# Matins Nocturn 2 reading for the Vigil of St. Matthew (Sep 20) —
# pre-1955-but-post-1617. Plain Sancti/09-20.txt is a different feast
# (Ss. Eustace and Companions) occupying this date in the general
# calendar; the vigil's own content is at the suffixed sibling file (see
# memory vu-matins-pre1955-saints's "critical wrinkle").
# web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/09-20o.txt, English/Sancti/09-20o.txt.
#
# Lectio1's Gospel portion (Luke 5:27-32) gives only the incipit ("Et
# réliqua"), so the bare Gospel reading isn't authored here (deferred,
# pending the bulk Vulgate/Douay-Rheims import). Lectio1's own homily
# portion + Lectio2-3 is one continuous excerpt from St. Ambrose's
# commentary, combined into a single reading. The English source only
# translates Lectio1's homily portion — Lectio2-3's English below is
# this project's own translation, not the reference engine's, so the
# whole reading is marked draft for English per this project's "prefer
# text over missing" policy. No responsory given in the source.
id: vigil-of-st-matthew
readings:
  - nocturn: 2
    isGospel: false
    source: "St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, Commentary on Luke, Book 5"
    text:
      la: >-
        Mystica est hæc vocátio publicani, quem sequi jubet, non corporis gressu, sed mentis
        afféctu. Itaque ille, prius avara de mercédibus, dura de labóribus periculisque nautárum
        emoluménta convértens, verbo vocatus, propria derelinquit, qui rapiebat aliena; ac, vile
        illud sedile destítuens, toto post Dóminum vestigio mentis incedit. Convivii quoque magni
        éxhibet apparátum; qui enim domicílio Christum récipit interno, maximis delectatiónibus
        exuberántium páscitur voluptátum.


        Itaque Dominus libenter ingreditur, et in ejus qui crediderit, recumbit affectu. Sed rursus
        accenditur invidia perfidorum, et futuræ pœnæ species præfiguratur. Epulantibus enim
        fidelibus, et in illo cœlorum recumbentibus regno, perfidia jejuna torquebitur. Simul
        ostenditur quantum intersit inter æmulos Legis et gratiæ, quod illi qui legem sequuntur,
        jejunæ mentis famem patiantur æternam: qui vero verbum in interioribus animæ receperunt,
        alimenti cœlestis et fontis ubertate recreati esurire et sitire non possunt.


        Et ideo qui animo jejunabant, murmurabant dicentes: Quare cum publicanis et peccatoribus
        manducat et bibit? Serpentina vox ista est. Denique hanc primam vocem serpens emisit, dicens
        Evæ: Quid utique dixit Deus: Nolite manducare ex omni ligno? Ergo patris sui venena
        diffundunt, qui dicunt: Quid utique cum publicanis et peccatoribus manducat et bibit? Unde
        Dominus cum peccatoribus manducando, etiam cum gentilibus non prohibet nos inire convivium,
        dicens: Non egent qui sani sunt, medico, sed qui male habent.
      en: >-
        There is a mystery in this calling of the publican, whom He biddeth to follow Him, not so
        much by bodily steps as by change of heart. Hitherto Levi had been making greedy gains from
        merchandise, cruel riches at the cost of sailors' toils and dangers; but now, at the call of
        a word, he, who had been plundering other men's goods, leaveth his own. He leaveth that base
        station, and followeth hard after the Lord with all his heart. And Levi made Him a great
        feast in his own house. He that welcometh Christ into his home, feasteth upon the excellency
        of all pleasures.


        And so the Lord gladly enters in, and reclines in the affection of him who has believed. But
        again the envy of the faithless is kindled, and the likeness of a punishment to come is
        prefigured. For while the faithful feast and recline in that kingdom of the heavens,
        unbelief, famished, will be tormented. At the same time it is shown how great a difference
        there is between the rivals of the Law and of grace: that those who follow the Law suffer an
        eternal hunger of a fasting mind, while those who have received the Word in the inward parts
        of the soul, refreshed by the abundance of heavenly food and of the fountain, cannot hunger
        or thirst.


        And so those who fasted in spirit murmured, saying: Why does he eat and drink with publicans
        and sinners? This is a serpent's voice. For indeed the serpent uttered this very first word,
        saying to Eve: Why indeed did God say, Do not eat of every tree? So they who say, Why indeed
        does he eat and drink with publicans and sinners, spread abroad the poison of their father.
        Whence the Lord, by eating with sinners, does not forbid us to enter also into feasting with
        the Gentiles, saying: They that are well have no need of a physician, but they that are
        sick.
    status: { la: verified, en: draft }
