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A Quiet Night

April 27, 2008 - Dale

Last week I spent two and a half days working with four or five other Anglican clergy completing the last of the translations of all the Anglican services into Bahasa Indonesia. The one we finished this week was a service called “Prayer at the end of the Day”, otherwise known as Compline.

It is not in the Book of Common Prayer, being amongst the large number of medieval services that were omitted or merged in the new services of Cranmer’s Prayer Book. However it has gained new life in recent revisions of Anglican liturgy (you can see a typical modern version in our green Prayer Book). It is a simple service that allows people to conclude the day with readings from the scriptures, prayers of confession and prayers for protection.

In the modern service there is still a sense of the dangers of the night.... Read the rest of the Article. Post a Comment

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