Night Prayer

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Night Prayer is the final daily office in the Christian Liturgy of the Hours, consisting of psalms, readings, and prayers said before going to sleep.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Night Prayer canonical 3
Prayer at the Close of Day 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian prayer
canonical hour
liturgical office
addressedTo God
associatedWith Psalm 134
Psalm 4
Psalm 91
encouragedFor clergy
laity
religious
hasAlternativeName Compline
Prayer at the Close of Day
linked to: Night Prayer
hasLiturgicalSeasonVariation Advent
Easter Season
linked to: Easter Week

Easter Triduum
linked to: Paschal Triduum

Lent
Ordinary Time
hasRubric normally said once each day
recited after evening activities
includes Gospel canticle
Nunc Dimittis
concluding prayer
final blessing
intercessions
psalms
responsory
scripture reading
isFollowedBy Office of Readings (next day)
isPrecededBy Evening Prayer
language Latin
vernacular languages
liturgicalPosition final office of the day
mayInclude Marian antiphon
examination of conscience
penitential act
partOf Divine Office
Liturgy of the Hours
purpose prayer before sleep
sanctification of the night
regulatedBy General Instruction of the Liturgy of the Hours
spiritualDiscipline daily prayer habit
theologicalTheme peaceful death
protection during the night
trust in God
timeOfDay night
usedIn Anglican Communion
Lutheran churches
Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism

some Methodist churches
some religious communities

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Liturgy of the Hours contains Night Prayer
Salve Regina usedIn Night Prayer
subject linked to: Marian antiphon "Salve Regina"
Night Prayer hasAlternativeName Prayer at the Close of Day
linked to: Night Prayer