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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Commontide
Antiphon
Worship & the Office

Guide Us Waking, O Lord

Compline

Guide us waking, O Lord, and guard us sleeping; that awake we may watch with Christ, and asleep we may rest in peace.

Salva nos, Domine, vigilantes, custodi nos dormientes, ut vigilemus cum Christo et requiescamus in pace.

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Provenance

Roman secular office, medieval

Draft — AI-assisted research under editorial review.

The night prayer of the Western church for over a thousand years, sung before and after the Song of Simeon at Compline. Six verbs, one name, one movement – from the waking day into the sleeping night.