Matins were sung in the choir, the priests giving the responses lower down in the stalls.
Matins includes the invitatory, hymn, twelve responsories, and the third nocturn's four lessons and first canticle with its antiphon.
If they arrive in the middle of a funeral or a wedding or matins or evensong, it is a bore for them.
There used to be a very sensible service for elderly people: matins and communion.
After matins, elderly people stayed behind if they had been unable to get to the 8 o'clock service.
We do not know whether we should miss the matins of a new day or the prolonged vespers of the old day.
In this way we would protect the churches in the morning, with matins until 12 o'clock, nor would customers ruin the roast beef, which would make the women happy.
The service of matins was structured in three nocturnes, each with three readings and responsories.
