Compline

Nunc dimittis

Luke 2:29–32

Antiphon for the Nunc dimittis. (BNF 1143 does not contain the hour of Compline. Everything would be the same, however, as in the Compline hour prior to the feast, provided above. Here, however, is supplied an alternative unique antiphon for the Nunc dimittis, provided for this compline hour in the manuscript from Graz, MS 134 (Universitätbibliothek), albeit with no melody.) O miraculous meal, O bread of greatest sweetness, you the sound relief of our sadness, giving to each of the faithful health of the spirit, you are represented in the old species of food, a designated sign defining that on which the patriarch Elias rests, a hearth bread, alleluia.