Matins in Lutheranism
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A typical order of Matins from the Lutheran tradition is found in the Lutheran Service Book, the recently (2006) published hymnal of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod.
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)
- Collect of Day
- Others Collects and Prayers
- Collect for Grace [originally from Prime (liturgy)
- Benedicamus
- Benediction
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.
