# Matins Nocturn 2 reading for the Vigil of St. Andrew the Apostle
# (Nov 29) — pre-1955-but-post-1617 (no SanctiM/11-29*.txt at all).
# web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/11-29.txt, English/Sancti/11-29.txt.
#
# Lectio1's Gospel portion (John 1:35-51) 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. Augustine's
# Tractate 7 on John, combined into a single reading. No responsory
# given.
id: vigil-of-st-andrew
readings:
  - nocturn: 2
    isGospel: false
    source: "St. Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Tractate 7 on John"
    text:
      la: >-
        Quia talis erat Joannes amicus sponsi, non quærebat gloriam suam, sed testimonium perhibebat
        veritati: numquid voluit apud se remanere discipulos suos, ut non sequerentur Dominum? Magis
        ipse ostendit discipulis suis quem sequerentur: habebant enim illum tamquam agnum. Et ille:
        Quid me attenditis: Ego non sum agnus. Ecce Agnus Dei. De quo et superius dixerat: Ecce
        Agnus Dei. Et quid nobis prodest Agnus Dei? Ecce, ait, qui tollit peccatum mundi. Secuti sunt
        illum, hoc audito, duo qui erant cum Joanne.


        Videamus sequentia. Ecce Agnus Dei. Hoc Joannes. Et audierunt eum duo discipuli loquentem, et
        secuti sunt Jesum. Non sic illum sequebantur, quasi jam ut inhærerent illi: nam manifestum
        est, quando illi inhæserunt, quia de navi eos vocavit. In his enim duobus erat Andreas, sicut
        modo audistis. Andreas autem frater Petri erat. Et novimus in Evangelio quod Petrum et
        Andream Dominus de navi vocavit, dicens: Venite post me, et faciam vos piscatores hominum. Et
        ex illo jam inhæserunt illi, ut non recederent.


        Modo ergo quod illum sequuntur isti duo, non quasi non recessuri sequuntur, sed videre
        voluerunt ubi habitaret, et facere quod scriptum est: Limen ostiorum ejus exterat pes tuus:
        surge ad illum venire assidue, et erudire præceptis ejus. Ostendit eis ille ubi maneret:
        venerunt, et fuerunt cum illo. Quam beatum diem duxerunt, quam beatam noctem! Quis est, qui
        nobis dicat quæ audierint illi a Domino? Aedificemus et nosmetipsi in corde nostro, et
        faciamus domum, quo veniat ille, et doceat nos, et colloquatur nobis.
      en: >-
        Since John was the friend of the Bridegroom, he sought not his own glory, but bare witness to
        the truth. Would he that his disciples should remain with him rather than that they should
        follow the Lord? Nay, he showed his disciples Whom they should follow. They thought that he
        himself was the Lamb; but he saith: Why wait ye on me? I am not the Lamb. Behold the Lamb of
        God! This was He of Whom he had already said above: Behold the Lamb of God! And what use to
        us is the Lamb of God? Behold the Lamb of God, saith John, Which taketh away the sin of the
        world. And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.


        Let us see what followed. John stood, and two of his disciples; and looking on Jesus as He
        walked, he saith: Behold the Lamb of God! And the two disciples heard him speak, and they
        followed Jesus. They followed Him, not yet to cleave unto Him, for it is manifest that they
        clave unto Him only after that He had called them out of the ship. One of the two which
        heard John speak, and followed Him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. And we know how it is
        written in the Gospel of Matthew: Jesus walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren,
        Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were
        fishers. And He saith unto them: Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men. And they
        straightway left their nets and followed Him.


        From that time, therefore, was it that they clave unto Him continuously. Then Jesus turned,
        and saw them following, and saith unto them: What seek ye? They said unto Him: Rabbi, which
        is to say, being interpreted, Master, where dwellest Thou? So they follow Him now, not as to
        cleave unto Him for ever, but as to know where He dwelt, and to obey that which is written:
        If thou see a man of understanding, go to him early in the morning, and let thy foot wear the
        steps of his doors. He saith unto them: Come and see. They came and saw where He dwelt, and
        abode with Him that day. O what a blessed day! O what a blessed night! for it was about the
        tenth hour. Who shall tell what they heard from the Lord? O let us also build an house in
        our hearts, where He may come, and teach us, and talk with us!
    status: { la: verified, en: verified }
