Grace Church

09/07/2026

Monday Evening - Tonight’s Compline
Give our weary bodies rest from toil, O Lord; and grant that the seed we have sown this day may yield a rich harvest for eternity. We ask this through Christ our Lord.

—I Thess. 5:9-10�GOD has destined us to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us so that whether we wake or sleep we might live with him.

09/06/2026

Sunday Night Compline
Humbly we entreat you, Lord: we have celebrated today the mystery of your Son’s resurrection; secure against all evil, may we take our rest now in your peace, and rise again to praise you with joy. We ask this through Christ our Lord.

—Rev. 22: 4-5
THEY shall see the face of the Lord, and his name shall be on their foreheads. And night shall be no more; they need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they shall reign for ever and ever.

09/05/2026

Saturday Night Compline Readings

Be with us, Lord, throughout the coming night, so that when, through your power, we rise from sleep, we may rejoice in him who rose from death, Christ, your Anointed: who lives and reigns with you for ever and ever.

Deut 6:4-7—� HEAR, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord; and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might. And these words which I command you this day shall be upon your heart; and you shall teach them diligently to your children, and you shall meditate upon them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.

09/05/2026

09/05/2026

In these troublesome, darkened times we are told "keep moving forward" but I prefer to move "beyond" it. And to do that we must rise toward and breathe in our Christed Light. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

09/04/2026

Friday Compline Readings

Jer 14:9—�YOU, O Lord, are in the midst of us, and we are called by your name; leave us not, O Lord our God.

All powerful God, grant us so to remain united to your only Son in the mystery of his death and burial, that we may rise with him to newness of life: for he lives and reigns for ever and ever.

09/03/2026

Thursday Compline Readings
I Thess 5:23 —
� MAY the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly; and may your spirit and soul and body be kept sound and blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

O Lord our God, we come to the end of a day of work and toil. Refresh our weary limbs with sleep, and so renew us with your saving help, that, body and soul, we may remain for ever consecrated to your service. We ask this through Christ our Lord.

09/02/2026

Compline Scripture for Wednesday Night
Lord Jesus Christ, meek and humble of heart, for those who truly follow you, your yoke is easy, your burden light. Accept, we ask, our offering of this day’s work of prayer and grant us the repose we need to serve you better on the morrow; for you live and reign for ever and ever.

Eph 4:26-27� DO not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and give no opportunity to the devil.

09/01/2026

Tuesday Compline
1 Pet 5:8-9�
BE sober, be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. Resist him, firm in your faith

Make the night bright with your presence, Lord; and grant us, your servants, so to slumber in your peace, that, in your name, we may rise from sleep to greet the coming day with joy. We ask this through Christ our Lord.