The Office of Compline for December 19, 2021




The Compline Service from St. Mark's Cathedral show

Summary: <br> The Fourth Sunday of Advent<br> <br> <br> <br> ORISON: O heavenly Word, eternal Light (Tune: Verbum supernum prodiens) – Plainsong, Mode 2, Nevers MS., 13th cent.<br> <br> <br> <br> CANTICLE 3 – The Song of Mary – Plainsong, Tone VIII.1 (Solemn)<br> <br> <br> <br> HYMN: The angel Gabriel from heaven came (Tune: Gabriel’s Message) – Basque carol; arr. Edgar Pettman (1865-1943)<br> <br> <br> <br> NUNC DIMITTIS – Richard Proulx (1937-2010)<br> <br> <br> <br> ANTHEM: Maria durch ein Dornwald ging – German folksong, from Eichsfeld nach Haxthausen, 1850; arr. Philip Lawson (b. 1957)<br> <br> <br> <br> Jason Anderson, director • Jeremy Matheis , reader • Fred McIlroy, cantor<br>