Commontide

For Guidance

O God, by whom the meek are guided in judgment, and light rises up in darkness for the godly: Grant us, in all our doubts and uncertainties, the grace to ask what you would have us do, that the Spirit of wisdom may save us from all false choices; that in your light we may see light, and in your straight path we may not stumble; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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Compline

Be present, O merciful God, and protect us through the hours of this night, so that we who are wearied by the changes and chances of this life may rest in your eternal changelessness; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Provenance

Sixth century (trad.); US BCP 1979

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A night prayer traditionally reckoned a sixth-century collect, carried into Anglican use through the modern Compline revival and first printed in an official prayer book at the US BCP 1979. It sets the weariness of human life, caught in the "changes and chances" of this world, against God's eternal changelessness.