Commontide

For the Acceptance of Prayer

O Lord our God, accept the fervent prayers of your people; in the multitude of your mercies, look with compassion upon us and all who turn to you for help; for you are gracious, O lover of souls, and to you we give glory, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, now and for ever. Amen.

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A Collect for Saturdays

Compline

We give you thanks, O God, for revealing your Son Jesus Christ to us by the light of his resurrection: Grant that as we sing your glory at the close of this day, our joy may abound in the morning as we celebrate the Paschal mystery; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Provenance

Episcopal BCP 1979

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A prayer of Saturday Compline that gives thanks for Christ revealed "by the light of his resurrection" and asks that the joy of evening prayer carry forward into Sunday's celebration of the Paschal mystery. It first appeared in the Episcopal Church's 1979 Book of Common Prayer, the first BCP to include Compline as a formal office.