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Roman Catholic AnswerMatins is night prayer, the first of the eight daily Offices (Matins, Lauds, Prime, Terce, Sext, None, Vespers, and Compline) and was prayed once each night, St. Benedict, in his Rule, directed that Matin be prayed "shortly after midnight, when the monks arise, digestion having been completed."
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