Thursday in Septuagesima Week

COLLECT OF THE PRECEDING SUNDAY

Oremus.
Preces pópuli tui, quæsumus, Dómine, cleménter exáudi : ut, qui juste pro peccátis nostris afflígimur, pro tui nóminis glória misericórditer  liberémur.  Per Dóminum.

Let us pray.
O Lord, we beseech thee favourably to hear the prayers of thy people : that we, who are justly punished for our offences, may be mercifully delivered by thy goodness, for the glory of thy Name.  Through.

SUFFRAGE OF ALL SAINTS if it is said

CLOSING VERSICLES AND THAT WHICH FOLLOWETH
 

Matins

De libro Génesis

The Lesson is taken from
the book of Genesis

Adam vero cognóvit uxórem suam Hevam, quæ concépit et péperit Cain, dicens : Possédi hóminem per Deum.  Rursúmque péperit fratrem ejus Abel.  Fuit autem Abel pastor óvium, et Cain agrícola.  Factum est autem post multos dies ut offérret Cain de frúctibus terræ múnera Dómino.  Abel quoque óbtulit de primogénitis gregis sui, et de adípibus eórum : et respéxit Dóminus ad Abel, et ad múnera ejus.  Ad Cain vero, et ad múnera illíus non respéxit : iratúsque est Cain veheménter, et cóncidit vultus ejus.  Dixítque Dóminus ad eum : Quare irátus es? et cur cóncidit fácies tua?  Nonne si bene égeris, recípies : sin autem male, statim in fóribus peccátum áderit? sed sub te erit appetítus ejus, et tu domináberis illíus.

And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord.  And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.  And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord.  And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering: but unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.  And the Lord said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?  If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.

V.  Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.
R.  Deo grátias.

V.  But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us.
R.  Thanks be to God.

R.  In princípio creávit Deus cælum, et terram, et fecit in ea hóminem, * Ad imáginem et similitúdinem suam.
V.  Formávit ígitur Deus hóminem de limo terræ, et inspirávit in fáciem ejus spiráculum.
R.  Ad imáginem et similitúdinem suam.

R.  In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth, and therein formed he man, * In his own image and after his own likeness.
V.  So did the Lord God form man out of the dust of the earth, and he breathed into his nostrils the Breath of Life.
R.  In his own image and after his own likeness.

Dixítque Cain ad Abel fratrem suum : Egrediámur foras.  Cumque essent in agro, consurréxit Cain advérsus fratrem suum Abel, et interfécit eum.  Et ait Dóminus ad Cain : Ubi est Abel frater tuus?  Qui respóndit : Néscio.  Num custos fratris mei sum ego?  Dixítque ad eum : Quid fecísti? vox sánguinis fratris tui clamat ad me de terra.  Nunc ígitur maledíctus eris super terram, quæ apéruit os suum, et suscépit sánguinem fratris tui de manu tua.  Cum operátus fúeris eam, non dabit tibi fructus suos : vagus et prófugus eris super terram.

And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.  And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?  And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.  And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand; when thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.

V.  Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.
R.  Deo grátias.

V.  But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us.
R.  Thanks be to God.

R.  In princípio creávit Deus cælum et terram, et Spíritus Dei ferebátur super aquas : * Et vidit Deus cuncta quæ fécerat, et erant valde bona.
V.  Igitur perfécti sunt cæli et terra, et omnis ornátus eórum.
R.  Et vidit Deus cuncta quæ fécerat, et erant valde bona.

R.  In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth, and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters : * And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good.
V.  Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
R.  And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good.

In Feastdays of Simple rank :

V.  Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.
R.  Et vidit Deus cuncta quæ fécerat, et erant valde bona.

V.  Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
R.  And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good.

And on such Feastdays of Simple rank, the Third Lesson is read according to the Proper.

Proper Third Lesson

Dixítque Cain ad Dóminum : Major est iníquitas mea, quam ut véniam mérear.  Ecce éjicis me hódie a fácie terræ, et a fácie tua abscóndar, et ero vagus et prófugus in terra : omnis ígitur qui invénerit me, occídet me.  Dixítque ei Dóminus : Nequáquam ita fiet : sed omnis qui occíderit Cain, séptuplum puniétur.  Posuítque Dóminus Cain signum, ut non interfíceret eum omnis qui invenísset eum.  Egressúsque Cain a fácie Dómini, habitávit prófugus in terra ad orientálem plagam Eden.

And Cain said unto the Lord, My punishment is greater than I can bear.  Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.  And the Lord said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the Lord set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.  And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.

V.  Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.
R.  Deo grátias.

V.  But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us.
R.  Thanks be to God.

R.  Formávit Dóminus hóminem de limo terræ, * Et inspirávit in fáciem ejus spiráculum vitæ, et factus est homo in ánimam vivéntem.
V.  In princípio fecit Deus cælum et terram, et plasmávit in ea hóminem.
R.  Et inspirávit in fáciem ejus spiráculum vitæ, et factus est homo in ánimam vivéntem.
V.  Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.
R.  Et inspirávit in fáciem ejus spiráculum vitæ, et factus est homo in ánimam vivéntem.

R.  The Lord God formed man of the dust of the earth ; * And the Lord God breathed into his nostrils the Breath of Life, and he became man, even a living soul.
V.  In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth ; and therein formed he man.
R.  And the Lord God breathed into his nostrils the Breath of Life, and he became man, even a living soul.
V.  Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
R.  And the Lord God breathed into his nostrils the Breath of Life, and he became man, even a living soul.

The Office of Matins ends after the Third Respond.  The Te Deum is not said, and Lauds normally follows immediately, beginning with the Opening Versicles.  Otherwise, the Conclusion of Matins is read, according to the Rubrics.

Conclusion of Matins
 

After the conclusion of the First Nocturn, the Second Nocturn is begun according to the current weekday.

Second Nocturn

Vespers

Ad Magnif. Ant:  Non licet mihi, * quod volo fácere?  an óculus tuus nequam est?  quia ego bonus sum, dicit Dóminus.

Ant. on Magnif:  Is it not lawful * for me to do what I will?  is thine eye evil,  because I am good? saith the Lord.

MAGNIFICAT

THE MAGNIFICAT

Oremus.
Preces pópuli tui, quæsumus, Dómine, cleménter exáudi : ut, qui juste pro peccátis nostris afflígimur, pro tui nóminis glória misericórditer  liberémur.  Per Dóminum.

Let us pray.
O Lord, we beseech thee favourably to hear the prayers of thy people : that we, who are justly punished for our offences, may be mercifully delivered by thy goodness, for the glory of thy Name.  Through.

SUFFRAGE OF ALL SAINTS

CLOSING VERSICLES AND THAT WHICH FOLLOWETH