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The Office of Compline for June 7, 2026

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The Second Sunday after Pentecost

ORISON: Now cheer our hearts this eventide – Nathan Jensen (b. 1968) 

PSALM 33:1-12 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) 

HYMN: O God of Bethel (Tune: Dundee) – mel. from The CL Psalmes of David, 1615; harm. The Psalmes of David in Prose and Meeter, 1635 [H40 497] 

NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone VII; harm. Thomas Morley (1557-1602) 

ANTHEM: In pace – John Sheppard (c. 1515-1558) 

Jeremy Matheis, director • Scott Fikse, reader • Joel Bevington, cantor 

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The Office of Compline for May 31, 2026

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The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary 

ORISON: Virgin born, we bow before thee (Tune: Mon dieu, prête-moi l’oreille) – mel. Loys Bourgeois (c. 1510-1559); harm.  Claude Goudimel (c. 1514-1572)

PSALM 113 – Jason A. Anderson (b. 1976) 

HYMN 269: Ye who claim the faith of Jesus (Tune: Den des Vaters Sinn geboren) – Johann Anastasius Freylinghausen (1670-1739) 

NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone I; harm. Thomas Morley (1557-1602) 

ANTHEM: Ave Maria – Franz Biebl (1906-2001) 

Jason Anderson, director • Joel Matter, reader • Tyler Morse, cantor 

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The Office of Compline for May 24, 2026

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THE DAY OF PENTECOST: WHITSUNDAY 

ORISON: O Lord, give thy Holy Spirit – Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585) 

PSALM 104:25-32,35-37 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) 

HYMN 503: Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire (Tune: Come, Holy Ghost) – John Henry Hopkins, Jr. (1820-1891); adapt. and harm. David Hurd (b. 1950) 

NUNC DIMITTIS – Anonymous, from Lumley Books, c. 1547-1552 [No. 29] 

ANTHEM: Kiida, mu hing, Isaandat – Cyrillus Kreek (1889-1962); ed. Gregory W. Bloch (b. 1977) 

Jason Anderson, director • Gregory Bloch, reader • Carl Bolstad, cantor 

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The Office of Compline for May 17, 2026

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The Seventh Sunday of Easter: The Sunday after Ascension Day 

ORISON: God is ascended (Tune: Gen Himmel aufgefahren ist) – German, 16th cent.; arr. Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) 

PSALM 68:1-20 – Peter R. Hallock 

HYMN 217: A hymn of glory let us sing (Tune: Jam lucis orto sidere) – Plainsong, Mode I, Mailander Hymnem, 15th cent. 

NUNC DIMITTIS – Anonymous, from Lumley Books, c. 1547-1552 [No. 26] 

ANTHEM: Ascendo ad Patrem meum – Blasius Amon (c. 1558-1590) 

Jason Anderson, director • J. Scott Kovacs, reader • Joey Blundell, cantor 

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The Office of Compline for May 10, 2026

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The Sixth Sunday of Easter; Rogation Sunday 

ORISON: Jesus, thou Joy of loving hearts (Tune: Christe Redemptor) – Sarum Plainsong, Mode I [see HYMNS] 

PSALM 66:1-11 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) 

HYMN 210: The day of resurrection (Tune: Ellacombe) – from Gesangbuch, 1784; harm. William Henry Monk (1823-1889), alt. 

NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone VIII; harm. John Holmes (d. 1629) 

ANTHEM: Victimae paschali laudes – William Byrd (c. 1540-1623) 

Jason Anderson, director • Jeremy Matheis, reader • Theo Floor, cantor 

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The Office of Compline for May 3, 2026

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The Fifth Sunday of Easter

ORISON: ‘The Call’ from Five Mystical Songs – Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) 

PSALM 31:1-5,15-16 – Plainsong, Tone IV.2 

HYMN: Thou art the Way (Tune: Saint James) – Raphael Courteville (d. 1735); vs. 4 harm. Henry G. Ley (1887-1962) 

NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone II; harm. John Holmes (d. 1629) 

ANTHEM: Love bade me welcome – David Hurd (b. 1950) 

Jeremy Matheis, director • William Turnipseed, reader • John Garlid, cantor 

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The Office of Compline for April 26, 2026

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The Fourth Sunday of Easter

ORISON: The Lord is my shepherd – Bobby McFerrin (b. 1950) 

PSALM 23 (Setting I) – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) 

HYMN: The King of love my shepherd is (Tune: Saint Columba) – Irish mel., harm. Hymnal 1940 and Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) 

NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone VI; harm. Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) 

ANTHEM: The Good Shepherd – Alice Parker (1925-2023) 

Jason Anderson, director • Josh Sandoz, reader • James Wilcox, cantor

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The Office of Compline for April 19, 2026

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The Third Sunday of Easter

ORISON: God himself is with us (Tune: TYSK) – from Psalm und Choralbuch, 1719; arr. Gregory Bloch

PSALM 116 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)

HYMN: Lift your voice rejoicing, Mary (Tune: FISK OF GLOUCESTER) – Thomas Foster (1938-2025)

NUNC DIMITTIS – Melchior Franck (c. 1579-1639); arr. Robert Preston & Gregory Bloch

ANTHEM: Regina caeli – Robert White (c. 1538-1574)

Jason Anderson, director • Tyler Morse, reader • Fred McIlroy, cantor

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The Office of Compline for April 12, 2026

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The Second Sunday of Easter

ORISON: This joyful Eastertide (Tune: VREUCHTEN) – Dutch carol; harm. George Wood (1866-1926); vs. 2 harm. Alice Parker (1925-2023); final refrain harm. The Baptist Hymnal, 1975

PSALM 16 – Jason A. Anderson (b. 1976)

HYMN: We walk by faith, and not by sight (Tune: SAINT BOTOLPH) – Gordon Slater (1896-1979); arr. Gregory W. Bloch (b. 1977)

NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong setting, Tone I; harm. William Byrd (c. 1540-1623)

ANTHEM: Christ rising again – John Sheppard (c. 1515-1558)

Jason Anderson, director • Jeff Rico, reader • Jeremy Matheis, cantor

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The Office of Compline for April 5, 2026

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The Sunday of the Resurrection: Easter Day

PROCESSIONAL: Easter Canticle – Peter R. Hallock (1924–2014)

CANTICLE: The Song of Moses – Plainsong, Tone I and Tonus peregrinus; arr. Gregory W. Bloch (b. 1977)

HYMN: Ad cenam Agni providi – Plainsong, Mode VIII; harm. Guillaume Dufay (c. 1397-1474); ed. Jason A. Anderson (b. 1976)

NUNC DIMITTIS: Plainsong setting, Tonus peregrinus; harm. William Byrd (c. 1540-1623)

ANTHEM: Cпасение coдeлaл (Salvation is created) – Pavel Chesnokov (1877-1944); arr. for men’s voices by Vladimir Morosan

Jason Anderson, director • Gregory Bloch, reader • Joel Bevington, cantor

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