Monthly Archives: May 2026

The Office of Compline for May 10, 2026

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 

The Office of Compline for May 3, 2026

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