The Office of Compline for December 22, 2024

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The Fourth Sunday of Advent PROCESSIONAL: O come, O Wisdom from above (Tune: VENI EMMANUEL) – New trans. of the O Antiphons by Jason A. Anderson (b. 1976), sung to Plainsong, Mode I, from Processionale, 15th cent.; arr. and harm. Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) CANTICLE: Magnificat – Plainsong, Tone II.1 with O Rex gentium (antiphon for Dec 22) HYMN: Lo, how a Rose e’er blooming (Tune: ES IST EIN ROS) – melody from Alte Catholische Geistliche Kirchengesäng, 1599; harm. Michael Praetorius (1571-1621) and Carl Orff (1895-1982) NUNC DIMITTIS – Richard Proulx (1937-2010) ANTHEM: Maria durch ein Dornwald ging – German folk melody; arr. Philip Lawson Jason Anderson, director • Jeremy Matheis, reader • Ken Peterson, cantor