ourselves in faith with your only Son,

who underwent death and lay buried in the tomb,

that we may rise again in newness of life with him,

who lives and reigns for ever and ever.

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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Ps 87:2-19Hominis graviter ægrotantis oratio

Psalm 87 (88)The prayer of one gravely ill

Christus lumen gentium et gloria Israel

Regina Caeli

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Ps 87:2-19
Hominis graviter ægrotantis oratio

Psalm 87 (88)
The prayer of one gravely ill