Matins in Lutheranism

For other uses, see Matins (disambiguation).

A typical order of Matins in Lutheranism is found in the Lutheran Service Book, the recently (2006) published hymnal of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod.

This order combines features that were found in the Medieval orders of Matins, Lauds, and Prime into a single morning service. Lutherans in general retained the Order of Matins for use in schools and in larger city parishes throughout the 16th and 17th centuries. The orders experienced a revival in the Confessional Renewal that took place in the 19th century, and now have a stable place in modern Lutheran liturgical books.

Order of Matins

The Order of Matins is as follows:

• Opening Versicles with Gloria Patri

• Invitatory and Venite, with Invitatory repeated

• Additional Psalms

• Office Hymn

• Reading(s)

• Responsory

• Canticle (Te Deum or Benedictus)

• Kyrie

• Our Father

• Collect of Day

• Others Collects and Prayers

• Collect for Grace (originally from Prime)

• Benedicamus Domino

• Benediction