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LEADER: 02147cam a2200325 i 4500
001 2013027152
003 DLC
005 20141018080618.0
008 130821s2013 maua b 000 0deng
010 $a 2013027152
020 $a9781612613765 (pb french flaps)
020 $a1612613764 (pbk.)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aBV4832.3$b.P48 2013
082 00 $a264/.15$223
100 1 $aPeterson, Kenneth V.
245 10 $aPrayer as night falls :$bexperiencing compline /$cKenneth V. Peterson.
264 1 $aBrewster, Massachusetts :$bParaclete Press, Inc.,$c2013.
300 $a226 pages :$billustrations ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 215-226).
505 0 $aCompline in the Holy box: an introduction -- Round me falls the night: elements of compline -- At day's close: night in ancient times -- Be sober, be vigilant: darkness and light -- A quiet night and a perfect end: death and life -- Before the ending of the day: Christian origins of compline -- Seeking God seeking me: compline and the mystic path -- From Canterbury to Constantinople: compline from 600 to 1600 -- To the Supreme Being: beauty -- Old wine in new bottles: compline from 1600 to the present -- The monks of Broadway: community -- In the shadow of your wings: finding lasting peace -- Appendix A: The office of compline -- Appendix B: Musical examples -- Appendix C: A selected list of resources for praying compline.
520 $aPeterson has sung Compline at St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral in Seattle since the mid-1960s, and tells the story of the history and themes of the office, woven together with reflections from his own spiritual journey. He shows how you can experience and participate in the last of the daily cycle of fixed-hour prayer, while providing a comprehensive look at this ever-popular contemplative prayer service at the end of the day.
650 0 $aSpiritual life$xChristianity.
650 0 $aCompline.
650 0 $aPrayer$xChristianity.
650 0 $aNight$xMiscellanea.