Daily
Compline — Opening
Opening of Night Prayer (Liturgy of the Hours) — initial versicles and invocation of divine help.
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O God, come to my assistance.
— O Lord, make haste to help me.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Alleluia.
Let us examine our conscience for a moment in silence.
I confess to almighty God and to you, my brothers and sisters, that I have greatly sinned, in my thoughts and in my words, in what I have done and in what I have failed to do, through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault.
Therefore I ask blessed Mary ever-Virgin, all the Angels and Saints, and you, my brothers and sisters, to pray for me to the Lord our God.
May almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, and bring us to everlasting life.
— Amen.
When to pray
At the end of the day, before sleep — alone, with family, or with the community — as the opening of Night Prayer in the Liturgy of the Hours.