Compline

Compline
   The major hour of the divine office of the Roman Catholic rite sung before retiring for the night. A chanted compline begins with a versicle followed by three or four psalms (4, 31, 91, 134), each framed by the same antiphon (usually Miserere mihi). Then follows a hymn (Te lucis ante terminum), short Biblical reading ("capitulum") and a short responsory. Next comes the Canticle of Simeon, Nunc Dimittis. Spoken prayers ("Our Father," the Apostles’ Creed) may follow. The concluding versicle Benedicamus Domino is followed by one of the Marian votive antiphons. Compline is distinct from the other major hours be-cause it has few proper chants; antiphons change only according to the day of the week, and the same weekly set is sung throughout the year.
   See also Gregorian Chant; Vespers.

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