Night

When the night is dark and cold, Jesus, give me your light. Enlighten me.

Night Prayer or Compline

  

V. May Jesus Christ thy Son, reconciled by thy prayers, O Lady, convert our hearts. 

R. And turn away His anger from us. 

V. O Lady, make speed to befriend me. 

R. From the hands of the enemy mightily defend me. 

V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. 

R. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.—Amen. 

Praise be to thee, O Lord, King of eternal glory.

  

Hymn 

Hail, Mother most pure; 

Hail, Virgin renown'd; 
Hail, Queen with the stars 

As a diadem crowned.

Above all the Angels 

In glory untold, 

Standing next to the King 

In a vesture of gold.

O Mother of Mercy,

O Star of the wave; 

O Hope of the guilty, 

O Light of the grave!

Through thee may we come 

To the haven of rest; 

And see heaven's King 

In the courts of the blest!—Amen.

V. Thy name, O Mary, is as oil poured out. 

R. Thy servants have loved thee exceedingly. 

V. O Lady, recommend my prayer. 

R. And let my cry come unto thee.  

Let Us Pray. 

Holy Mary, Queen of heaven, Mother of our Lord Jesus Christ, and Mistress of the world, who forsakest no one, and despisest none; look upon me, O Lady, with an eye of pity, and obtain for me, of thy beloved Son, the forgiveness of all my sins; that as I now celebrate with devout affection thy holy and Immaculate Conception, so, hereafter, I may receive the prize of eternal blessedness, by the grace of Him whom thou, in virginity, didst bring forth, Jesus Christ our Lord; who, with the Father and the Holy Ghost, liveth and reigneth, in perfect Trinity, God, world without end.—Amen.

V. O Lady, recommend my prayer. 

R. And let my cry come unto thee. 

V. Let us bless the Lord. 

R. Thanks be to God. 

V. May the souls of the faithful, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. 

R. Amen.  

THE COMMENDATION. 

These praises and prayers 

I lay at thy feet, 

O Virgin of Virgins, 

O Mary most sweet. 

Be thou my true guide 

Through this pilgrimage here; 

And stand by my side 

When death draweth near.

V. Thanks be to God.

Ant. This is the rod, in which neither the knot of original sin, nor bark of actual sin was found. 

Prayer

O God, who by the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin, didst prepare a fit dwelling place for Thy Son, grant through her intercession that we may faithfully keep our body and soul free from sin for thee, who didst preserve her from all stain. Through the same Jesus Christ, our Lord.

R. Amen. 

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