Saturday in the Third 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

De Daniéle Prophéta

The Lesson is taken from Daniel the Prophet

In anno primo Daríi, fílii Assuéri de sémine Medórum, qui imperávit super regnum Chaldæórum, anno uno regni ejus ego Dániel intelléxi in libris númerum annórum, de quo factus est sermo Dómini ad Jeremíam prophétam, ut compleréntur desolatiónis Jerúsalem septuagínta anni, et pósui fáciem meam ad Dóminum Deum meum rogáre et deprecári in jejúniis, sacco et cínere.  Et orávi Dóminum Deum meum et conféssus sum et dixi : Obsecro, Dómine, Deus magne et terríbilis, custódiens pactum et misericórdiam diligéntibus te et custodiéntibus mandáta tua.  Peccávimus, iniquitátem fécimus, ímpie égimus et recéssimus et declinávimus a mandátis tuis ac judíciis.

In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans; in the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.  And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes: and I prayed unto the Lord my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments; we have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments.

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.

Adhuc me loquénte in oratióne, ecce vir Gábriel, quem víderam in visióne a princípio, cito volans tétigit me in témpore sacrifícii vespertíni et dócuit me et locútus est mihi dixítque : Dániel, nunc egréssus sum ut docérem te, et intellígeres : ab exórdio precum tuárum egréssus est sermo ; ego autem veni ut indicárem tibi, quia vir desideriórum es ; tu ergo animadvérte sermónem et intéllige visiónem.  Septuagínta  hebdómades abbreviátæ sunt super pópulum tuum et super urbem sanctam tuam, ut consummétur prævaricátio, et finem accípiat peccátum, et deleátur iníquitas, et adducátur justítia sempitérna, et impleátur visio et prophetía, et ungátur Sanctus sanctórum.

Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation.  And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding.  At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I am come to shew thee; for thou art greatly beloved: therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision.  Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.

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

Scito ergo et animadvérte : Ab éxitu sermónis ut íterum ædificétur Jerúsalem usque ad Christum ducem, hebdómades septem et hebdómades sexagínta duæ erunt, et rursum ædificábitur platéa et muri in angústia témporum.  Et post hebdómades sexagínta duas occidétur Christus, et non erit ejus pópulus qui eum negatúrus est ; et civitátem et sanctuárium dissipábit pópulus cum duce ventúro et finis ejus vástitas, et post finem belli statúta desolátio.  Confirmábit autem pactum multis hebdómada una, et in dimídio hebdómadis defíciet hóstia et sacrifícium, et erit in templo abominátio desolatiónis  et usque ad consummatiónem et finem perseverábit desolátio.

Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.  And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.  And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and in the temple shall be the abomination of desolation ; and even until the consummation, and the end shall endure the desolation.

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