good evening and welcome to the service of conflin a short service for the closing of the day as our prayers end on this sunday evening wherever you are in the world please be welcome here in canterbury cathedral [Applause] the lord almighty grant us a quiet night and a perfect end 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 but thou o lord have mercy upon us thanks be to god our help is in the name of the lord who has made heaven and earth so for a moment we stop and think through the hours of this day and come with sorrow for anything where we have failed our lord and also with sorrow for any ways that we have failed each other we confess to god almighty the father the son and the holy ghost before the whole company of heaven that we have sinned exceedingly in thought word and deed through our fault our own fault our own grievous fault therefore we pray god to have mercy upon us almighty god have mercy upon us forgive us our sins and bring us to everlasting life amen turn us o god our savior and let thine anger cease from us though god makes speed to save us oh lord make haste to help us glory be to the father and to the son and to the holy ghost as it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end amen you say psalm 91 and then psalm 134 rousseau dwelleth under the defense of the most high shall abide under the shadow of the almighty will say unto the lord thou art my hope and my stronghold my god in him will i trust for he shall deliver thee from the snare of the hunter and from the noise and pestilence he shall defend thee under his wings and thou shalt be safe under his feathers his faithfulness and truth shall be thy shield and butler thou shalt not be afraid for any terror by night nor for the arrow that flieth by day for the pestilence that walketh in darkness nor for the sickness that destroy us in the noonday a thousand shall fall beside thee and ten thousand at thy right hand but it shall not come nigh thee yea with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the ungodly for thou lord art my hope thou has set thine house of defense very high there shall no evil happen unto thee neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling for he shall give his angels charge over thee to keep thee in all thy ways they shall bear thee in their hands that thou hurt not thy foot against a stone thou shalt go upon the lion and adder the young lion and the dragon shalt thou tread under thy feet because thou has set thy love upon me therefore will i deliver thee i will set thee up because thou has known my name thou shalt call upon me and i will hear thee yea i am with thee in trouble i will deliver thee and bring me to honor with long life will i satisfy thee and show thee my salvation be to the father and to the son and to the holy ghost as it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end amen and psalm 134 behold now praise the lord all ye servants of the lord he that by night stand in the house of the lord even in the courts of the house of our god lift up your hands in the sanctuary and praise the lord the lord that made heaven and earth give the blessing out of zion glory be to the father and to the son and to the holy ghost as it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end amen thou o lord art in the midst of us and we are called by thy name leave us not o lord our god thanks be to god into thy hands o lord i commend my spirit for thou hast redeemed me o lord thou god of truth i commend my spirit glory be to the father and to the son and to the holy ghost into my hands o lord i commend my spirit we say an evening hymn written by saint ambrose creator of the earth and sky ruling the firmament on high clothing the day with robes of light blessing with gracious sleep the night day thinks we thank thee for thy gift night comes and once again we lift our prayer and vows and hymns that we against all ills may shielded be that when black darkness closes day and shadows thicken round our way faith may no darkness know and night from faith's clear beam may borrow light from cheats of sense lord keep us free and let our hearts depth dream of thee let not our envious foe draw near to break our rest with any fear amen keep me o lord as the apple of an eye hide me under the shadow of thy wings so at this point in our service as we do each sunday evening we light a candle in memory of those whom we have known and have loved who have gone on before us to greater light we give thanks for them tonight also there is the special intention for at six o'clock on this anniversary of the grenfell tower we remembered with the ringing of the bell of belharry here 72 times the 72 who were killed three years ago and at the end of those 72 times two minutes of silence and then three single strokes on the bell to mark the years that have passed since but our memories are still very fresh as we think not only of them but also of those who still grieve save us our lord while waking guard us while sleeping that wake we may watch with christ and asleep we may rest in peace lord now let us thy thy servant depart in peace according to thy word for mine eyes have seen thy salvation which thou has prepared before the face of all people to be a light to light and the gentiles and to be the glory of thy people israel glory be to the father and to the son and to the holy ghost as it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end amen [Music] save us o lord while waking and guard us while sleeping that awake we may watch with christ and asleep we may rest in peace lord have mercy upon us christ have mercy upon us lord have mercy upon us in whatever language and in whatever way we like to say it we join together saying our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil for thine is the kingdom the power and the glory forever and ever are men we will lay us down in peace and take our rest about safe our lord to keep us this night without sin o lord have mercy upon us have mercy upon us o lord let thy mercy lighten upon us as our trust is in thee oh lord hear our prayer and let our cry come unto thee let us pray visit we beseech the o lord our homes and drive far from them all snares of the enemy let thy holy angels dwell therein to preserve us in peace and may thy blessing be upon us ever more through jesus christ our lord amen the lord who by triumphing over the power of darkness did prepare our place in the new jerusalem grant us who have this day given thanks for thy resurrection to praise thee in the eternal city whereof thou art the light wherewith the father and the holy ghost thou livest and rainest one god world without end amen be present o merciful god and protect us through the silent hours of this night so that we who are wearied by the changes and chances of this fleeting world may repose upon thy eternal changelessness through jesus christ our lord amen so we keep silence for a moment to pray for all those who need our prayers in any kind of distress or sickness and those who have anxieties about the week and at this time of combating the pandemic we remember all those in front line health care and those who bring very necessary resources to those who are locked down in their own homes watch thou dear lords with those who wake or watch or weep tonight and give thine angels charge over those who sleep tend thy sick ones o lord christ rest thy weary ones bless thy dying ones soothe thy suffering ones pity thine afflicted ones and all for thy love's sake amen unto god's most gracious mercy and protection we commit you the lord bless you and keep you the lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you the lord lift up the light of his countenance upon you and give you his peace the blessing of god almighty the father the son and the holy spirit be upon you and upon those whom you love and would pray for this night and always amen rest eternal grant unto them o lord and let light perpetual shine upon them so [Applause] me so we got so so so so so so and