Cathedral bells announce the quiet hour
Day’s completion
Anchored in the night’s fullness
Endnote: Written at the National Cathedral after evening centering prayer. Compline is the conclusion of the monastic day. Brother David Steindl-Rast tells us that this hour completes the circle of the day. It connects the end of the day to the end of earthly life itself, a time for self-examination and reflection. We celebrate the song’s words melting into silence, the silence from which they came.
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