# Matins Nocturn 2-3 readings for St. John Baptist de la Salle,
# Confessor (May 15). Sourced directly from
# web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/05-15.txt, English/Sancti/05-15.txt.
# Nocturn 2: Lectio4-6 combined into one reading, one continuous vita.
# Nocturn 3: his own Gospel citation ends "Et réliqua"/"And so on, and
# that which followeth" with no full pericope given -- per the
# bare-incipit convention, only the homily (Lectio7-9, St. John
# Chrysostom) is authored, isGospel: false, no citation field.
id: st-john-baptist-de-la-salle
readings:
  - nocturn: 2
    isGospel: false
    text:
      la: >-
        Joánnes Baptista de la Salle, Rhemis claro genere ortus, puer adhuc móribus et
        factis in sortem Dómini se vocándum et sanctimoniæ laude honestándum portendit.
        Adoléscens in Rheménsi academía litteras ac philosophicas disciplínas didicit:
        quo témpore, etsi ob animi virtútes et álacre ingenium ac suave ómnibus carus
        esset, ab æqualium tamen societáte abhorrebat, ut solitudini addictus facílius
        Deo vacaret. In clericalem milítiam jampridem cooptatus, sexto décimo ætátis anno
        inter Rhemenses canonicos adscriptus est, Lutétiam Parisiórum, theologíæ in
        Sorbónica universitáte datúrus operam, contendit, atque in Sulpitianum seminárium
        adscítus est. At brevi paréntibus orbatus, domum régredi coactus, fratres
        educándos suscépit; quod, scientiárum interim sacrárum stúdia non intermittens,
        optimo cum fructu præstitit, uti éxitus comprobávit.


        Sacerdotio demum auctus, qua præstanti fide animique ardore primum ad aram fecit,
        eisdem toto vitæ témpore Sacris est operatus. Interea, salútis animárum studio
        incénsus, totum in earumdem utilitátem sese impendit. Sorórum a Jesu infante,
        puellis educandis institutárum, regimen suscépit; easque non modo prudentíssime
        est moderátus, sed ab excidio vindicávit. Hinc porro ánimum advértit ad púeros de
        plebe religióne bonisque móribus informándos. Atque in hoc quidem illum
        suscitaverat Deus, ut scilicet, nova in Ecclésia sua religiosórum hóminum família
        cóndita, puerórum, præsertim páuperum, scholis perenni efficacíque ratióne
        consuleret. Demandátum vero a Dei providéntia munus, per contradictiónes
        plurimas magnasque ærúmnas, feliciter implévit, fundáta fratrum sodalitate, quam
        a Scholis christiánis nuncupávit.


        Adjunctos ígitur sibi hómines in gravi opere et arduo, apud se primum suscépit;
        tum aptiori in sede constitutos disciplína sua optime imbuit iis légibus
        sapientibúsque institutis, quæ póstea a Benedicto décimo tertio sunt confírmata.
        Ex demissióne animi ac paupertátis amóre primum canonicatu se abdicávit,
        omniáque sua bona in páuperes erogávit; quin étiam serius, quod frustra sæpius
        tentaverat, fundáti a se institúti regimen sponte depósuit. Nihil tamen interim
        de fratrum sollicitúdine remíttens deque scholis ab eo, plúribus jam locis,
        apertis, impensius Deo vacare cœpit. Assidue jejuniis, flagellis aliisque
        asperitátibus in se ipsum sæviens, noctes orando ducebat. Donec, virtútibus
        ómnibus conspicuus, præsertim obediéntia, studio divinæ voluntátis implendæ,
        amóre ac devotióne in apostolicam Sedem; meritis onustus, sacramentis rite
        susceptis, obdormívit in Dómino annos natus duo de septuagínta. Eum Leo décimus
        tertius, Pontifex maximus, Beatórum catálogo inseruit; novisque fulgentem
        signis, anno jubilæi millesimo nongentésimo, Sanctórum honóribus decorávit. Pius
        vero duodecimus ómnium magistrórum púeris adulescentibúsque instituéndis
        præcipuum apud Deum cælestem Patronum constítuit.
      en: >-
        John Baptist de La Salle, born of an honourable family at Reims, when still a boy
        shewed by his manners and actions that he was called by destiny to the Lord, and
        was to be adorned with the excellence of holiness. As a youth he studied
        literature and the philosophical sciences at the academy at Rheims. During this
        time, although his mental powers and his lively and pleasant disposition
        endeared him to all, he nevertheless shrank from the company of his fellows, so
        that, being inclined to solitude, he might the more easily find time for God.
        Already having been for some time enlisted in the ranks of the clergy, he was
        enrolled among the canons of Reims at the age of sixteen years. He went to Paris
        to study theology at the university of the Sorbonne, and was admitted to the
        Sulpician seminary. But he was soon forced to return home because of the death
        of his parents, and undertook the education of his brothers, which he carried
        on, without meanwhile interrupting his sacred studies, and with the greatest
        success, as was proved by subsequent events.


        He was finally ordained priest, and said his first Mass with the intense faith
        and ardour of the soul which, throughout his whole life, he brought to those
        holy Mysteries. Meanwhile, burning with zeal for the salvation of souls, he
        devoted himself wholly to their service. He undertook the direction of the
        Sisters of the Infant Jesus, founded for the education of girls; and not only
        managed them most prudently, but saved their institute from dissolution. From
        this time onwards, he turned his attention to the education of poor boys in
        religion and good morals. And God had raised him up for this very end, namely,
        that he should found in his Church a new family of religious men, and should
        look after boys' schools, especially of poor boys, with unceasing and efficient
        care. And, indeed, this duty, entrusted to him by Divine providence, was
        successfully accomplished, in spite of very much opposition and great
        hardships, by the foundation of an institute of brothers which he named the
        Christian Schools.


        His male associates in this great and arduous work he at first received into his
        own house; and then, establishing them in a more suitable dwelling, thoroughly
        inspired them with his method and with those wise laws and regulations which
        were afterwards confirmed by Benedict XIII. Because of humility and love of
        poverty, he first resigned his canonry and distributed all his property among
        the poor; and later also, after many unsuccessful attempts to do so, he of his
        own will resigned the government of the institute which he had founded. But
        meanwhile his solicitude for the brothers and for the schools which he opened in
        different places did not lessen, though he began to give himself more diligently
        to God. Shewing his hatred for self in constant fastings, in the use of the
        discipline and in other austerities, he spent his nights in prayer. At length,
        conspicuous for every kind of virtue, especially obedience, and zeal for
        fulfilling the divine will, and love and devotion to the Apostolic See, full of
        merit, and having devoutly received the sacraments, he fell asleep in the Lord
        in the sixty-eighth year of his age. The Supreme Pontiff Leo XIII placed him in
        the list of the Blessed; and, illustrious by new miracles, he was adorned with
        honours of the Saints in the year of jubilee, 1900. Pius XII appointed him the
        special heavenly patron of all teachers of boys and young men.
    status: { la: verified, en: verified }

  - nocturn: 3
    isGospel: false
    source: "St. John Chrysostom, In Cap. 18 Matth. Hom. 60"
    text:
      la: >-
        Vidéte ne aliquem istórum contempséritis parvulórum, quia eórum Angeli Patris mei
        fáciem semper aspíciunt, et quia ego propter eos veni, et hæc Patris mei volúntas
        est. Ad tuéndos conservándosque pusillos diligentiores nos reddit. Pérspicis
        quam ingéntia in tutelam tenúium mœnia erexerit, et quantum studium curamque
        habeat, ne perdántur; tum quia supremas despiciéntibus eos pœnas státuit, tum
        quia summam pollicétur mercedem his qui curam eórum suscipiunt, idque tam suo
        quam Patris exemplo corróborat.


        Dóminum ígitur étiam nos imitemur, et nihil pro frátribus omittamus, étiam
        eórum quæ humília viliáque nimium vidéntur. Sed, si administratióne nostra étiam
        opus fúerit, quamvis ténuis atque abjéctus quidem, cui administrándum sit,
        fúerit, quamvis ardua nobis res atque labóris plena esse videátur; ómnia hæc pro
        fratris salúte tolerabilióra facilióraque, oro, videántur. Tanto enim studio
        tantáque cura Deus dignam esse ánimam osténdit, ut neque Fílio suo pepercerit.


        Si non est nobis satis ad salútem, quod virtuose ipse vivamus, sed oportet
        aliórum salútem re ipsa desiderare; cum neque nos recte vivámus neque alios
        hortemur, quid respondébimus? quæ nobis spes salútis réliqua erit? Quid majus
        quam ánimis moderari, quam adolescentulórum fingere mores? Omni certe pictore,
        omni certe statuario, ceterisque hujusmodi ómnibus excellentiórem hunc duco, qui
        juvenum animos fingere non ignoret.
      en: >-
        Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones, saith the Lord, for
        their Angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven. It was
        as though he had said: It was for them that I came, because this is the will of
        my Father. Thus doth he make it our duty to be full of thought and care for the
        protection and safety of these little ones. Ye see what vast ramparts he hath
        built for the protection of the little ones, and how much care and trouble he
        hath taken that they shall not be lost; yea, he pronounceth extreme penalties on
        them that despise them; and for them that undertake to care wholeheartedly for
        them he promiseth most high rewards. And all these things of his teaching, he
        doth further enforce by his own example and by the example of the eternal
        Father himself.


        Let us therefore take to heart what the Lord saith, and imitate his example. Let
        us neglect nothing which it is in our power to do for these our little brothers
        and sisters. Let us be ready to undertake any work on their behalf, even the
        most homely and mean (that is, homely and mean in the eyes of men). And if there
        should be some further need of our assistance, even to the point of
        self-denying and laborious effort on our part, let us render it graciously; and
        let us do these things the more so when our help is required for one that is
        tiny and unloved and unwanted. And let us practice ourselves in these things
        until they become tolerable to us, and even easy, because we do them for the
        sake of one who is our little brother or sister in Christ. For God hath made
        evident that every soul is worthy of so much diligent care that he spared not
        his own Son for the sake of such.


        If it be not enough for our salvation that we ourselves live virtuously, but we
        should desire in very truth the salvation of others; what shall we answer, if we
        do not live right nor teach others? What hope of salvation will remain unto us?
        What is nobler than to rule minds or to mould the character of the young? I
        consider that he who knoweth how to form the youthful mind is truly greater than
        all painters, sculptors, and all others of that sort.
    status: { la: verified, en: verified }
