# Matins Nocturn 2 reading for St. Joseph, Spouse of the B.V.M.,
# Confessor (Mar 19) — SanctiM/03-19.txt's own Lectio2-9 all resolve
# back to `@Sancti/03-19:LectioN` (resliced for the Monastic 9/12-lesson
# structure with its own added responsories), so this saint's own
# proper content is sourced from the Tridentine track exactly as for a
# pre-1955 saint (see memory vu-matins-pre1955-saints,
# vu-matins-sanctim-saints).
# web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/03-19.txt, English/Sancti/03-19.txt.
# Lectio4-6 (St. Bernard's sermon comparing Joseph the Patriarch to
# Joseph the husband of Mary) combined into one reading, one continuous
# excerpt. Lectio7-9 reference `@Sancti/12-24:Lectio1-3` (Christmas
# Eve's own Nocturn 1 scripture reading) — not proper to Joseph, so not
# authored here. No responsory given for Lectio4-6.
id: st-joseph
readings:
  - nocturn: 2
    isGospel: false
    source: "St. Bernard of Clairvaux, Abbot, Homily 2 on Luke 1:26 (Missus est)"
    text:
      la: >-
        Quis et qualis homo fúerit beátus Joseph, cónice ex appellatióne, qua, licet
        dispensatória, méruit honorári ádeo, ut pater Dei et dictus et créditus sit; cónice et ex
        próprio vocábulo, quod augméntum non dúbitas interpretári. Simul et meménto magni illíus
        quondam Patriárchæ vénditi in Ægýpto; et scito ipsíus istum non solum vocábulum fuísse
        sortítum, sed et castimóniam adéptum, innocéntiam assecútum et grátiam.


        Síquidem ille Joseph, fratérna ex invídia vénditus et ductus in Ægýptum, Christi
        venditiónem præfigurávit: iste Joseph, Herodiánam invídiam fúgiens, Christum in Ægýptum
        portávit. Ille dómino suo fidem servans, dóminæ nóluit commiscéri: iste Dóminam suam,
        Dómini sui matrem, vírginem agnóscens et ipse cóntinens, fidéliter custodívit. Illi data
        est intellegéntia in mystériis somniórum: isti datum est cónscium fíeri atque partícipem
        cæléstium sacramentórum.


        Ille fruménta servávit non sibi, sed omni pópulo: iste Panem vivum e cælo servándum
        accépit tam sibi quam toti mundo. Non est dúbium, quin bonus et fidélis homo fúerit iste
        Joseph, cui Mater desponsáta est Salvatóris. Fidélis, inquam, servus, et prudens, quem
        constítuit Dóminus suæ Matris solátium, suæ carnis nutrítium, solum dénique in terris
        magni consílii coadjutórem fidelíssimum.
      en: >-
        What and what manner of man the blessed Joseph was, we may gather from that title
        wherewith, albeit only as a deputy, God deemed him fit to be honoured; he was both called,
        and supposed to be the Father of God. We may gather it from his very name, which, being
        interpreted, signifieth Increase. Remember likewise that great Patriarch who was sold into
        Egypt, and know that the Husband of Mary not only received his name, but inherited his
        purity, and was likened to him in innocence and in grace.


        If then, that Joseph that was sold by his brethren through envy, and was brought down to
        Egypt, was a type of Christ sold by a disciple, and handed over to the Gentiles, the other
        Joseph flying from the envy of Herod carried Christ into Egypt. That first Joseph kept
        loyal to his master, and would not carnally know his master's wife; that second Joseph knew
        that the Lady, the Mother of his Lord, was a virgin, and he himself remained faithfully
        virgin toward her. To that first Joseph it was given to know dark things in interpreting of
        dreams; to the second Joseph it was given in sleep to know the mysteries of the kingdom of
        heaven.


        The first Joseph laid by bread, not for himself, but for all people; the second Joseph
        received into his keeping that Living Bread Which came down from heaven, not for him only,
        but for the whole world. We cannot doubt but that that Joseph was good and faithful to whom
        was espoused the Mother of the Saviour. Yea, I say, he was a faithful and wise servant, whom
        the Lord appointed to be the comfort of His own Mother, the keeper of His own Body, and the
        only and trusty helper in the Eternal Counsels.
    status: { la: verified, en: verified }
