Prayer as night falls
Subtitle: experiencing compline
By: Kenneth V. Peterson
Publisher: Paraclete Press, Inc.
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Brewster, Massachusetts
Language: eng
Number of pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9781612613765
Subjects: Spiritual life; Christianity; Compline; Prayer; Night; Miscellanea
Description: Peterson has sung Compline at St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral in Seattle since the mid-1960s, and tells the story of the history and themes of the office, woven together with reflections from his own spiritual journey. He shows how you can experience and participate in the last of the daily cycle of fixed-hour prayer, while providing a comprehensive look at this ever-popular contemplative prayer service at the end of the day.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-226).
Table of contents: title: Compline in the Holy box: an introduction; title: Round me falls the night: elements of compline; title: At day's close: night in ancient times; title: Be sober, be vigilant: darkness and light; title: A quiet night and a perfect end: death and life; title: Before the ending of the day: Christian origins of compline; title: Seeking God seeking me: compline and the mystic path; title: From Canterbury to Constantinople: compline from 600 to 1600; title: To the Supreme Being: beauty; title: Old wine in new bottles: compline from 1600 to the present; title: The monks of Broadway: community; title: In the shadow of your wings: finding lasting peace; title: Appendix A: The office of compline; title: Appendix B: Musical examples; title: Appendix C: A selected list of resources for praying compline.