Compline Prayer

O Christ God, Who art worshipped and glorified at every place and time;
Who art long-suffering, most merciful and compassionate;
Who lovest the righteous and art merciful to sinners;
Who callest all to salvation with the promise of good things to come:
receive, Lord, the prayers we now offer,
and direct our lives in the way of Thy commandments.
Sanctify our souls, cleanse our bodies, correct our thoughts, purify our minds
and deliver us from all affliction, evil and illness.
Surround us with Thy holy angels,
that guarded and instructed by their forces,
we may reach unity of faith and the understanding of Thine unapproachable glory:
for blessed art Thou unto ages of ages. Amen.




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        Saint Basil the Great