Monday in the Second Week of August

If today be a Feria, the Collect is taken from the preceding Sunday as given in the Ordo.

Matins

De libro Ecclesiástæ

The Lesson is taken from
the Book of Ecclesiastes

Dixi ego in corde meo : Vadam et áffluam delíciis et fruar bonis ; et vidi quod hoc quoque esset vánitas.  Risum reputávi errórem et gáudio dixi : Quid frustra decíperis?  Cogitávi in corde meo abstráhere a vino carnem meam, ut ánimum meum transférrem ad sapiéntiam, devitarémque stultítiam, donec vidérem quid esset útile fíliis hóminum, quo facto opus est sub sole número diérum vitæ suæ.  Magnificávi ópera mea, ædificávi mihi domos et plantávi víneas.

I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.  I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?  I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.  I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards.

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

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

R.  Ne derelínquas me, Dómine, pater et dominátor vitæ meæ, ut non córruam in conspéctu adversariórum meórum : * Ne gáudeat de me inimícus meus.
V.  Apprehénde arma et scutum et exsúrge in adjutórium mihi.
R.  Ne gáudeat de me inimícus meus.

R.  Leave me not, O Lord, thou Father and Governor of my whole life, lest I fall before mine adversaries, *  And mine enemy rejoice over me.
V.  Lay hand upon the shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.
R.  And mine enemy rejoice over me.

Possédi servos et ancíllas multámque famíliam hábui, arménta quoque et magnos óvium greges, ultra omnes qui fuérunt ante me in Jerúsalem ; coacervávi mihi argéntum et aurum et substántias regum ac provinciárum ; feci mihi cantóres et cantatríces et delícias filiórum hóminum, scyphos et úrceos in ministério ad vina fundénda, et supergréssus sum ópibus omnes qui ante me fuérunt in Jerúsalem : sapiéntia quoque perseverávit mecum.

I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me: I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.  So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.

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

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

R.  Magna enim sunt judícia tua, Dómine, et inenarrabília verba tua : * Magnificásti pópulum tuum et honorásti.
V.  Transtulísti illos per Mare Rubrum et transvexísti eos per aquam nímiam.
R.  Magnificásti pópulum tuum et honorásti.

R.  Great are thy judgments, O Lord, and thy words cannot be expressed. *  For thou dost magnify thy people, and glorify them.
V.  Thou hast brought them through the Red Sea, and led them through much water.
R.  For thou dost magnify thy people, and glorify them.

In Feastdays of Simple rank :

V.  Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.
R.  Magnificásti pópulum tuum et honorásti.

V.  Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
R.  For thou dost magnify thy people, and glorify them.

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

Proper Third Lesson

Et ómnia, quæ desideravérunt óculi mei, non negávi eis, nec prohíbui cor meum, quin omni voluptáte fruerétur et oblectáret se in his quæ præparáveram ; et hanc ratus sum partem meam si úterer labóre meo.  Cumque me convertíssem ad univérsa opera, quæ fécerant manus meæ, et ad labóres in quibus frustra sudáveram, vidi in ómnibus vanitátem et afflictiónem animi et nihil permanére sub sole.

And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.  Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.

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

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

R.  Quæ sunt in corde hóminum, óculi tui vident, Dómine, et in libro tuo ómnia scribéntur : * Homo videt in fácie, Deus autem in corde.
V.  Omnia enim corda scrutátur, et univérsas méntium cogitatiónes intélligit.
R.  Homo videt in fácie, Deus autem in corde.
V.  Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.
R.  Homo videt in fácie, Deus autem in corde.

R.  O Lord, thine eyes behold what is in the heart of man, and in thy book are all things written. * Yea, man looketh on the outward appearance, but God looketh on the heart.
V.  For the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts.
R.  Yea, man looketh on the outward appearance, but God looketh on the heart.
V.  Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
R.  Yea, man looketh on the outward appearance, but God looketh on the heart.

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