Thursday in the Eighth Week
after the Octave of Pentecost

COLLECT OF THE PRECEDING SUNDAY

SUFFRAGE OF ALL SAINTS if it is said

CLOSING VERSICLES AND THAT WHICH FOLLOWETH
 

Matins

Venit autem Róboam in Sichem ; illuc enim congregátus erat omnis Israël ad constituéndum eum regem.  At vero Jeróboam fílius Nabat, cum adhuc esset in Ægypto prófugus a fácie regis Salomónis, audíta morte ejus, revérsus est de Ægypto.  Miserúntque et vocavérunt eum.  Venit ergo Jeróboam, et omnis multitúdo Israël, et locúti sunt ad Róboam dicéntes : Pater tuus duríssimum jugum impósuit nobis ; tu ítaque nunc immínue páululum de império patris tui duríssimo, quod impósuit nobis, et serviémus tibi.  Qui ait eis : Ite usque ad tértium diem, et revertímini ad me.

And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.  And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was yet in Egypt, heard of it, (for he was fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;) that they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying, Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee.  And he said unto them, Depart yet for three days, then come again to 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.  Præparáte corda vestra Dómino, et servíte illi soli : * Et liberábit vos de mánibus inimicórum vestrórum.
V.  Convertímini ad eum in toto corde vestro, et auférte deos aliénos de médio vestri.
R.  Et liberábit vos de mánibus inimicórum vestrórum.

R.  Prepare your hearts unto the Lord, and serve him only,  *  And he will deliver you out of the hand of your enemies.
V.  Return unto him with all your hearts, and put away the strange gods from among you.
R.  And he will deliver you out of the hand of your enemies.

Cumque abiísset pópulus, íniit consílium rex Róboam cum senióribus, qui assistébant coram Salomóne patre ejus cum adhuc víveret, et ait : Quod datis mihi consílium ut respóndeam pópulo huic?  Qui dixérunt ei : Si hódie obedíeris pópulo  huic et servíeris et petitióni eórum césseris locutúsque fúeris ad eos verba lénia, erunt tibi servi cunctis diébus.  Qui derelíquit consílium senum quod déderant ei, at adhíbuit adolescéntes, qui nutríti fúerant cum eo et assistébant illi.

And the people departed.  And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, that stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, and said, How do ye advise that I may answer this people?  And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever.  But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young men that were grown up with him, and which stood before 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.  Deus ómnium exaudítor est : ipse misit Angelum suum, et tulit me de óvibus patris mei : * Et unxit me unctióne misericórdiæ suæ.
V.  Dóminus, qui erípuit me de ore leónis, et de manu béstiæ liberávit me.
R.  Et unxit me unctióne misericórdiæ suæ.

R.  God, which heareth all, even he sent his Angel, and took me from keeping my father's sheep, *  Whereupon he anointed me with the anointing of his mercy.
V.  Even the Lord that delivered me out of the mouth of the lion and the paw of the bear.
R.  Whereupon he anointed me with the anointing of his mercy.

In Feastdays of Simple rank :

V.  Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.
R.  Et unxit me unctióne misericórdiæ suæ.

V.  Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
R.  Whereupon he anointed me with the anointing of his mercy.

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

Proper Third Lesson

Respondítque rex pópulo dura, derelícto consílio seniórum quod ei déderant, et locútus est eis secúndum consílium júvenum dicens : Pater meus aggravávit jugum vestrum, ego autem addam jugo vestro ; pater meus cécidit vos flagéllis, ego autem cædam vos scorpiónibus.  Et non acquiévit rex pópulo, quóniam aversátus fúerat eum Dóminus, ut suscitáret verbum suum, quod locútus fúerat in manu Ahíæ Silonítæ ad Jeróboam fílium Nabat.  Videns ítaque pópulus quod noluísset eos audíre rex, respóndit ei dicens : Quæ nobis pars in David? vel quæ heréditas in fílio Isai?

And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men's counsel that they gave him; and spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father also chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.  Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people; for the cause was from the Lord, that he might perform his saying, which the Lord spake by Ahijah the Shilónite unto Jeroboam the son of Nebat.  So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse.

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

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

R.  Dóminus, qui erípuit me de ore leónis, et de manu béstiæ liberávit me, * Ipse me erípiet de mánibus inimicórum meórum.
V.  Misit Deus misericórdiam suam et veritátem suam : ánimam meam erípuit de médio catulórum leónum.
R.  Ipse me erípiet de mánibus inimicórum meórum.
V.  Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.
R.  Ipse me erípiet de mánibus inimicórum meórum.

R.  The Lord that delivered me out of the mouth of the lion and the paw of the bear. * He it is who will now deliver me out of the hand of mine enemies.
V.  God hath sent forth his mercy and truth, and delivered my soul from among the lions.
R.  He it is who will now deliver me out of the hand of mine enemies.
V.  Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
R.  He it is who will now deliver me out of the hand of mine enemies.

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