Page 14 - Music for Common Worship Compline

One or more of the following Collects is said or sung
Let us pray.
Visit, we beseech thee, O Lord, this place,
and drive from it all the snares of the enemy;
let thy holy angels dwell herein to preserve us in peace; and may thy blessing be upon us evermore;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Lighten our darkness, we beseech thee, O Lord;
and by thy great mercy defend us
from all perils and dangers of this night;
for the love of thy only Son, our Saviour, Jesus Christ. Amen.
OLord Jesus Christ,son of the living God,
who at this evening hour didst rest in the sepulchre, and didst thereby sanctify the grave
to be a bed of hope to thy people:
make us so to abound in sorrow for our sins,
which were the cause of thy passion,
that when our bodies lie in the dust,
our souls may live with thee;
who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.
Look down, O Lord, from thy heavenly throne,
illuminate the darkness of this night with thy celestial brightness, and from the sons of light banish the deeds of darkness;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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