Compline (night prayer) - Wednesday, 23 December 2020

The closing of another day sees us gather all that has been and us bringing it before the Lord and entrusting it, and us, into His kind and loving care.

Compline - making completion a reality.

Compline (night prayer) - Tuesday, 22 December 2020

The close of another day and our Compline draws us to O Rex Gentium:
O King of the nations, and their desire,
the cornerstone making both one:
Come and save the human race,
which you fashioned from clay.

Compline (night prayer) - Monday, 21 December 2020

The day reaches its completion and so we take all that it has been and pray, reflect, repent and rejoice and entrust it, and ourselves, into God's competent care.

Compline - making the completion of the day real.

Compline (night prayer) - Sunday, 20 December 2020

Reaching the foot of our bed we unpack all the baggage of the day and celebrate the good, weep over the bad, and pray for the needs before us.

That done, we lay it at the feet of Jesus, the Christ, and head for our beds and rest.

Compline (night prayer) - Saturday, 19 December 2020

T'was the night before Advent Four and the world had gone mad,
There was warfare and virus and many were sad!
But our Compline it cheered us and helped us to see;
as we went to bed that our hope was in Thee!

Compline: Makes sense of our troubled world.

Compline (night prayer) - Friday, 18 December 2020

O Adonai, and Leader of the house of Israel, 

Who didst appear to Moses in the flame of the burning bush, 

and didst give unto him the Law on Sinai: 

come and with an outstretched arm redeem us.

Compline (night prayer) - Thursday, 17 December 2020

O Holy Wisdom, how I long for you!
You are the Word of Life whispered by the Divine Presence.
With fierce tenderness you reach to touch the ends of the galaxy
and the edges of the universe, inviting all creation to flourish.
Come, Holy Wisdom, show us wisdom’s ways.

Compline (night prayer) - Wednesday, 16 December 2020

Restore us again, O God of hosts; show us the light of your countenance
and we shall be saved. Bless and keep us, this night and always. Amen.

Compline (night prayer) -Tuesday, 15 December 2020

Bringing before all that the day has been - at its completion we lay all that causes us pain, concern and upset at the foot of the cross - praying for the world and ourselves as we head for bed.

Compline (night prayer) - Monday, 14 December 2020

Night prayer (compline) is the ultimate end to a day as we bring all that has challenged, blessed or burdened us and lay it all at the foot of the cross as we head for bed.

Compline (night prayer) - Sunday, 13 December 2020

The joy of the daily office is that sometimes it becomes an odd event as something crops up that hits your funny bone and causes you to lose it. Tonight was one of those moments and the joy is: It's OK to have one of those moments.

Compline a service for all seasons and reasons. Sad and hilarious - our God is in it all. And with over 800 services streamed since March, guess we are all entitled to one of these moments!!

Compline (night prayer) - Saturday, 12 December 2020

Lord God,
As our day comes towards its completion we bring all that it has been: Joys, sadness, challenges and blessing - and lay them at the foot of the cross as we entrust ourselves and all to you safe keeping this night.

Compline (night prayer) - Friday, 11 December 2020

Compline (completion): The final prayers of the day which enable us to close the day and head for bed will all before us laid at the feet of Jesus, the Christ.

The Lord almighty grant us a quiet night and a perfect end. Amen.

Compline (night prayer) - Wednesday 9 December 2020

The key to a good night's sleep is to the ability to lay everything down into the hands of someone you can trust.

This is what Compline does - for it enables us to give everything to God and sleep assured of His love and protection.

Compline (night prayer) - Monday, 7 December 2020

The day draws to its close and so we reflect on all that is has been and praying, we lay it all at the foot of the cross and head for bed.

May this night be restful and tomorrow be a day of blessing (given and received).

Compline (night prayer) - Saturday, 5 December 2020

The blessing of having a relationship with the Alpha and Omega, the God above all gods, enters into something special as we come to the completion of a day and entrust all to His care as we head for bed.

Hallelujah or what?

Compline (night prayer) - Friday, 4 December 2020

Time for bed draws near but the stresses and strains of the day with the needs of those we know and a broken world clamouring for our attention. So we pray and lay it all at God's feet and head for bed assured of His presence and protection.

Compline: A blessing and a joy.

Compline (night prayer) - Thursday, 3 December 2020

At the completion of the day we bring all that is, and has been, in prayer before the Lord and gently lay it at the foot of the Cross and head for bed assured of God's presence and love.

Hallelujah or what?

Compline (night prayer) Wednesday, 2 December 2020

If you find problems with something, or the thing gives you joy, what do you do?
Simples - you consult the maker!

So why do people look so surprised when, at the close of the day, Christians do exactly the same thing in their service of Compline?

Compline (night prayer) - Tuesday, 1 December 2020

The beginning of a new month sees redundancies looming, conflicts, oppression and wickedness and more besides: And yet in the midst of all this darkness the light of Christ shines -  and it will not be overcome. 

Compline - a completeness that heals and protects.