June 10, 2012
Wednesday, June 27, 2012 at 02:40AM
AN ORDER FOR COMPLINE
This is the inaugural Compline service for the all-women choir
ORISON: Adoramus te, Christe G.P.da Palestrina (1525-1594)
Sung in Latin. “We adore Thee, O Christ, and we bless Thee, Who by Thy Holy Cross hath redeemed the world. Who suffered death for us, have mercy on us.”
chantress:The Lord Almighty grant us a quiet night and perfect end. quire: Amen.
Chantress: Brethren, be sober, be vigilant because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour; whom resist, steadfast in the faith.
C: But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us. Q: Thanks be to God.
C: Our help is in the name of the Lord, Q: Who hath made heaven and earth.
(quire leads)
ALL SAY: We confess to God almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost that we have sinned in thought, word, and deed, through our own grievous fault. Wherefore we pray God to have mercy upon us.
SPEAKER: Almighty God, have mercy upon us, forgive us all our sins and deliver us from evil, confirm and strengthen in us all goodness, and bring us to life everlasting; through Jesus Christ. (all) Amen.
Petitions
Hymn: Te lucis ante terminum, Before the ending of the day
Plainsong, Mode 8, Antiphonale Sarisburiense, Vol. II
PSALM 121, Levavi oculus harm. by Henry W. Davies (1869-1941)
Lessons: Jeremiah 14:9 Matthew 11:28-30
Compline Responsory, Into Thy hands, O Lord, I commend my spirit
The Nunc dimittis with antiphons plainsong, tone 5, harmonized
ALL RISE THE APOSTLES CREED is intoned by the quire
The congregants are seated
THE KYRIE
THE LORD’S PRAYER
PRAYERS
Three spoken Collects for Compline with responses
ANTHEM: Lift Thine Eyes from “Elijah”
a paraphrase of Psalm 121:1-4 by Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Final Preces, blessing and Amen
Chantress: Jean Reynolds
Speaker: Elizabeth Kent
Soprano 1: Angela Barrera, Tina Spriggs,
Soprano 2: Cathy Dowling, Beverly Marks, Kim Reynolds,
Alto 1: Krisie Garcia, Jean Reynolds
Alto 2: Kelly Cherry, Elizabeth Kent, Anna Reynolds-Trabucco