What Is Compline (Night Prayer) in the Bible?
Feast
The Church’s last prayer of the day, before going to sleep.
A detail
- Its canticle: the canticle of Simeon, the “Nunc dimittis.” Simeon said it in the Temple, holding the child Jesus in his arms.
Where it appears in the Bible
Luke 2:28; Luke 2:29
What the Bible says
Luke 2:28
He also took him into his arms, and blessed God, and said:
Luke 2:29
Now thou dost dismiss thy servant, O Lord, according to thy word in peace;
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: Catechism 1174-1178; USCCB, “Liturgy of the Hours”