good evening and welcome to the deanery garden we've come on this very windy night as the sun begins to set to say our last prayers in compline and to have one or two reflections and we've come to the little garden behind the cottage in the deanery garden and we're very near the hen house so you may have some music as well from them as they say their good night too the wind is strong and i thought these two little verses of gerard manly hopkins heaven haven and he's said underneath a nun takes the veil is a seeking to be out of the storms so here are those verses before we say our compline i have desired to go where springs not fail to fields where flies no sharp and sided hail and a few lilies blow and i have asked to be where no storms come where the green swell is in the haven's done and out of the swing of the sea the lord almighty grant us a quiet night and the 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 so we keep silence a moment to reflect on the hours of this sunday and to make any acts of penitence that we would want to make 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 all our sins and bring us to everlasting life amen turn us over god our savior and let thine anger cease from us oh god make speed to save us o 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 psalm 31 in thee oh lord have i put my trust let me never be put to confusion deliver me in thy righteousness bow down thine ear to hear me make haste to deliver me and be thou my strong rock and house of defense that thou mayest save me for thou art my strong rock and my castle be thou also my guide and lead me for thy name's sake draw me out of the net that they have laid privily for me for thou art my strengths into thy hands i commend my spirit 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 as it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end amen in psalm 134 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 thee 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 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 thy hands o lord i commend my spirit we use tonight as our hymn the earliest of christian hymns the foshilleran and we use the translation by robert bridges oh glad some light o grace of god the father's face the eternal splendor wearing celestial holy blessed our savior jesus christ joyful in thine appearing now a day fadeth quite we see the evening light our wanted hymn outpouring father of might unknown thee his incarnate son and holy spirit adoring to thee of right belongs all praise of holy songs o son of god life giver thee therefore o most high the world does glorify and shall exalt forever keep me o lord as the apple of an eye hide me under the shadow of thy wings so at this time in our service we light a candle for those whom we would want to remember who have gone before us into greater light those who have shown us the light of christ by their lives in the past those who have died recently those who have died in this pandemic and as we remember them we remember those who grieve for them but commend those who have departed this life into the hands of almighty god as we light our evening candle [Music] rest eternal grant unto them oh lord and let light perpetual shine upon them save us o lord 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 thine 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 spirit 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 lord have mercy upon us christ have mercy upon us lord have mercy upon us 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 and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil for thine is the kingdom the power and the glory forever and ever amen blessed art thou o lord god of our fathers and to be praised and glorified forever let us bless the father and the son and the holy ghost let us praise and exalt him above all forever blessed art thou o lord in the firmament of heaven and to be praised and glorified and exalted above all forever the almighty and merciful lord guard us and give us his blessing amen vouch safe o 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 lord hear our prayer and let our cry come unto thee let us pray visit we beseech thee o lord this dwelling and 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 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 oh 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 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 and the blessing of god almighty the father the son and the holy spirit be upon you upon those whom you love and would pray for this night and always amen our prayers completed and as the water lily closes marking the end of this day some verses about the work of the day and the evening coming just the first four verses of tennyson's lady of shalott on either side the river lie long fields of barley and of rye that close the world and meet the sky and through the field the road runs by to many towered camelot up and down the people go gazing where the lilies blow round an island there below the island of shalott willows whiten aspen's quiver little breezes dusk and shiver through the wave that runs forever by the island in the river flowing down to camelot four grey walls and four grey towers overlook a space of flowers and the silent isle embowers the lady of shalott by the margin willow veiled slide the heavy barges trailed by slow horses and unhailed the shallop fitted silken sailed skimming down to camelot but who had seen her wave her hand or at the casement seen her stand or is she known in all the land the lady of shalott only reapers reaping early in among the bearded bali hear a song that echoes cheerlead from the river winding clearly down to towered camelot and by the moon the reaper weary piling sheaves in uplands airy listening whispers tis the fairy lady of shalom so so [Music] you