Compline (night prayer) - Thursday, 5 August 2021

At the end of this day, handing all it has been and entrusting ourselves into God's care, we reflect on the end of the day that is death.

We pray for those with life-shortening and terminal illness, those who are naturally approaching the close of day and all who suffer in body, mind and spirit.

Lord, tend the sick, give rest to the weary, sustain the dying, calm the suffering and pity the distressed; all for your love's sake. Amen

 

 The image is: Oswald, King of Northumbria, Martyr, 642