Overview of resources for Matins
Where to find...
Invitatory antiphons
Hymns
Psalms and antiphons
Office canticles
Scriptural readings
Book reviews/notes on/links:
1. Breviaries (text only)
Using a breviary to say Matins
1963 monastic breviary
Using pre-1963 breviaries
Benedictine Breviary Matins
Benedictine psalters (Psalterium Monasticum; Psautier Monastique)
Matins only psalters
Psalm tone generator
3. Chant for invitatories, hymns, antiphons and responsories
Liber Responsorialis
Processionale Monasticum
Nocturnale Romanum
Gregofacsimil
Liber Hymnarius cum invitatriis & aliquibus responsoriis, Solesmes, 1983. Useful for texts of hymns, but note that texts and chants often don't line up with those in older books.
4. Readings
Lectio Divina Notes blog - Provides Sunday Matins readings and guide to weekly readings in the Office, as well as notes on selected books of the Bible.
Liturgical Readings
Divinum Officium website - The pre-Tridentine monastic option does not actually follow any known Benedictine calendar, and the readings and responsories are arranged as for and taken from the Roman Office, but still a useful source for translations of the texts.
Liber Hymnarius website - fantastic resource of online sound files, nicely arranged so you can find the appropriate seasonal tone
5. Other useful resources
Matthew Britt OSB, Hymns of the Office and Missal, 1922. Reprints also available.
Joseph Connelly, Hymns of the Roman Liturgy, Newman Press, 1957, reprinted by FSSP.
