The Order of Matins

A Hymn of Invocation of the Holy Ghost or another Hymn shall be sung
The Congregation shall rise
Then shall be said or chanted the Versicles here following. During the Penitentia
Seasons the Hallelujah shall be omitted. All shall stand to the end of the Venite
℣ : O Lord, open Thou my lips.
℟ : And my mouth shall show forth Thy praise.
℣ : Make haste, O God, to deliver me.
℟ : Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost; As it
was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Hallelujah!
Then shall follow the Invitatory with the Venite or on Feast Days the special Invitatory
The Invitatory
℣ : Oh, come, let us worship the Lord:
℟ : For He is our Maker.
The Venite
1. Oh, come, let us sing unto the Lord:
let us make a joyful noise to the Rock of our salvation.
2. Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving:
and make a joyful noise unto Him with psalms.
3. For the Lord is a great God:
and a great King above all gods.

4. In His hand are the deep places of the earth:
the strength of the hills is His also.
5. The sea is His, and He made it:
and His hands formed the dry land.
6. Oh, come, let us worship and bow down:
let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker.
7. For He is our God:
and we are the people of His pasture and the sheep of His hand.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son:
and to the Holy Ghost;
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
world without end. Amen.
Then shall be sung
The Hymn
Then shall follow
The Psalmody
One or more Psalms shall be said or chanted. At the end of each Psalm or at the end
of the Psalmody the Gloria Patri shall be said or chanted. The Congregation 'may be
seated during the Psalmody and rise at the last Gloria Patri. Instead of one of the
Psalms, the Athanasian Creed (page 53) may be used on Trinity Sunday. An Antiphon
may be used with each Psalm
The Lection
The Lesson or Lessons shall then be read, and after each Lesson may be said or
chanted:
℣ : But Thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us.
℟ : Thanks be to Thee, O Lord!
After the Lesson or Lessons a Responsory may be said or chanted
Then may follow a brief Exhortation or
The Sermon

The Offerings may then be gathered
The Congregation shall rise and say or chant
The Canticle
The Te Deum Laudamus or the Benedictus may be used on Sundays
Other Canticles may be used on other days
The Te Deum Laudamus
We praise Thee O God, we acknowledge Thee to be the Lord.
All the earth doth worship Thee, the Father Everlasting.
To Thee all the angels cry aloud, the heavens and all the powers therein;
To Thee cherubim and seraphim continually do cry;
Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Sabaoth;
Heaven and earth are full of the majesty of Thy glory.
The glorious company of the Apostles praise Thee
The goodly fellowship of the prophets praise Thee;
The noble army of martyrs praise Thee;
The holy Church though all the world doth acknowledge Thee;
The Father of an infinite majesty; Thine adorable true and only Son,
Also the Holy Ghost, the Comforter.
Thou art the King of Glory, O Christ.
Thou are the everlasting Son of the Father.
When Thou tookest upon Thee to deleiver man;
Thou didst humble Thyself to be born of a virgin.
When Thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death,
Thou didst open the kingdom of heaven to all believers.
Thou sittest at the right hand of God
In the glory of the Father.
We believe that thou shalt come
To be our judge.
We therefore pray Thee to help Thy servants,
Whom Thou hast redeemed with Thy precious blood.
Make them to be numbered with Thy saints
In glory everlasting.
O Lord, save Thy people and bless Thine heritage.

Govern them and lift them up forever.
Day by day we magnify Thee,
And we worship Thy name ever, world without end.
Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this day without sin,
O Lord have mercy upon us, have mercy upon us,
O Lord, let Thy mercy be upon us, as our trust is in Thee.
O Lord, in Thee have I trusted; let me never be confounded.
Or:
The Benedictus
1. Blessed be the Lord God of Israel;
for He hath visited and redeemed His people,
2. And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us
in the house of His servant David;
3. As He spake by the mouth of His holy prophets,
which have been since the world began:
4. That we should be saved from our enemies,
and from the hand of all who hate us;
5. To perform the mercy promised to our fathers,
and to remember His holy covenant;
6. The oath which He sware to our father Abraham,
that He would grant unto us
7. That we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies
might serve Him without fear,
8. In holiness and righteousness before Him,
all the days of our life.
9. And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest;
for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare His ways;
10. To give knowledge of salvation unto His people
by the remission of their sins,
11. Through the tender mercy of our God,
whereby the Dayspring from on high hath visited us,

12. To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of
death,
to guide our feet into the way of peace.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit;
as it was in the beginning, both now and ever,
and unto ages of ages. Amen.
The Prayers
Then shall be said the Prayers here following or the Suffrages, the Litany, or other
Prayers. All shall say or chant
The Kyrie
Lord, have mercy up-on us. Christ, have mercy up-on us. Lord, have mercy
up-on us.
Then all shall say or chant
The Lord's Prayer
Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy name; Thy kingdom come;
Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven; Give us this day our daily
bread; And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass
against us; And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil; For
Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever. Amen.
Then shall be said or chanted the Salutation, the Collect for the Day or other Collects,
and the Collect for Grace. Each Collect may be preceded by a Versicle. After each
Collect the Congregation shall say or chant: Amen:
The Salutation
℣ : The Lord be with you.
℟ : And with thy spirit.
The Collect For Grace

O Lord, our heavenly Father, almighty and everlasting God, who hast safely
brought us to the beginning of this day, defend us in the same with Thy
mighty power and grant that this day we fall into no sin, neither run into
any kind of danger, but that all our doings, being ordered by Thy
governance, may be righteous in Thy sight; through Jesus Christ, Thy Son,
our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one
God, world without end. Amen.
The Bencdicamus
℣ : Bless we the Lord.
℟ : Thanks be to God.
The Benediction
℣ : The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the
communion of the Holy Ghost be with you all.
℟ : Amen.
Silent Prayer