welcome to canterbury cathedral to the garden of the deanery as we come to the last service on this day of pentecost the short service and very regular in its ingredient so to speak of compline the completion of our day's worship wherever you are in the world we welcome you the lord almighty grant us a quiet night and a perfect end amen 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 hath made heaven and earth for a moment we look back over the hours of this day and remember them express sorrow in the little confession which follows for any way we have disappointed ourselves those around us or fallen short of god's expectations of us and promise in our hearts to make amends with the new day tomorrow [Music] 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 so god our savior and let thine anger cease from us oh god make 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 tonight we use psalm 91 followed by psalm 134 whoso dwelleth under the defense of the most high shall abide under the shadow of the almighty i 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 he shall defend thee under his wings and thou shalt be safe under his feathers his faithfulness and truth shall be thy shield and buckler 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 destroyeth 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 shall thou be hold and see the reward of the ungodly for thou lord art my hope thou has sent thine house of defense very high there shall no evil happen unto thee neither shall any plague come neither 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 he has set his love upon me therefore i will deliver him i will set him up because he has known my name he shall call upon me and i will hear him yea i am with him in trouble i will deliver him and bring him to honor with long life will i satisfy him and show him my salvation 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] behold now praise the lord all ye servants of the lord ye 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 alleluia for thou hast redeemed me o lord thou god of truth glory be to the father and to the son and to the holy ghost into thy hands o lord i commend my spirit hallelujah tonight as our hymn we use bishop christopher wordsworth's hymn to the holy spirit on this day of pentecost gracious spirit holy ghost taught by thee we covet most of thy gifts at pentecost holy heavenly love love is kind and suffers long love is meek and thinks no wrong love than death itself more strong therefore give us love prophecy will fade away melting in the light of day love will ever with us stay therefore give us love faith will vanish into sight hope be emptied in delight love in heaven will shine more bright therefore give us love faith and hope and love we see joining hand in hand agree but the greatest of the three and the best is love from the overshadowing of thy gold and silver wing shed on us who to thee sing holy heavenly love keep me o lord as the apple of an eye hide me under the shadow of thy wings hallelujah at this time of day each sunday it's compline we light a candle remembering those who have died those whom we have known and loved those whose memory we treasure those who have died recently for whatever reason but perhaps at this time more especially those who have died of covet 19 at this time of coronavirus we commend them all into the hands of almighty god as we light this candle [Music] [Music] rest eternal grant unto them oh lord and let light perpetual shine upon them save us our lord while waking and guard us while sleeping that awake we may watch with christ and asleep we may rest in peace lord now let us thou 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 lighten 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 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 let us pray lord have mercy upon us christ have mercy upon us lord have mercy upon us in whatever language we would normally use and in whatever way we like to say it we use the prayer our lord taught us to say whenever we meet together 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 amen vouch save 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 in thee have i trusted let me never be confounded let us pray visit we beseech thee oh 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 o 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 and for the gifts of the holy spirit to praise thee in the eternal city whereof thou art the light wherewith the father and the holy spirit 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 and commend ourselves and all those whom we love and those whom we would pray for this night into the hands of god let's go [Music] watch thou dear lord 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 are men and the blessing of god almighty the father the son and the holy spirit be upon you and upon all whom you pray for this night and always amen um greatness me ah [Music] right now wow me [Music] true [Music] [Music] okay [Music] okay