There are many different practices of praying the liturgy of the hours. The examples below are from publications following the Benedictine tradition.
See it done by a pro: click below for an excellent webinar from the podcast “Square Notes”to learn how to sing Compline.
Father Weber’s Office of Compline: click on the links below to:
- Read the foreword by Cardinal Burke,
- Buy the book from Ignatius Press,
Example, and practice files for praying the Sunday compline during Lent, in English:
- download a “road map” with instructions: Compline directions – Sundays in Lent example
- download the three different versions of the hymn used during Lent (during week I,III and V, during week II and IV, during Holy Week): Compline Hymns ENG – Lent
Recording of the chants:
INTRODUCTION:
HYMN (week 1, 3 or 5):
HYMN (week, 2 or 4):
ANTIPHON AND PSALM (For Sundays. To limit the size of the file, only four verses of the psalm are recorded: sing them all following the same pattern):
RESPONSORY:
CANTICLE:
ANTIPHON IN HONOR OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY (during Lent: Ave Regina Caelorum):
