www.nightprayer.org
What is Night Prayer?
Night Prayer is half an hour of music and prayer, sung in Latin and English.
It takes place in a church -- but there is no sermon, no coffee hour, no name-badges, and no dogma.
Night Prayer is a way to set aside the noise and stress of daily life; to spend some time in stillness and mystery.
For some people, Night Prayer is a concert, a chance to enjoy the ancient art of chanting. For others, Night Prayer
supplements their own spiritual practices.
Night Prayer is based on the ancient monastic service of Compline, one of the four Daily Offices of the Anglican Church.
These daily prayers are themselves descended from Jewish traditions of singing the psalms on a regular basis.
A choir, Schola Nocturna, leads the service on the first Sunday of the month. You can expect to hear
some medieval chant, a psalm, some polyphonic music (that is, music with harmony sung by many voices) as well as
a story from scripture, and a chance to join in Anglican chant.
The best way to understand Night Prayer is to come experience Night Prayer for yourself.
Night Prayer
1st Sundays at 7pm.
Near Lasell College at the Episcopal Parish of the Messiah, on the corner of Commonwealth Avenue (Route 30) and Auburn Street
in Newton Massachusetts.
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