Our Lady of Guadalupe Botanical Garden Project
An Order for Night Prayer (Compline)
Thursday, 1 December 2022
Charles de Foucauld, Hermit in the Sahara, 1916 [Commemoration]
Before the ending of the day,
Creator of the world, we pray
That you, with steadfast love, would keep
Your watch around us while we sleep.
From evil dreams defend our sight,
From fears and terrors of the night;
Tread underfoot our deadly foe
That we no sinful thought may know.
O Father, that we ask be done
Through Jesus Christ, your only Son;
And Holy Spirit, by whose breath
Our souls are raised to life from death.