Closing Prayers - Compline
The Our Father is said by All in silence. Then:
O. May the Lord give us his peace,
R. And life everlasting. Amen.
If closing Vespers (privately), then pray the Hail Mary, in silence, and then skip to the Sacrosancte.
If closing Compline or if Vespers was recited in public.
The Final Antiphon of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Salve Regina
From the Feast of the Holy Trinity to Advent.
(to be said kneeling)
1. Hail, holy Queen, * Mother of Mercy!
2. Our life, our sweetness, and our hope, hail!
3. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve,
4. To thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears.
5. Turn then, most gracious Advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us,
6. And after this our exile show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
7. O clement, O loving,
8. O sweet Virgin Mary.
V. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God,
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
O. Let us pray: Almighty everlasting God, who by the co-operation of the Holy Ghost didst prepare the body and soul of the glorious Virgin Mother Mary to become a habitation meet for thy Son; grant that as we rejoice in her commemoration, we may, by her loving intercession be delivered from present evils and from everlasting death by her pious intercession, in whose commemoration we rejoice. Through the same Christ our Lord.
R. Amen.
V. May the divine assistance remain always with us.
R. Amen.
All: Say the Our Father, the Hail Mary, and the Apostles Creed in silence.
(Or Act of Atonement After the Office)
All. To the most holy and undivided Trinity, * to the humanity of our crucified Lord Jesus Christ, * to the fruitful purity of the most blessed and glorious Mary ever Virgin, * and to the company of all the saints, * be everlasting praise, honor, power and glory rendered by every creature; * and to us be given the remission of all our faults for all eternity. Amen.
V. Blessed womb of the Virgin Mary, which bore the Son of the eternal Father.
R. And blessed breasts which nursed the Christ, our Lord.
All: Say the Our Father and Hail Mary in silence.