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Compline 2023: The Fifth Sunday in Lent

Posted by Ken Peterson in Uncategorized on March 26, 2023

Beginning of Introit for the Fifth Sunday in Lent.

Compline is open to the public. For current restrictions or more information, go to the Compline Choir website.

The Compline Choir at Saint Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral in Seattle presents the Office of Compline live via video livestream and audio broadcast on Classical 98.1 KING-FM. Singers are fully compliant with current health guidance. The Compline Choir is a ministry of the Diocese of Olympia and of Saint Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral. The Compline service is offered every Sunday night at 9:30 PM Pacific Time.

Video livestream feeds:
Livestream at complinechoir.org
Livestream at The Compline Choir Facebook page
Livestream at saintmarks.org
Livestream at St. Mark’s Cathedral Facebook page

Video livestream archive:
(link to the livestream archive on saintmarks.org after the service)

Audio stream feeds:
Live broadcast on KING-FM (Sundays at 9:30 pm PDT)
(link to the podcast on complinepodcast.org when uploaded)

Compline for The Fifth Sunday in Lent

The READER begins with a Land Acknowledgment, then a short passage selected from scripture.

LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The Compline Choir and Saint Mark’s Cathedral acknowledge that we gather on the traditional land of the first people of Seattle, the Duwamish People, who are still here, and we honor with gratitude the land itself and the life of all the Coast Salish Tribes.

Jesus said to Martha, “I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die.” – [John 11:25-26]

ORISON: Judica me Deus – Plainsong, Mode IV

(Ps 42 1-2) Judge me, O God, and defend my cause against an unholy nation; from the unjust and deceitful deliver me, for thou art my God and my strength. (Ps 42: 3) Vs. Send forth thy light and thy truth; may they guide and lead me to thy holy hill and to the place where thou dwellest.

PREPARATION

READER: The Lord Almighty grant us a quiet night and a perfect end.
CHOIR: Amen.

READER: Beloved in Christ, be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: whom resist, steadfast in the faith. [I Peter 5: 8, 9a]

READER: But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us.
CHOIR: Thanks be to God.

READER: Our help is in the name of the Lord
CHOIR: who hath made heaven and earth.

CONFESSION AND ABSOLUTION

READER: Let us humbly confess our sins unto Almighty God.
CHOIR: We confess to God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, that we have sinned in thought, word, and deed, through our own grievous fault. Wherefore we pray God to have mercy upon us.

CHOIR: Almighty God, have mercy upon us, forgive us all our sins and deliver us from all evil, confirm and strengthen us in all goodness, and bring us to life everlasting. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

READER: May the almighty and merciful Lord grant unto us pardon and remission of all our sins, time for amendment of life, and the grace and comfort of the Holy Spirit.
CHOIR: Amen.

The following is chanted.

CANTOR: O God, make speed to save us;
CHOIR: O Lord, make haste to help us.

(The “Glory be to the Father…” is omitted on this Sunday)

CANTOR: Praise ye the Lord;
CHOIR: The Lord’s name be praiséd.

PSALM 130 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)

Out of the depths have I called to you, O LORD; LORD, hear my voice; *
let your ears consider well the voice of my supplication.

If you, LORD, were to note what is done amiss, *
O LORD, who could stand?

For there is forgiveness with you; *
therefore you shall be feared.

I wait for the LORD; my soul waits for him; *
in his word is my hope.

My soul waits for the LORD, more than watchmen for the morning, *
more than watchmen for the morning.

O Israel, wait for the LORD, *
for with the LORD there is mercy;

With him there is plenteous redemption, *
and he shall redeem Israel from all their sins.

(The “Glory be to the Father…” is omitted on this Sunday)

The READER offers the following lesson:

Even now, says the LORD, return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning; rend your hearts and not your clothing. Return to the LORD, your God, who is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love. -[Joel 2:12-13 (adapt.)]

CHOIR: Thanks be to God.

The following Respond is chanted (sung in a polyphonic setting on Palm Sunday):

CANTOR: Into thy hands, O Lord, I commend my spirit.
CHOIR: Into thy hands, O Lord, I commend my spirit.

CANTOR: For thou hast redeeméd me, O Lord, thou God of truth;
CHOIR: I commend my spirit.

(The “Glory be to the Father…” is omitted on this Sunday)

CANTOR: Into thy hands, O Lord,
CHOIR: I commend my spirit.

The READER announces the hymn to be sung.

HYMN: Out of the depths I call (Tune: SAINT BRIDE) – Samuel Howard (1710-1782) and Geoffrey Shaw (1879-1943)

Out of the depths I call,
to God I send my cry;
Lord, hear my supplicating voice
and graciously reply.

My soul with patience waits
for thee, the living Lord,
my hopes are on thy promise built,
thy never failing word.

My longing eyes look out
for thy enlivening ray,
more duly than the morning watch
to spy the dawning day.

Let Israel trust in God;
no bounds his mercy knows,
the plenteous source and spring from whence
redemption ever flows.

SHORT RESPOND

CANTOR: Keep me as the apple of an eye;
CHOIR: Hide me under the shadow of thy wings.

NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong setting, Tone IV.2

ANTIPHON: Preserve us, O Lord, while waking, and guard us while sleeping;
that awake we may watch with Christ, and asleep we may rest in peace.

(The “Glory be to the Father…” is omitted on this Sunday)

THE APOSTLES CREED

CANTOR: I believe in God,
CHOIR: the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth; and in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried. He descended into hell. The third day he rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father almighty. From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost, the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.

THE PRAYERS

CANTOR: Lord, have mercy upon us.
CHOIR: Christ, have mercy upon us.
CANTOR: Lord, have mercy upon us.

The Lord’s Prayer and the following versicles and responses are intoned:

CANTOR: Our Father,
CHOIR: who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.

CANTOR: Blessed art thou, Lord God of our fathers;
CHOIR: To be praised and glorified above all for ever.

CANTOR: Let us bless the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost;
CHOIR: Let us praise him and magnify him for ever.

CANTOR: Blessed art thou, O Lord, in the firmament of heaven;
CHOIR: To be praised and glorified above all for ever.

CANTOR: The Almighty and merciful Lord guard us and give us his blessing.
CHOIR: Amen.

CANTOR: Wilt thou not turn again and quicken us;
CHOIR: That thy people may rejoice in thee?

CANTOR: O Lord, shew thy mercy upon us;
CHOIR: And grant us thy salvation.

CANTOR: Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this night without sin;
CHOIR: O Lord, have mercy upon us, have mercy upon us.

CANTOR: O Lord, hear our prayer;
CHOIR: And let our cry come unto thee.

CANTOR: Let us pray.

At least three but not more than five prayers (or collects) are intoned by the CANTOR. The first collect is proper to the day:

FIFTH SUNDAY IN LENT (March 26)
O Almighty God, who alone canst order the unruly wills and affections of / sinful men: Grant unto thy people that they may love the thing which thou commandest, and desire that which thou dost promise; that so, among the sundry and manifold changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed where true joys are to be \ found; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for | ëver. Ämen.

Other collects offered address the needs and concerns of the choir, or local or global community. The final collect is chosen from the following:

Be present, O merciful God, and protect us through the silent hours of this night, so that we who are wearied by the changes and chances of this fleeting world, may repose upon thy eternal changelessness; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Visit, we beseech thee, O Lord, this place, and drive from it all the snares of the enemy; let thy holy angels dwell herein to preserve us in peace; and may thy blessing be upon us evermore; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Or, on The Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday,

O Lord Jesus Christ, son of the living God, who at this evening hour didst rest in the sepulchre, and didst thereby sanctify the grave to be a bed of hope to thy people; Make us so to abound in sorrow for our sins, which were the cause of thy passion, that when our bodies lie in the dust, our souls may live with thee; who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Ghost, one God world without end.

CHOIR: Amen.

The READER announces the anthem to be sung.

ANTHEM: Lamentations of Jeremiah (a7) – Costanzo Festa (c. 1485/1490-1545)

Here begins the Lamentations of the prophet Jeremiah:

Remember, O Lord, what has befallen us; look, and see our disgrace.

Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers; our homes to aliens.

We have become orphans – fatherless – our mothers are like widows.

We must pay for the water we drink; the wood we get must be bought.

With a yoke on our necks we are hard-driven; we are weary; we are given no rest.

We have made a pact with Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread; our ancestors sinned – they are no more, yet we bear their iniquities.

Jerusalem, return to the Lord your God.

FINAL RESPONSES and BLESSING

The CHOIR sings the final versicles and responses, using a setting composed by Peter Hallock in 1956, the year of the Compline Choir’s founding:

CANTOR: We will lay us down in peace and take our rest:
CHOIR: For it is thou, Lord, only that makest us to dwell in safety.

CANTOR: The Lord be with you:
CHOIR: And with thy spirit.

CANTOR: Let us bless the Lord:
CHOIR: Thanks be to God.

The closing blessing is spoken:

READER: The Almighty and merciful Lord, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, bless and preserve us.
CHOIR: Amen.

Compline, Lamentations of Jeremiah - Costanzo Festa, Night Prayer, Psalm 130 - Peter Hallock, The Compline Choir of St. Mark's Cathedral Seattle, The Fifth Sunday in Lent

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Compline 2023: The Fourth Sunday in Lent: LAETARE Office for the Dead — 3 Years of COVID

Posted by Ken Peterson in Uncategorized on March 19, 2023

Special Memorial – Three Years COVID

Compline is open to the public. For current restrictions or more information, go to the Compline Choir website.

Video livestream feeds:
Livestream at complinechoir.org
Livestream at The Compline Choir Facebook page
Livestream at saintmarks.org
Livestream at St. Mark’s Cathedral Facebook page

Video livestream archive:
(link to the livestream archive on saintmarks.org after the service)

Audio stream feeds:
Live broadcast on KING-FM (Sundays at 9:30 pm PDT)
(link to the podcast on complinepodcast.org when uploaded)

Compline for The Fourth Sunday in Lent: LAETARE Office for the Dead — 3 Years of COVID

At 9:27 PM, the READER begins with a Land Acknowledgment.

At 9:28 PM, the Peace bell is tolled 30 times, approximately once every five seconds.
At the appointed time, the DIRECTOR begins with these BIDDING WORDS:

Beloved, three years ago, the global pandemic forced the closure
of this cathedral church to public worship
and forced her ministries and members into exile.
Hope was parched, dreams destroyed,
plans pulverized, creative endeavors crushed,
and the sounds of singers and instruments silenced.
Distance, discord, and division fractured relationships and friendships.
Millions lost jobs and livelihoods.
Seven million people died.
This night, we raise our voices to God,
mourning and lamenting all this loss and death.

[Cross, thurifer, and the Dean process toward the Choir, Cross and thurible moving past the Choir to the head of the procession; the Dean joins the Director at the end of the Choir.

The procession begins, first in silence, then with spoken word, then plainchant, moving south past the reredos, then turning east after the SW column, then turning north at the altar platform, passing the altar platform, then turning east down the center aisle toward the fount, finally turning north to the Compline corner, cross and thurible placed near Hallock’s memorial.]

DIRECTOR: In the midst of life we are in death.
CHOIR: From whom can we seek help, O Lord, but you alone.

READER: Lord, you know the secrets of our hearts; shut not your ears to our prayers, but spare us, O Lord.
CHOIR: Holy God, Holy and Mighty, Holy and merciful Savior, deliver us not into the bitterness of eternal death. – [Burial Rite II]

PROCESSIONAL: Requiem aeternam – Plainsong, Mode VI

Eternal rest give to them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them (Ps 64: 2-3) Vs. A hymn, O God, becometh Thee in Sion; and a vow shall be paid to Thee in Jerusalem: O Lord, hear my prayer; all flesh shall come to Thee. Eternal rest…

PREPARATION

READER: The Lord Almighty grant us a quiet night and a perfect end.
CHOIR: Amen.

READER: But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us.
CHOIR: Thanks be to God.

READER: Our help is in the name of the Lord
CHOIR: who hath made heaven and earth.

CONFESSION AND ABSOLUTION

READER: May the almighty and merciful Lord grant unto us pardon and remission of all our sins, time for amendment of life, and the grace and comfort of the Holy Spirit.
CHOIR: Amen.

The following is chanted.

CANTOR: O God, make speed to save us;
CHOIR: O Lord, make haste to help us.

CANTOR: Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost;
CHOIR: As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen.

CANTOR: Praise ye the Lord;
CHOIR: The Lord’s name be praiséd.

PSALM 91 – Plainsong, Tone IV.4

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High, *
abides under the shadow of the Almighty.

He shall say to the LORD,”You are my refuge and my stronghold, *
my God in whom I put my trust.”

He shall deliver you from the snare of the hunter *
and from the deadly pestilence.

He shall cover you with his pinions, and you shall find refuge under his wings; *
his faithfulness shall be a shield and buckler.

You shall not be afraid of any terror by night, *
nor of the arrow that flies by day;

Of the plague that stalks in the darkness, *
nor of the sickness that lays waste at mid-day.

A thousand shall fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand, *
but it shall not come near you.

Your eyes have only to behold *
to see the reward of the wicked.

Because you have made the LORD your refuge, *
and the Most High your habitation,

There shall no evil happen to you, *
neither shall any plague come near your dwelling.

For he shall give his angels charge over you, *
to keep you in all your ways.

They shall bear you in their hands, *
lest you dash your foot against a stone.

You shall tread upon the lion and the adder; *
you shall trample the young lion and the serpent under your feet.

Because he is bound to me in love, therefore will I deliver him; *
I will protect him, because he knows my Name.

He shall call upon me, and I will answer him; *
I am with him in trouble; I will rescue him and bring him to honor.

With long life will I satisfy him, *
and show him my salvation.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. *
As it was in the beginning, is now and will be forever. Amen.

The READER offers the following lesson:

The joy of our hearts has ceased; our dancing has been turned to mourning. Our hearts are sick; our eyes have grown dim: But you, O LORD, reign forever; your throne endures to all generations. Restore us to yourself, O LORD, that we may be restored; renew our days as of old — [Lamentations 5:15, 17, 19, 21]

CHOIR: Thanks be to God.

The following Respond is chanted (sung in a polyphonic setting on Palm Sunday):

CANTOR: Into thy hands, O Lord, I commend my spirit.
CHOIR: Into thy hands, O Lord, I commend my spirit.

CANTOR: For thou hast redeeméd me, O Lord, thou God of truth;
CHOIR: I commend my spirit.

CANTOR: Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost;
CHOIR: Into thy hands, O Lord, I commend my spirit.

The READER announces the hymn to be sung.

HYMN: O Holy Spirit, by whose breath, life rises (Tune: VENI CREATOR SPIRITUS) – Plainsong, Mode VIII

O Holy Spirit, by whose breath, life rises vibrant out of death;
come to create, renew, inspire; come, kindle in our hearts your fire.

You are the seeker’s sure resource, of burning love the living source,
protector in the midst of strife, the giver and the Lord of life.

In you God’s energy is shown, to us your varied gifts make known.
Teach us to speak, teach us to hear; yours is the tongue and yours the ear.

Flood our dull senses with your light; in mutual love our hearts unite.
Your power the whole creation fills; confirm our weak, uncertain wills.

From inner strife grant us release; turn nations to the ways of peace.
To fuller life your people bring that as one body we may sing:

Praise to the Father, Christ, his Word, and to the Spirit: God the Lord,
to whom all honor, glory be both now and for eternity.

SHORT RESPOND

CANTOR: Keep me as the apple of an eye;
CHOIR: Hide me under the shadow of thy wings.

NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong setting, Tone IV.2

ANTIPHON: Preserve us, O Lord, while waking, and guard us while sleeping;
that awake we may watch with Christ, and asleep we may rest in peace.

Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace: * according to thy word.
For mine eyes have seen thy salvation. * which thou hast prepared before the face of all people;
To be a light to lighten the Gentiles, * and to be the glory of thy people Israel.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: *
As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.

THE APOSTLES CREED

THE PRAYERS

CANTOR: Lord, have mercy upon us.
CHOIR: Christ, have mercy upon us.
CANTOR: Lord, have mercy upon us.

The Lord’s Prayer and the following versicles and responses are intoned:

CANTOR: Blessed art thou, Lord God of our fathers;
CHOIR: To be praised and glorified above all for ever.

CANTOR: Let us bless the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost;
CHOIR: Let us praise him and magnify him for ever.

CANTOR: Blessed art thou, O Lord, in the firmament of heaven;
CHOIR: To be praised and glorified above all for ever.

CANTOR: The Almighty and merciful Lord guard us and give us his blessing.
CHOIR: Amen.

A GREAT SILENCE
READER: Let us call to mind all that has been lost and all who have died these last three years, and hold three minutes of silence, begun and ended by the ringing of a bell.

[Three minutes of silence]

CANTOR: Wilt thou not turn again and quicken us;
CHOIR: That thy people may rejoice in thee?

CANTOR: O Lord, shew thy mercy upon us;
CHOIR: And grant us thy salvation.

CANTOR: Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this night without sin;
CHOIR: O Lord, have mercy upon us, have mercy upon us.

CANTOR: O Lord, hear our prayer;
CHOIR: And let our cry come unto thee.

CANTOR: Let us pray.

At least three but not more than five prayers (or collects) are intoned by the CANTOR. The first collect is proper to the day:

COLLECT APPOINTED FOR THIS OCCASION (March 19)
LAMENTATION
Holy God, comfort us and hear our / lamentations: For we have suffered these last three years and need your heal- \ ing. Send us your Holy Spirit to mend the traumas, fears, and sorrows of our / broken hearts. In shadow, shine the light of your radiant \ love. By our loss and lament, revive, restore, and strengthen us to know that joy and dancing come in the | mörning. Ämen.

Other collects offered address the needs and concerns of the choir, or local or global community. The final collect is chosen from the following:

Or, on The Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday,

CHOIR: Amen.

The READER announces the anthem to be sung.

ANTHEM: Lamentations – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)

Here begins the Lamentation of Jeremiah the Prophet.

How deserted lies the city once so full of people: how like a widow
she is, who once was great among the nations, and princess
among the provinces, how is she become tributary.
Bitterly she weeps in the night, and tears are upon her cheeks:

Among all her lovers there is none to comfort her.
All of her friends have betrayed her; they have become her enemies.

Jerusalem, Jerusalem, return to the Lord your God.

FINAL RESPONSES and BLESSING

The CHOIR sings the final versicles and responses, using a setting composed by Peter Hallock in 1956, the year of the Compline Choir’s founding:

CANTOR: We will lay us down in peace and take our rest:
CHOIR: For it is thou, Lord, only that makest us to dwell in safety.

CANTOR: The Lord be with you:
CHOIR: And with thy spirit.

CANTOR: Let us bless the Lord:
CHOIR: Thanks be to God.

The closing blessing is spoken:

READER: The Almighty and merciful Lord, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, bless and preserve us.
CHOIR: Amen.

Compline, Fourth Sunday of Lent, Lamentations of Jeremiah - Peter Hallock, Night Prayer, Special Memorial - Three Years COVID, The Compline Choir of St. Mark's Cathedral Seattle

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Compline 2023: The Third Sunday in Lent

Posted by Ken Peterson in Uncategorized on March 12, 2023

Introit for the Third Sunday of Lent

Compline is open to the public. For current restrictions or more information, go to the Compline Choir website.

Video livestream feeds:
Livestream at complinechoir.org
Livestream at The Compline Choir Facebook page
Livestream at saintmarks.org
Livestream at St. Mark’s Cathedral Facebook page

Video livestream archive:
(link to the livestream archive on saintmarks.org after the service)

Audio stream feeds:
Live broadcast on KING-FM (Sundays at 9:30 pm PDT)
(link to the podcast on complinepodcast.org when uploaded)

Compline for The Third Sunday in Lent

The READER begins with a Land Acknowledgment, then a short passage selected from scripture.

We boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us. – [Romans 5:3-5]

ORISON: Oculi mei – Plainsong, Mode VII

My eyes are always on the Lord, for he will free my feet from the snare; look upon me and have mercy on me, for I am alone and poor. (Ps 24: 1-2) Vs. Lord, I have lifted up my soul to thee; my God, in thee is my confidence, I shall not be ashamed.

PREPARATION

READER: The Lord Almighty grant us a quiet night and a perfect end.
CHOIR: Amen.

READER: But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us.
CHOIR: Thanks be to God.

READER: Our help is in the name of the Lord
CHOIR: who hath made heaven and earth.

CONFESSION AND ABSOLUTION

READER: May the almighty and merciful Lord grant unto us pardon and remission of all our sins, time for amendment of life, and the grace and comfort of the Holy Spirit.
CHOIR: Amen.

The following is chanted.

CANTOR: O God, make speed to save us;
CHOIR: O Lord, make haste to help us.

CANTOR: Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost;
CHOIR: As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen.

CANTOR: Praise ye the Lord;
CHOIR: The Lord’s name be praiséd.

PSALM 95 – Plainsong, Tone IV.4

Come, let us sing to the LORD; *
let us shout for joy to the Rock of our salvation.

Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving *
and raise a loud shout to him with psalms.

For the LORD is a great God, *
and a great King above all gods.

In his hand are the caverns of the earth, *
and the heights of the hills are his also.

The sea is his, for he made it, *
and his hands have molded the dry land.

Come, let us bow down, and bend the knee, *
and kneel before the LORD our Maker.

For he is our God,
and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand. *
Oh, that today you would hearken to his voice!

Harden not your hearts,
as your forebears did in the wilderness, *
at Meribah, and on that day at Massah,
when they tempted me.

They put me to the test, *
though they had seen my works.

Forty years long I detested that generation and said, *
“This people are wayward in their hearts;
they do not know my ways.”

So I swore in my wrath, *
“They shall not enter into my rest.”

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: *
as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.

The READER offers the following lesson:

CHOIR: Thanks be to God.

The following Respond is chanted (sung in a polyphonic setting on Palm Sunday):

CANTOR: Into thy hands, O Lord, I commend my spirit.
CHOIR: Into thy hands, O Lord, I commend my spirit.

CANTOR: For thou hast redeeméd me, O Lord, thou God of truth;
CHOIR: I commend my spirit.

CANTOR: Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost;
CHOIR: Into thy hands, O Lord, I commend my spirit.

The READER announces the hymn to be sung.

HYMN: Lord Jesus, think on me (Tune: SOUTHWELL) – from Daman’s Psalter, 1579; adapt. Hymnal 1940; fauxbourdon harm. by Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)

Lord Jesus, think on me,
and purge away my sin;
from earth-born passions set me free,
and make me pure within.

Lord Jesus, think on me,
with care and woe oppressed;
let me Thy loving servant be,
and taste Thy promised rest.

Lord Jesus, think on me,
nor let me go astray;
through darkness and perplexity
point Thou the heav’nly way.

Lord Jesus, think on me,
that, when the flood is past,
I may eternal brightness see,
and share Thy joy at last.