Saturday in the Seventh Week
after the Octave of Pentecost

Matins

Replica of the Ark of the Covenant

Matins

Et perfécti omne opus, quod faciébat Sálomon in domo Dómini, et íntulit quæ sanctificáverat David pater suus, argéntum et aurum et vasa, reposuítque in thesáuris domus Dómini.  Tunc congregáti sunt omnes majóres natu Israël cum princípibus tríbuum et duces familiárum filiórum Israël ad regem Salomónem in Jerúsalem, ut deférrent arcam fœderis Dómini de civitáte David, id est de Sion.  Convenítque ad regem Salomónem univérsus Israël in mense Ethánim in solémni die (ipse est mensis séptimus).

So was ended all the work that king Solomon made for the house of the Lord. And Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated; even the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, did he put among the treasures of the house of the Lord.  Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David, which is Zion.  And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month.

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

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

R.  Peccávi super númerum arénæ maris, et multiplicáta sunt peccáta mea : et non sum dignus vidére altitúdinem cæli præ multitúdine iniquitátis meæ : quóniam irritávi iram tuam, * Et malum coram te feci.
V.  Quóniam iniquitátem meam ego cognósco : et delíctum meum contra me est semper, quia tibi soli peccávi.
R.  Et malum coram te feci.

R.  I have sinned above the number of the sands of the sea ; yea, I am not worthy to look up toward heaven because of the multitude of mine iniquities ; against thee only have I sinned ;  *   And done this evil in thy sight.
V.  I acknowledge my faults, and my sin is ever before me ; against thee only have I sinned.
R.  And done this evil in thy sight.

Venerúntque cuncti senes de Israël, et tulérunt arcam sacerdótes et portavérunt arcam Dómini et tabernáculum fœderis et ómnia vasa sanctuárii, quæ erant in tabernáculo, et ferébant ea sacerdótes et levítæ.  Rex autem Sálomon et omnis multitúdo Israël, quæ convénerat ad eum, gradiebátur cum illo ante arcam, et immolábant oves et boves absque æstimatióne et número.  Et intulérunt sacerdótes arcam fœderis Dómini in locum suum, in oráculum templi, in Sanctum sanctórum subter alas Chérubim ; síquidem Chérubim expandébant alas super locum arcæ et protegébant arcam et vectes ejus désuper.

And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.  And they brought up the ark of the Lord, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, even those did the priests and the Levites bring up.  And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, were with him before the ark, sacrifícing sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude.  And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord unto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the Holy of Holies, even under the wings of the cherubims.  For the cherubims spread forth their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.

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

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

R.  Exaudísti, Dómine, oratiónem servi tui, ut ædificárem templum nómini tuo : * Bénedic et sanctífica domum istam in sempitérnum, Deus Israël.
V.  Dómine, qui custodis pactum cum servis tuis, qui ámbulant coram te in toto corde suo.
R.  Bénedic et sanctífica domum istam in sempitérnum, Deus Israël.

R.  O Lord, thou who hast had respect unto the prayer of thy servant, that he should build a temple to thy Name, *  O Lord the God of Israel, bless and sanctify this thy House for ever.
V.  O Lord, thou who keepest Covenant with thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart.
R.  O Lord the God of Israel, bless and sanctify this thy House for ever.

In Feastdays of Simple rank and in the Office of St. Mary on the Sabbath :

V.  Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.
R.  Bénedic et sanctífica domum istam in sempitérnum, Deus Israël.

V.  Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
R.  O Lord the God of Israel, bless and sanctify this thy House for ever.

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

In arca autem non erat áliud nisi duæ tábulæ lapídeæ, quas posúerat in ea Móyses in Horeb, quando pépigit Dóminus fœdus cum fíliis Israël, cum egrederéntur de terra Ægypti.  Factum est autem, cum exíssent sacerdótes de sanctuário, nébula implévit domum Dómini, et non póterant sacerdótes stare et ministráre propter nébulam ; impléverat enim glória Dómini domum Dómini.  Tunc ait Sálomon : Dóminus dixit ut habitáret in nébula.

There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the Lord made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.  And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the Lord, so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of the Lord.  Then spake Solomon, The Lord said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

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

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

R.  Audi, Dómine, hymnum et oratiónem, quam servus tuus orat coram te hódie, ut sint óculi tui apérti, et aures tuæ inténtæ, * Super domum istam die ac nocte.
V.  Réspice, Dómine, de sanctuário tuo, et de excélso cælórum habitáculo.
R.  Super domum istam die ac nocte.
V.  Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.
R.  Super domum istam die ac nocte.

R.  Hearken unto the prayer, O Lord my God, which thy servant prayeth before thee today, that thine eyes may be open and thine ears attent * Toward this House day and night.
V.  Look down, O Lord, from thy holy place, and from thy dwelling place in the height of heaven.
R.  Toward this House day and night.
V.  Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
R.  Toward this House day and night.

Office of Three Lessons

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

The first part of Vespers is in the Ordinary

All as at Saturday Vespers except for what is proper as below

V.  Vespertína orátio ascéndat ad te, Dómine.
R.  Et descéndat super nos misericórdia tua.

V.  Let our evening prayer come up before thee, O Lord.
R.  And let thy mercy come down upon us.

Ad Magnif. Ant:  Exaudísti, Dómine, * oratiónem servi tui, ut ædificárem templum nómini tuo.

Ant. on Magnif:  O Lord, thou hast hearkened * unto the prayer of thy servant, that I might build a temple unto thy Name.

Oremus.
Largíre nobis, quæsumus, Dómine, semper spíritum cogitándi quæ recta sunt, propítius et agéndi : ut, qui sine te esse non póssumus, secúndum te vívere valeámus.  Per Dóminum.

Let us pray.
Grant unto us, O Lord, we beseech thee, the spirit to think and do always such things as be rightful, that we, who cannot do anything that is good without thee, may by thee be enabled to live according to thy will.  Through.

COMMEMORATIONS, if there be any

SUFFRAGE OF ALL SAINTS if it is said

CLOSING VERSICLES AND THAT WHICH FOLLOWETH