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This is the Compline chant. The setting to be sung varies according to the Season and Feasts, and is indicated in the Proper.

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Please select a mode or setting from the list below:

Mode 2 - Lent This Mode 2 setting is sung at Compline from the Saturday before the beginning of Lent until (but not including) Passion Sunday.

Mode 8 - Ordinary Sundays and Minor Feasts This setting of Te Lucis Ante Terminum is sung at Compline on ordinary Sundays and days of minor feasts which do not have another setting specified in the Proper.

Mode 4 - Solemn Feasts This setting of Te Lucis Ante Terminum is sung on Solemn Feasts which do not have another setting specified in the Proper.

Mode 8 - Paschal Sundays and Feasts This is the setting of Te Lucis Ante Terminum that is sung on Sundays and Feasts during Paschal time, except feasts of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Mode 2 - Feasts of the Blessed Virgin Mary This Mode 2 setting is sung during Feasts of the Blessed Virgin Mary and during their Octaves, including during Paschal time.

Mode 2 - Advent The Advent setting is in Mode 2 and uses a "Fa" clef instead of a "Do" clef.

Mode 8 - Christmas This Tone, or the Tone of the Hymn of Vespers, is used for the Hymns of the Little Hours and of Compline until the Eve of the Epiphany, even in the Office of Saints. This Tone is used also at Complin

Mode 8 - Epiphany This setting of Te Lucis Ante Terminum is used throughout the octave of the Epiphany.