# Verified against Divinum Officium (Monastic Tridentinum 1617), Sext
# live query, the Nativity of St. John the Baptist's own day (2026-06-24,
# clean year).
id: sext-capitulum-nativity-of-st-john-the-baptist
text:
  la: |
    Et nunc, hæc dicit Dóminus formans me ex útero servum sibi: Dedi te in lucem géntium, ut sis salus mea usque ad extrémum terræ.
    R. Deo grátias.
    V. Inter natos mulíerum non surréxit major.
    R. Joánne Baptísta.
  en: |
    And now, saith the Lord that formed me from the womb to be His servant, I have given thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be My salvation unto the end of the earth.
    R. Thanks be to God.
    V. Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater.
    R. Than John the Baptist.
citation:
  la: "Isa 49:5-6"
  en: "Isa 49:5-6"
status:
  la: verified
  en: verified
