A small stone chapel after dark. Moonlight comes through a narrow arched window. Candles burn on a simple stone altar beneath a wooden crucifix. The air is still. It is the hour of Compline — the Church’s last prayer before sleep.
A man and a woman kneel facing the altar, hands joined. Both wear the white mantle with the red cross of the Temple. His sword is on the floor, sheathed. They are not fighting. They have laid the day’s work down and placed themselves before God.
The white cloak stand... moreA small stone chapel after dark. Moonlight comes through a narrow arched window. Candles burn on a simple stone altar beneath a wooden crucifix. The air is still. It is the hour of Compline — the Church’s last prayer before sleep.
A man and a woman kneel facing the altar, hands joined. Both wear the white mantle with the red cross of the Temple. His sword is on the floor, sheathed. They are not fighting. They have laid the day’s work down and placed themselves before God.
The white cloak stands for purity of purpose. The red cross stands for the Cross of Christ. Together they mean: we belong to Him, not to our own name.
The same Lord who receives the glory also keeps the night.
I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep:
for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.
— Psalm 4:8 (KJV)
Non nobis, Domine, non nobis, sed nomini tuo da gloriam
CAA Patricia Fraser
Priory of St. Michael the Archangel
Fides Et Veritas
