# Verified against Divinum Officium (Monastic Tridentinum 1617), live
# prayMatutinum query (2025-09-15). Matins reading for day 8, the Nativity's
# own octave-concluding day (In Octavam Nativitatis B.M.V.) -- a direct
# Scripture reading (Canticles 1:1-10), resolved from
# data/scripture/cant-1.yml (2026-08 decision).
id: nativity-bvm-octave-day-8
source:
  la: "Incípiunt Cántica canticórum"
  en: "Here begins the Song of Songs"
passages:
  - { book: cant, chapter: 1, verses: "1-3" }
  - { book: cant, chapter: 1, verses: "4-6" }
  - { book: cant, chapter: 1, verses: "7-10" }
responsory:
  la: |
    ℟. Hódie nata est beáta Virgo María ex progénie David; * Per quam salus mundi credéntibus appáruit, cujus vita gloriósa lucem dedit sǽculo. ℣. Nativitátem beátæ Maríæ Vírginis cum gáudio celebrémus. ℟. Per quam salus mundi credéntibus appáruit, cujus vita gloriósa lucem dedit sǽculo.
  en: |
    ℟. This day was the Blessed Virgin Mary born of the lineage of David. * The same is she through whom the salvation of the world hath been manifested before the eyes of all believers. This is she whose glorious life hath given light to the world. ℣. Let us keep with rejoicing the Birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary. ℟. The same is she through whom the salvation of the world hath been manifested before the eyes of all believers. This is she whose glorious life hath given light to the world.
status:
  la: verified
  en: verified
