We’ve sampled every other major office in the new prayer book; it’s time for Compline.  Like Midday Prayer, Compline is a very static, or stable, piece of liturgy; it has very little about it that changes.  It does have a few options to choose from (roughly 4 psalms, 4 lessons, and 4 collects), and there are additional lessons offered as well, but on the whole this is a devotion that sees little variation.  It’s supposed to be short and simple.  In that spirit, I didn’t even chant any of the psalms this time, so you can hear (and participate in) this office in all its simplicity.

Index: Compline starts on page 57 of the 2019 Prayer Book (online text here)

• Opening Blessing & Confession & Prayer for Forgiveness (p. 57-58)
• Invitatory Dialogue (p. 58)
• Psalms 31:1-6 & 91 (p. 59-60)
• Lesson: 1 Peter 5:8-9 (p. 61)
• The Prayers (p. 62-64)
• Nunc Dimittis with Antiphon (p. 64-65)
• Blessing (p. 65)