The Fourth Sunday in Lent: Laetare
ORISON: Purge me, O Lord, from all my sin – Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585)
PSALM 107:1-3, 17-22 – Plainsong, Tone V.1
HYMN: Lord, who throughout these forty days (Tune: St. Flavian) – melody from Day’s Psalter, 1562; adapt. and harm. Richard Redhead (1820-1901)
NUNC DIMITTIS: Plainsong setting, Tone III.4
ANTHEM: Ne reminiscaris, Domine – Jacobus Vaet (ca. 1529 – 1567)
Jason Anderson, director • Joel Matter, reader • Alan Wheaton, cantor
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I know of no other better evening escape from the day’s blunders and mishaps, allied with the need for a recharge of one’s spiritual batteries, than your Compline. Down here, in The Great White Southland, the tradition encompasses sparse Evensong Services, whereas in the days prior to television, the availability of 7.00 p.m. Worship was relished. While most will not now admit it, inner Reflection is paramount for a balanced life.