Saturday in the Second Week of November

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

Matins

The Lesson is taken from Ezekiel the Prophet

Et convértit me ad portam domus, et ecce aquæ egrediebántur subter limen domus ad Oriéntem ; fácies enim domus respiciébat ad Oriéntem, aquæ autem descendébant in latus templi dextrum ad Merídiem altáris.  Et edúxit me per viam portæ Aquilónis et convértit me ad viam foras portam exteriórem, viam quæ respiciébat ad Oriéntem, et ecce aquæ redundántes a látere dextro.

Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the forefront of the house stood toward the east, and the waters came down from under from the right side of the house, at the south side of the altar.  Then brought he me out of the way of the gate northward, and led me about the way without unto the utter gate by the way that looketh eastward; and, behold, there ran out waters on the right side.

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

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

R.  Laudábilis pópulus, * Quem Dóminus exercítuum benedíxit dicens : Opus mánuum meárum tu es, heréditas mea Israël.
V.  Beáta gens, cujus est Dóminus Deus, pópulus eléctus in hereditátem.
R.  Quem Dóminus exercítuum benedíxit dicens : Opus mánuum meárum tu es, heréditas mea Israël.

R.  Blessed is the people  *  Whom the Lord of Hosts hath blest, saying : O Israel, thou art the work of mine own hands, thou art mine own inheritance.
V.  Blessed are the people whose God is the Lord, and blessed are the folk that he hath chosen to him to be his inheritance.
R.  Whom the Lord of Hosts hath blest, saying : O Israel, thou art the work of mine own hands, thou art mine own inheritance.

Cum egrederétur vir ad Oriéntem, qui habébat funículum in manu sua, et mensus est mille cúbitos et tradúxit me per aquam usque ad talos ; rursúmque mensus est mille et tradúxit me per aquam usque ad génua ; et mensus est mille et tradúxit me per aquam usque ad renes ; et mensus est mille, torréntem quem non pótui pertransíre, quóniam intumúerant aquæ profúndi torréntis, qui non potest transvadári.

And when the man that had the line in his hand went forth eastward, he measured a thousand cubits, and he brought me through the waters; the waters were to the ankles.  Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through the waters; the waters were to the knees. Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through; the waters were to the loins.  Afterward he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could not pass over: for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed over.

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

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

R.  Angústiæ mihi sunt úndique, et quid éligam ignóro ; * Mélius est mihi incídere in manus hóminum, quam derelínquere legem Dei mei.
V.  Si enim hoc égero, mors mihi est ; si autem non égero, non effúgiam manus vestras.
R.  Mélius est mihi incídere in manus hóminum, quam derelínquere legem Dei mei.

R.  I am straitened on every side, and know not what to choose ; * It is better for me to fall into the hands of men, than to sin against the law of God.
V.  For if I do this thing, it is death unto me : and if I do it not, I cannot escape your hands.
R.  It is better for me to fall into the hands of men, than to sin against the law of God.

In Feastdays of Simple rank :

V.  Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.
R.  Mélius est mihi incídere in manus hóminum, quam derelínquere legem Dei mei.

V.  Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
R.  It is better for me to fall into the hands of men, than to sin against the law of God.

And on such Feastdays of Simple rank, the Third Lesson is read according to the Proper.  In the Office of St. Mary on the Sabbath, the Third Lesson is read according to the month of the year.

Proper Third Lesson

Office of St. Mary on the Sabbath

Et dixit ad me : Certe vidísti, fili hóminis.  Et edúxit me et convértit ad ripam torréntis.  Cumque me convertíssem, ecce in ripa torréntis ligna multa nimis ex utráque parte.  Et ait ad me : Aquæ istæ, quæ egrediúntur ad túmulos sábuli Orientális et descéndunt ad plana desérti, intrábunt mare et exíbunt, et sanabúntur aquæ, et omnis ánima vivens quæ serpit, quocúmque vénerit torrens, vivet, et erunt pisces multi satis, postquam vénerint illuc aquæ istæ, et sanabúntur et vivent ómnia ad quæ vénerit torrens.

And he said unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen this? Then he brought me, and caused me to return to the brink of the river.  Now when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other.  Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: which being brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed.  And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live whither the river cometh.

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

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

R.  Misit Dóminus Angelum suum et conclúsit ora leónum,  * Et non contaminavérunt, quia coram eo injustítia invénta non est in me.
V.  Misit Deus misericórdiam suam et veritátem suam : ánimam meam erípuit de médio catulórum leónum.
R.  Et non contaminavérunt, quia coram eo injustítia invénta non est in me.
V.  Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.
R.  Et non contaminavérunt, quia coram eo injustítia invénta non est in me.

R.  The Lord hath sent his Angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, * That they have not hurt me ; forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me.
V.  God hath sent forth his mercy and his truth, and delivered my soul from among the lions' whelps.
R.  That they have not hurt me ; forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me.
V.  Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
R.  That they have not hurt me ; forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me.

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