# Matins Nocturn 2-3 readings for St. Augustine of Canterbury, Bishop
# and Confessor (May 28). Sourced directly from
# web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/05-28.txt, English/Sancti/05-28.txt.
# Nocturn 2: Lectio4-6 combined into one reading, one continuous vita.
# Nocturn 3: his own Gospel citation ends "Et réliqua"/"And so on" with
# no full pericope given -- per the bare-incipit convention, only the
# homily (Lectio7-9, Pope St. Gregory the Great) is authored, isGospel:
# false, no citation field.
id: st-augustine-of-canterbury
readings:
  - nocturn: 2
    isGospel: false
    text:
      la: >-
        Augustinus Romæ in Lateranensi cœnobio monachus, a Gregorio Magno cum secus
        monachis fere quadraginta in Angliam missus est anno quingentesimo nonagesimo
        septimo, ut gentes illas ad Christum converteret. Erat eo tempore rex
        Ethelbertus in Cantio potentissimus, qui audita adventus Augustíni causa, eum
        cum sociis Cantuariam, sui regni metropolim, invitavit; ibique manendi et
        Christum prædicandi facultatem eidem liberaliter concessit. Quare sanctus vir
        prope Cantuariam oratorium exstruxit, ubi ipse aliquamdiu consedit, atque
        apostolicam vivendi rationem cum suis æmulatus est.


        Cælestis doctrina prædicatione plurimis firmata miraculis, ac vitai exemplo sic
        insulanos illos demulsit, ut eorum plerosque ad christianam fidem perduxerit, ac
        demum regem ipsum, quem cum innumero suorum comitatu sacro fonte lustravit,
        summa cum lætitia Berthæ regiæ uxoris, quæ christiana erat. Olim in Natali
        Domini, cum decem millibus et amplius baptismum in alveo fluminis Eboraci
        contulisset, quotquot ex iis morbo aliquo affecti erant, cum animæ salute,
        corporis quoque sanitatem recepisse memoriæ proditum est. Jussu Gregorii
        ordinatus episcopus, sedem Cantuariæ instituit in ecclesia Salvatoris a se
        erecta, in qua monachos operis sui subsidiarios collocavit; et sancti Petri
        monasterium, quod postea et a suo nomine dictum est, in suburbanis construxit.
        Idem Gregorius usum pallii cum facultate ecclesiasticæ hierarchiæ in Anglia
        instituendas ei concessit, quo novam étiam operariorum manum misit, nempe
        Mellitum, Justum, Paulinum, et Rufinianum.


        Dispositis ejus ecclesiæ rebus, synodum habuit Augustinus cum episcopis atque
        doctoribus veterum Britonum, qui in Paschæ celebratione aliusque ritibus ab
        Ecclesia Romana jamdudum dissidebant. Sed cum eos neque Apostolicæ Sedis
        auctoritate, neque miraculis movere posset ut dissidio cessarent, prophetico
        spiritu eis excidium prænuntiavit. Denique maximis pro Christo exantlutis
        laboribus, miraculis clarus, cum Mellitum Londinensi ecclesiæ præfecisset,
        Justum Roffensi, suæ Laurentium, in cælum migravit septimo Kalendas Junias,
        Ethelberto regnante, ac sepultus est in monasterio sancti Petri, quod exinde
        Cantuariensium Antistitum et aliquot regum conditorium fuit. Ejus cultum
        ferventi studio prosecutæ sunt Anglorum gentes, ac Leo decimus tertius Pontifex
        Maximus ejus Oificium et Missam ad universam extendit Ecclesiam.
      en: >-
        Augustine, the first Archbishop of Canterbury, and the Apostle of the English,
        was sent into England by blessed Gregory, and came thither in the year 597. At
        that time there was in Kent a most mighty king named Ethelbert, whose power
        reached even to the Humber. When this King had heard wherefore the holy man was
        come, he received him kindly, and bade him and his companions, who were all
        monks, to come to his own capital city of Canterbury; being struck with
        astonishment at the perfect blamelessness of their lives, and the power of the
        heavenly doctrine which they preached, and which God confirmed with signs
        following.


        They drew nigh to the city in solemn procession, singing the Litany, and
        bearing before them for their standard a silver cross and a picture of the Lord
        our Saviour painted on a panel. Hard by the city, upon the east side, there was
        a Church builded of old time in honour of St. Martin, and wherein the Queen, who
        was a Christian, was used to pray. There they first began to meet together, to
        sing, to pray, to celebrate Masses, to preach, and to baptize, until the King was
        turned to the faith, and the most part of his people were led by his example,
        (but not his authority,) to take the name of Christian, for he had learnt from
        his teachers and his own soul's physicians, that men are to be drawn, and not
        driven to heaven. And now Augustine, being ordained Archbishop of the English
        and of Britain, lest he should leave untravailed any part of the Lord's
        vineyard, asked from the Apostolic See a new band of labourers, Mellitus,
        Justus, Paulinus, and Rufinian.


        Having arranged the affairs of his church, Augustine held a synod with the
        bishops and doctors of the ancient Britons, who had long been at variance with
        the Roman Church in the celebration of Easter and other rites. But since he
        could not move them, either by the authority of the apostolic see or by
        miracles, to put an end to these variations, in a prophetic spirit he foretold
        their ruin. At length, after having endured many difficulties for Christ, and
        having become noted for miracles, when he had placed Mellitus in charge of the
        church of London, Justus of that of Rochester, and Laurence in charge of his own
        church, he passed to heaven on the 26th day of May, in the reign of Ethelbert,
        and was buried in the monastery of St. Peter, which thereafter became the
        burying-place of the bishops of Canterbury and of some kings. The English
        people honoured his memory with fervent zeal; and the Supreme Pontiff Leo XIII
        extended his Office and Mass to the universal Church.
    status: { la: verified, en: verified }

  - nocturn: 3
    isGospel: false
    source: "Pope St. Gregory the Great, Homilia 17 in Evangelia"
    text:
      la: >-
        Dominus et Salvator noster, fratres carissimi, aliquando nos sermonibus,
        aliquando vero operibus admonet. Ipsa etenim facta ejus præcepta sunt: quia dum
        aliquid tacitus facit, quid agere debeamus innotescit. Ecce enim binos in
        prædicationem discipulos mittit: quia duo sunt præcepta caritatis, Dei videlicet
        amor, et proximi: et minus quam inter duos caritas haberi non potest. Nemo enim
        proprie ad semetipsum habere caritatem dicitur: sed dilectio in alterum tendit,
        ut caritas esse possit.


        Ecce enim binos ad prædicandum discipulos Dominus mittit: quatenus hoc nobis
        tacitus innuat, quia qui caritatem erga alterum non habet, prædicationis
        officium suscipere nullatenus debet. Bene autem dicitur, quia misit eos ante
        faciem suam in omnem civitatem et locum, quo erat ipse venturus. Prædicatores
        enim suos Dominus sequitur: quia prædicatio prævenit, et tunc ad mentis nostræ
        habitaculum Dominus venit, quando verba exhortationis præcurrunt: atque per hoc
        veritas in mente suscipitur.


        Hinc namque eisdem prædicatoribus Isaias dicit: Parate viam Domini, rectas
        facite semitas Dei nostri. Hinc filiis Psalmista ait: Iter facite ei, qui
        ascendit super occasum. Super occasum namque Dominus ascendit: quia unde in
        passione occubuit, inde majorem suam gloriam resurgendo manifestavit. Super
        occasum videlicet ascendit; quia mortem quam pertulit, resurgendo calcavit. Ei
        ergo qui ascendit super occasum, iter facimus, cum nos ejus gloriam vestris
        mentibus prædicamus, ut eas et ipse post veniens, per amoris sui præsentiam
        illustret.
      en: >-
        Dearly beloved brethren, our Lord and Saviour doth sometimes admonish us by
        words, and sometimes by works. Yea, His very works do themselves teach us; for
        that which He doth silently His example still moveth us to copy. Behold how He
        sendeth forth His disciples to preach by two and two; since there are two
        commandments to love, that is, a commandment to love God, and a commandment to
        love our neighbour; and where there are not two, the one, being alone, hath not
        whereon to do the Lord's commandment. And no man can properly be said to love
        himself: for love tendeth outward toward our neighbour, if it be the love
        whereto the Gospel doth oblige us.


        Behold, the Lord sendeth forth His disciples to preach by two and two; and thus
        doing, He doth silently teach us that whosoever loveth not his neighbour, such
        an one it behoveth not to take upon him the office of a preacher. Well also is
        it said that He sent them before His face into every city and place whither He
        Himself would come. The Lord followeth His preachers; first cometh preaching,
        and then the Lord Himself cometh to the house of our mind, whither the word of
        exhortation hath come before; and so cometh the truth into our mind.


        Therefore to preachers saith Isaiah: "Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make
        straight an highway for our God." And again the Psalmist saith: "Spread a path
        before Him That rideth upon the West." The Lord rideth upon the West; above
        that from which in death He veiled His glory, hath He royally exalted that
        glory that excelleth, even the glory of His rising again. He rideth upon the
        West, Who, being risen again from the dead, is throned high above the death to
        which He bowed. Before Him, therefore, That rideth upon the West, we spread a
        path, when we set forth His glory before the eyes of your mind, to the end that
        He Himself may come after, and Himself enlighten the same your minds by His
        presence and His love.
    status: { la: verified, en: verified }
