The Office of Compline for December 19, 2021

The Fourth Sunday of Advent

ORISON: O heavenly Word, eternal Light (Tune: Verbum supernum prodiens) – Plainsong, Mode 2, Nevers MS., 13th cent.

CANTICLE 3 – The Song of Mary – Plainsong, Tone VIII.1 (Solemn)

HYMN: The angel Gabriel from heaven came (Tune: Gabriel’s Message) – Basque carol; arr. Edgar Pettman (1865-1943)

NUNC DIMITTIS – Richard Proulx (1937-2010)

ANTHEM: Maria durch ein Dornwald ging – German folksong, from Eichsfeld nach Haxthausen, 1850; arr. Philip Lawson (b. 1957)

Jason Anderson, director • Jeremy Matheis , reader • Fred McIlroy, cantor

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