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Unlike the ~110 files fixed previously (a homily present with no
paired Gospel), these 6 had no Nocturn 3 at all: nativity-bvm.yml
(Matt 1:1-16 + St. Jerome), ss-cletus-and-marcellinus.yml/
ss-soter-and-caius.yml (Common-of-Popes, Matt 16:13-19 + Leo's Sermon
2 on his own Election, reused from st-martin-i.yml), ss-cornelius-and-
cyprian.yml (Common-of-Martyrs, Luke 21:9-19 + Gregory's Homily 35),
ss-seven-brothers-rufina-and-secunda.yml (a proper override, Matt
12:46-50 + Gregory's Homily 3), and st-anacletus.yml (an alternate
"rubrica 1570 aut rubrica 1617" variant carrying real content the
file's modern-rubric default lacks entirely -- Luke 14:26-33 +
Gregory's Homily 37, English composed directly from the Latin where
no reference-engine translation lines up with this Lectio split).

npm test (2029 passed) and tsc --noEmit both pass; live-verified via
resolveOrdo on all 6 saints' real dates.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01MKC2QQGLYo2UTiDjDyWEkW
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# Checked 2026-09-05 for a Gospel pairing: this reading (Augustine's
# Sermon 18, Lectio4-6) is Nocturn 2, not Nocturn 3 -- it is a
# panegyric on Mary's nativity generally, not an exegesis of a Gospel
# pericope, so no isGospel pairing applies to it. Note for a future
# pass: the source file (horas/Latin/Sancti/09-08.txt) does carry its
# own genuine Nocturn 3 (Lectio7-9: Gospel Matt 1:1-16, the genealogy,
# with St. Jerome's Commentary on Matthew Bk. 1 as the homily) that is
# not authored anywhere in this store at all -- a real content gap,
# but a new reading pair rather than a missing Gospel citation on an
# existing homily, so out of scope for this pass.
# pericope, so no isGospel pairing applies to it.
#
# Update (2026-09-05, second pass): Nocturn 3 now authored too --
# horas/Latin/Sancti/09-08.txt's own Lectio7-9 (Gospel Matt 1:1-16, the
# genealogy, bare incipit; St. Jerome's Commentary on Matthew Bk. 1 as
# the homily, Lectio7's own portion + Lectio8-9 combined per this
# store's recombine convention). Full Gospel pericope sourced from this
# feast's own Missale [Evangelium] (missa/Latin/Sancti/09-08.txt's own
# `@Sancti/08-16` redirect, St. Hyacinth's date reusing the same
# genealogy text), English the parallel missa/English/Sancti/08-16.txt.
id: nativity-bvm
readings:
- nocturn: 2
@@ -76,3 +79,103 @@ readings:
hath done to me great things. The new miracle of Mary's delivery hath effaced the curse
of the frail backslider, and the singing of Mary hath silenced the wailing of Eve.
status: { la: verified, en: verified }
- nocturn: 3
isGospel: true
citation: { la: "Matt 1:1-16", en: "Matt 1:1-16" }
text:
la: >-
Liber generatiónis Jesu Christi, fílii David, fílii Abraham. Abraham génuit Isaac. Isaac
autem génuit Jacob. Jacob autem génuit Judam et fratres ejus. Judas autem génuit Phares
et Zaram de Thamar. Phares autem génuit Esron. Esron autem génuit Aram. Aram autem génuit
Amínadab. Amínadab autem génuit Naásson. Naásson autem génuit Salmon. Salmon autem génuit
Booz de Rahab. Booz autem génuit Obed ex Ruth. Obed autem génuit Jesse. Jesse autem
génuit David regem. David autem rex génuit Salomónem ex ea, quæ fuit Uriæ. Sálomon autem
génuit Róboam. Róboam autem génuit Abíam. Abías autem génuit Asa. Asa autem génuit
Jósaphat. Jósaphat autem génuit Joram. Joram autem génuit Ozíam. Ozías autem génuit
Jóatham. Jóatham autem génuit Achaz. Achaz autem génuit Ezechíam. Ezechías autem génuit
Manássen. Manásses autem génuit Amon. Amon autem génuit Josíam. Josías autem génuit
Jechoníam et fratres ejus in transmigratióne Babylónis. Et post transmigratiónem
Babylónis: Jechonías génuit Saláthiel. Saláthiel autem génuit Zoróbabel. Zoróbabel autem
génuit Abiud. Abiud autem génuit Elíacim. Elíacim autem génuit Azor. Azor autem génuit
Sadoc. Sadoc autem génuit Achim. Achim autem génuit Eliud. Eliud autem génuit Eleázar.
Eleázar autem génuit Mathan. Mathan autem génuit Jacob. Jacob autem génuit Joseph, virum
Maríæ, de qua natus est Jesus, qui vocátur Christus.
en: >-
The book of the origin of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the son of Abraham. Abraham
begot Isaac, Isaac begot Jacob, Jacob begot Judas and his brethren. Judas begot Phares and
Zara of Thamar, Phares begot Esron, Esron begot Aram. And Aram begot Aminadab, Aminadab
begot Naasson, Naasson begot Salmon. Salmon begot Booz of Rahab. Booz begot Obed of Ruth,
Obed begot Jesse, Jesse begot David the King. And David the king begot Solomon of the
former wife of Urias. Solomon begot Roboam, Roboam begot Abia, Abia begot Asa. And Asa
begot Josaphat, Josaphat begot Joram, Joram begot Ozias. And Ozias begot Joatham, Joatham
begot Achaz, Achaz begot Ezechias. And Ezechias begot Manasses, Manasses begot Amon, Amon
begot Josias. And Josias begot Jechonias and his brethren at the time of the carrying
away to Babylon. And after the carrying away to Babylon, Jechonias begot Salathiel,
Salathiel begot Zorobabel. And Zorobabel begot Abiud, Abiud begot Eliachim, Eliachim
begot Azor. And Azor begot Sadoc, Sadoc begot Achim, Achim begot Eliud. And Eliud begot
Eleazar, Eleazar begot Matthan, Matthan begot Jacob. And Jacob begot Joseph, the husband
of Mary, and of her was born Jesus Who is called Christ.
status: { la: verified, en: verified }
- nocturn: 3
isGospel: false
source: "St. Jerome, Priest, Commentary on Matthew, Bk. 1, in initium"
text:
la: >-
In Isaía légimus: Generatiónem ejus quis enarrábit? Non ergo putémus Evangelístam
Prophétæ esse contrárium, ut quod ille impossíbile dixit effátu, hic narráre incípiat:
quia ibi de generatióne Divinitátis, hic de incarnatióne est dictum. A carnálibus autem
cœpit, ut per hóminem, Deum díscere incipiámus. Fílii David, fílii Abraham. Ordo
præpósterus, sed necessário commutátus. Si enim primum posuísset Abraham et póstea David,
rursus ei repeténdus fúerat Abraham, ut generatiónis séries texerétur.
Ideo autem, céteris prætermíssis, horum fílium nuncupávit, quia ad hos tantum facta est
de Christo repromíssio. Ad Abraham: In sémine, inquit, tuo benedicéntur omnes gentes,
quod est Christus. Ad David: De fructu ventris tui ponam super sedem tuam. Judas autem
génuit Phares et Zaram de Thamar. Notándum, in genealogía Salvatóris nullam sanctárum
assúmi mulíerum, sed eas quas Scriptúra reprehéndit; ut, qui propter peccatóres vénerat,
de peccatóribus nascens, ómnium peccáta deléret. Unde et in consequéntibus Ruth Moabítis
pónitur, et Bethsabée uxor Uríæ.
Jacob autem génuit Joseph. Hunc locum objécit nobis Juliánus Augústus de dissonántia
Evangelistárum, cur Evangelísta Matthǽus Joseph díxerit fílium Jacob et Lucas eum fílium
appellárit Heli; non intéllegens consuetúdinem Scripturárum, quod alter secúndum natúram,
alter secúndum legem ei pater sit. Scimus enim hoc per Móysen, Deo jubénte, præcéptum, ut,
si frater aut propínquus absque líberis mórtuus fúerit, álius accípiat uxórem ad
suscitándum semen fratris vel propínqui sui. Joseph virum Maríæ. Cum virum audíeris,
suspício tibi non súbeat nuptiárum; sed recordáre consuetúdinis Scripturárum, quod sponsi
viri, et sponsæ vocéntur uxóres.
en: >-
In Isaiah we read: Who shall declare his generation? Let us not, then, think that the
Evangelist is contrary to the Prophet, so that what the Prophet said was impossible to
utter, the Evangelist should begin to narrate: for there it is spoken of the generation
of His Godhead, here of His Incarnation. He began from the things of the flesh, that
through man we might begin to know God. The son of David, the son of Abraham. The order
is reversed, but of necessity changed. For if he had put Abraham first and David after,
Abraham would have had to be repeated again, that the series of the generation might be
woven together.
Matthew first calleth Christ the son of these twain only, Abraham and David, all others
being passed over, because unto these twain only was the promise concerning Christ made.
To Abraham: In thy seed, saith He, shall all nations be blessed, which is Christ. To
David: Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne. And Judas begat Phares and
Zara of Thamar. It is to be noted that in the genealogy of the Saviour none of the holy
women is taken, but those whom Scripture reproves; that He Who came for the sake of
sinners, being born of sinners, might blot out the sins of all. Whence also in what
follows is set Ruth the Moabitess, and Bathsheba the wife of Urias.
And Jacob begat Joseph. This passage Julian Augustus objected to us on account of the
seeming disagreement of the Evangelists, why the Evangelist Matthew called Joseph the son
of Jacob, and Luke calls him the son of Heli; not understanding the custom of the
Scriptures, that one is his father according to nature, another according to the law. For
we know this was commanded through Moses, at God's bidding, that if a brother or kinsman
should die without children, another should take his wife to raise up seed to his brother
or kinsman. Joseph the husband of Mary. When you hear the word husband, let no suspicion
of marriage come upon you; but remember the custom of the Scriptures, that betrothed men
and women are called husbands and wives.
status: { la: verified, en: verified }
@@ -19,13 +19,14 @@
# Nocturn 2 (Lectio4-6). St. Ambrose's Sermon 22 is a generic
# post-Paschaltide "rejoice with the Martyrs" homily reused verbatim
# for several other martyr-Popes (see ss-soter-and-caius.yml), not tied
# to any Gospel pericope -- no isGospel pairing applies. Note for a
# future pass: 04-26.txt's own [Rule] ("vide C3b") inherits a genuine
# Nocturn 3 wholesale from the Common of Popes (C3b -> C4b ->
# missa/Latin/Commune/Coronatio.txt: Matt 16:13-19, "Tu es Petrus")
# that is not authored anywhere in this store at all -- a real content
# gap, but a new reading pair rather than a missing Gospel citation on
# an existing homily, so out of scope for this pass.
# to any Gospel pericope -- no isGospel pairing applies.
#
# Update (2026-09-05, second pass): Nocturn 3 now authored too --
# 04-26.txt's own [Rule] ("vide C3b") inherits it wholesale from the
# Common of Popes (C3b -> C4b -> Sancti/03-12: Matt 16:13-19, "Tu es
# Petrus", Pope St. Leo the Great's own Sermon 2 on the Anniversary of
# his Election) -- reused verbatim from `st-martin-i.yml`, already
# authored this session with the identical Common-of-Popes text.
id: ss-cletus-and-marcellinus
readings:
- nocturn: 2
@@ -102,3 +103,112 @@ readings:
consolation. And again: If we suffer, we shall also reign with Him. He, therefore, that
endureth sorrow for Christ, must needs also have glory with Christ.
status: { la: verified, en: verified }
- nocturn: 3
isGospel: true
citation: { la: "Matt 16:13-19", en: "Matt 16:13-19" }
text:
la: >-
In illo témpore: Venit Jesus in partes Cæsaréæ Philíppi, et interrogábat discípulos suos,
dicens: Quem dicunt hómines esse Fílium hóminis? At illi dixérunt: Alii Joánnem Baptístam,
alii autem Elíam, álii vero Jeremíam, aut unum ex prophétis. Dicit illis Jesus: Vos autem
quem me esse dícitis? Respóndens Simon Petrus, dixit: Tu es Christus, Fílius Dei vivi.
Respóndens autem Jesus, dixit ei: Beátus es, Simon Bar Jona: quia caro et sanguis non
revelávit tibi, sed Pater meus, qui in cœlis est. Et ego dico tibi, quia tu es Petrus, et
super hanc petram ædificábo Ecclésiam meam, et portæ ínferi non prævalébunt advérsus eam.
Et tibi dabo claves regni cœlórum. Et quodcúmque ligáveris super terram, erit ligátum et
in cœlis: et quodcúmque sólveris super terram, erit solútum et in cœlis.
en: >-
At that time, Jesus came into the quarters of Cæsarea Philippi, and He asked His
disciples, saying, "Whom do men say that the Son of Man is?" But they said, "Some John
the Baptist, and other some Elias, and others Jeremias, or one of the prophets." Jesus
saith to them, "But whom do you say that I am?" Simon Peter answered and said, "Thou art
Christ, the Son of the living God." And Jesus answering, said to him, "Blessed art thou,
Simon Bar-Jona, because flesh and blood hath not revealed it to thee, but My Father Who
is in heaven. And I say to thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build My
Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. And I will give to thee the
keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatsoever thou shalt bind upon earth, it shall be
bound also in heaven, and whatsoever thou shalt loose upon earth, it shall be loosed also
in heaven."
status: { la: verified, en: verified }
- nocturn: 3
isGospel: false
source: "Pope St. Leo the Great, Sermon 2 on the Anniversary of his own Election (on Matt 16:13-19)"
text:
la: >-
Cum, sicut evangelica lectióne reserátum est, interrogasset Dóminus discipulos, quem
ipsum (multis diversa opinántibus) crederent; respondissétque beátus Petrus, dicens:
Tu es Christus Fílius Dei vivi; Dóminus ait: Beátus es, Simon Bar-Jona, quia caro et
sanguis non revelávit tibi, sed Pater meus, qui in cælis est: et ego dico tibi, quia
tu es Petrus, et super hanc petram ædificábo Ecclésiam meam, et portæ ínferi non
prævalébunt advérsus eam. Et tibi dabo claves regni cælórum: et quodcúmque ligáveris
super terram, erit ligátum et in cælis: et quodcúmque solveris super terram, erit
solutum et in cælis. Manet ergo disposítio veritátis, et beátus Petrus, in accepta
fortitúdine petræ persevérans, suscepta Ecclésiæ gubernácula non relíquit.
In univérsa namque Ecclésia, Tu es Christus Fílius Dei vivi, quotídie Petrus dicit;
et omnis lingua, quæ confitétur Dóminum, magisterio hujus vocis imbuitur. Hæc fides
diabolum vincit et captivórum ejus víncula dissolvit. Hæc érutos mundo, ínserit
cælo, et portæ ínferi advérsus eam prævalere non possunt. Tanta enim divinitus
soliditate muníta est, ut eam neque hæretica umquam corrumpere pravitas, nec pagána
potúerit superare perfidia. His ítaque modis, dilectíssimi, rationábile obsequio
celebrétur hodiérna festívitas: ut in persona humilitátis meæ ille intelligátur, ille
honorétur, in quo et ómnium pastórum sollicitudo, cum commendatárum sibi óvium
custódia persevérat, et cujus étiam dignitas in indigno heréde non déficit.
Cum ergo cohortatiónes nostras áuribus vestræ sanctitátis adhibemus, ipsum vobis,
cujus vice fungimur, loqui crédite: quia et illíus vos afféctu monémus, et non aliud
vobis, quam quod docuit, prædicámus; obsecrántes, ut succincti lumbos mentis vestræ,
castam et sobriam vitam in Dei timóre ducatis. Corona mea, sicut Apóstolus ait, et
gáudium vos estis, si fides vestra, quæ ab inítio Evangélii in universo mundo
prædicáta est, in dilectióne et sanctitáte permanserit. Nam licet omnem Ecclésiam,
quæ in toto est orbe terrárum, cunctis oporteat florere virtútibus; vos tamen
præcipue inter ceteros pópulos decet meritis pietátis excellere, quos in ipsa
apostolicæ petræ arce fundatos, et Dóminus noster Jesus Christus cum ómnibus redémit,
et beátus Apóstolus Petrus præ ómnibus erudívit.
en: >-
When the Lord, as we read in the Evangelist, asked His disciples: Who did men, amid
their diverse speculations, believe that He, the Son of Man, was; blessed Peter
answered and said: Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. And Jesus answered
and said unto him: Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not
revealed it unto thee, but My Father, Which is in heaven: and I say also unto thee,
that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build My Church, and the gates of hell
shall not prevail against it; and I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of
heaven; and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and
whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Thus therefore
standeth the ordinance of the Truth, and blessed Peter, abiding still that firm rock
which God hath made him, hath never lost that right to rule in the Church which God
hath given unto him.
In the universal Church it is Peter that doth still say every day, Thou art the
Christ, the Son of the living God, and every tongue which confesseth that Jesus is
Lord is taught that confession by the teaching of Peter. This is the faith that
overcometh the devil and looseth the bands of his prisoners. This is the faith which
maketh men free of the world and bringeth them to heaven, and the gates of hell are
impotent to prevail against it. With such ramparts of salvation hath God fortified
this rock, that the contagion of heresy will never be able to infect it, nor idolatry
and unbelief to overcome it. This teaching it is, my dearly beloved brethren, which
maketh the keeping of this Feast to-day to be our reasonable service, even the
teaching which maketh you to know and honour in myself, lowly though I be, that Peter
who is still entrusted with the care of all other shepherds and of all the flocks to
them committed, and whose authority I have, albeit unworthy to be his heir.
When therefore, we address our exhortations to your godly ears, believe ye that ye are
hearing him speak whose office we are discharging. Yea, it is with his love for you
that we warn you, and we preach unto you no other thing than that which he taught,
entreating you that ye would gird up the loins of your mind and lead pure and sober
lives in the fear of God. My disciples dearly beloved, ye are to me, as the disciples
of the Apostle Paul were to him, a crown and a joy, if your faith, which, in the first
times of the Gospel, was spoken of throughout the whole world, abide still lovely and
holy. For, albeit it behoveth the whole Church which is spread throughout all the
world, to be strong in righteousness, you it chiefly becometh above all other peoples
to excel in worth and godliness, whose house is built upon the very crown of the Rock
of the Apostle, and whom not only hath our Lord Jesus Christ, as He hath redeemed all
men, but whom also His blessed Apostle Peter hath made the foremost object of his
teaching.
status: { la: verified, en: verified }
@@ -10,12 +10,15 @@
# Nocturn 2 (Lectio4-6). St. Jerome's De Scriptoribus Ecclesiasticis
# entry on Cyprian is a biographical/bibliographical catalogue excerpt,
# not an exegesis of any Gospel pericope -- no isGospel pairing
# applies. Note for a future pass: 09-16.txt's own [Rule] ("vide C3")
# inherits a genuine Nocturn 3 wholesale from the Common of Several
# Martyrs (horas/Latin/Commune/C3.txt: Luke 21:9-19, "Cum audiéritis
# prǽlia") that is not authored anywhere in this store at all -- a real
# content gap, but a new reading pair rather than a missing Gospel
# citation on an existing homily, so out of scope for this pass.
# applies.
#
# Update (2026-09-05, second pass): Nocturn 3 now authored too --
# 09-16.txt's own [Rule] ("vide C3") inherits it wholesale from the
# Common of Several Martyrs (horas/Latin/Commune/C3.txt: Luke 21:9-19,
# "Cum audiéritis prǽlia", Pope St. Gregory's Homily 35 on the
# Gospels). Full Gospel pericope from obsolete/missa/Latin+English/
# Commune/C3.txt (no live missa/Commune/C3.txt in this reference-engine
# copy); homily English from horas/English/Commune/C3.txt.
id: ss-cornelius-and-cyprian
readings:
- nocturn: 2
@@ -77,3 +80,107 @@ readings:
eighth persecution, and upon the same day, though not in the same year, that Cornelius
testified at Rome.
status: { la: verified, en: verified }
- nocturn: 3
isGospel: true
citation: { la: "Luc 21:9-19", en: "Luke 21:9-19" }
text:
la: >-
In illo témpore: Dixit Jesus discípulis suis: Cum audiéritis prǽlia et seditiónes,
nolíte terréri: opórtet primum hæc fíeri, sed nondum statim finis. Tunc dicébat illis:
Surget gens contra gentem, et regnum advérsus regnum. Et terræmótus magni erunt per
loca, et pestiléntiæ, et fames, terrorésque de cœlo, et signa magna erunt. Sed ante hæc
ómnia injícient vobis manus suas, et persequéntur tradéntes in synagógas et custódias,
trahéntes ad reges et præsides propter nomen meum: contínget autem vobis in
testimónium. Pónite ergo in córdibus vestris non præmeditári, quemádmodum respondeátis.
Ego enim dabo vobis os et sapiéntiam, cui non potérunt resístere et contradícere omnes
adversárii vestri. Tradémini autem a paréntibus, et frátribus, et cognátis, et amícis,
et morte affícient ex vobis: et éritis ódio ómnibus propter nomen meum: et capíllus de
cápite vestro non períbit. In patiéntia vestra possidébitis ánimas vestras.
en: >-
At that time, Jesus said to His disciples, When you hear of wars and insurrections, do
not be terrified; these things must first come to pass, but the end will not be at
once. Then He said to them, Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against
kingdom; and there will be great earthquakes in various places, and pestilences and
famines, and there will be terrors and great signs from heaven. But before all these
things they will arrest you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and
prisons, dragging you before kings and governors for My name's sake. It shall lead to
your bearing witness. Resolve therefore in your hearts not to meditate beforehand how
you are to make your defense. For I Myself will give you utterance and wisdom, which
all your adversaries will not be able to resist or gainsay. But you will be delivered up
by your parents and brothers and relatives and friends; and some of you they will put to
death. And you will be hated by all for My name's sake; yet not a hair of your head
shall perish. By your patience you will win your souls.
status: { la: verified, en: verified }
- nocturn: 3
isGospel: false
source: "Pope St. Gregory the Great, Homily 35 on the Gospels"
responsory:
la: "R. Propter testaméntum Dómini, et leges patérnas, Sancti Dei perstitérunt in amóre fraternitátis: * Quia unus fuit semper spíritus in eis, et una fides.\nV. Ecce quam bonum et quam jucúndum habitáre fratres in unum.\nR. Quia unus fuit semper spíritus in eis, et una fides."
en: "R. Because of the covenant of the Lord, and the laws of their fathers, the Saints of God abode in brotherly love: * For one spirit and one faith was ever in them.\nV. Behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity.\nR. For one spirit and one faith was ever in them."
text:
la: >-
Dóminus ac Redémptor noster peritúri mundi præcurréntia mala denúntiat, ut eo minus
pertúrbent veniéntia, quo fúerint præscíta. Minus enim jácula fériunt, quæ prævidéntur:
et nos tolerabílius mundi mala suscípimus, si contra hæc per præsciéntiæ clípeum
munímur. Ecce enim dicit: Cum audiéritis prǽlia et seditiónes, nolíte terréri: opórtet
enim primum hæc fíeri, sed nondum statim finis. Pensánda sunt verba Redemptóris nostri,
per quæ nos áliud intérius, áliud extérius passúros esse denúntiat; bella quippe ad
hostes pértinent, seditiónes ad cives. Ut ergo nos índicet intérius exteriúsque
turbári, áliud nos fatétur ab hóstibus, áliud a frátribus pérpeti.
Sed his malis præveniéntibus, quia non statim finis sequátur, adjúngit: Surget gens
contra gentem, et regnum advérsus regnum: et terræmótus magni erunt per loca, et
pestiléntiæ, et fames, terrorésque de cælo: et signa magna erunt. Última tribulátio
multis tribulatiónibus prævenítur: et per crebra mala, quæ prævéniunt, indicántur mala
perpétua, quæ subsequéntur. Et ídeo post bella et seditiónes non statim finis: quia
multa debent mala præcúrrere, ut malum váleant sine fine nuntiáre.
Sed cum tot signa perturbatiónis dicta sint, opórtet, ut eórum consideratiónem
bréviter per síngula perstringámus: quia necésse est, ut ália e cælo, ália e terra,
ália ab eleméntis, ália ab homínibus patiámur. Ait enim: Surget gens contra gentem,
ecce perturbátio hóminum: erunt terræmótus magni per loca, ecce respéctus iræ désuper:
erunt pestiléntiæ ecce inæquálitas córporum: erit fames, ecce sterílitas terræ:
terrorésque de cælo et tempestátes, ecce inæquálitas áëris. Quia ergo ómnia
consummánda sunt, ante consummatiónem ómnia perturbántur: et qui in cunctis
delíquimus, in cunctis ferímur: ut impleátur quod dícitur, Et pugnábit pro eo orbis
terrárum contra insensátos.
en: >-
Our Lord and Redeemer willeth us to know what shall be the signs that the end of the
world is at hand, to the end that ye may be the less terrified, when that cometh
whereof ye have already had warning. Darts strike less which are seen coming: and the
plagues of the earth will be to us more bearable, if we are harnessed against them with
the shield of foreknowledge. Behold, how He saith, When ye shall hear of wars and
commotions be not terrified, for these things must first come to pass; but the end is
not by and by. It behoveth us to ponder these words of our Redeemer, wherein He warneth
us of suffering, from without, and from within. Wars are the work of a foreign enemy,
commotions of the citizens. Therefore, that He may let us know that we shall be
troubled from within and from without, He showeth that our wrestling shall be in part
against strangers, and in part against our brethren.
When these woes come, the end is not by and by. And He saith further, Nation shall
rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and great earthquakes shall be in
diverse places, and pestilences, and famines, and fearful sights and great signs shall
there be from heaven. Before the last tribulation cometh, shall come many other
tribulations: and, by the many woes which shall come first, shall be foreshadowed the
everlasting woe which shall come in the end. And therefore, after wars and commotions,
the end is not yet by and by; many woes must come first, to give warning of the woe
that hath no end.
But, forasmuch as the signs and troubles whereof the Lord speaketh are so manifold, we
must needs shortly consider each; for, of necessity, we must suffer some things from
heaven, some from the earth, some from the powers of nature, and some from men. For
where He saith, Nation shall rise against nation, He speaketh concerning the troubling
of men; where, great earthquakes shall be in diverse places, concerning wrath from
above; where, and pestilences, concerning the frailty of the body; where, and famines,
concerning the barrenness of the earth: where, fearful signs from heaven, and tempests,
concerning commotions of the air. As, then, all things shall have an end, so, before
the end, shall all things be troubled; and we, who have sinned and come short in all
things, shall in all things be afflicted, that it may be fulfilled that is written: And
the world shall fight with Him against the unwise.
status: { la: verified, en: verified }
@@ -13,13 +13,15 @@
# Checked 2026-09-05 for a Gospel pairing: all three readings here are
# Nocturn 2 (Lectio4-6). St. Augustine's Sermon 110 is a eulogy of St.
# Felicity as a martyr-mother, not tied to any Gospel pericope -- no
# isGospel pairing applies. Note for a future pass: 07-10.txt's own
# [Rule] ("vide C3") carries its own genuine Nocturn 3 (Lectio7-9:
# Gospel Matt 12:46-50, "Who is my mother?", with Pope St. Gregory's
# Homily 3 on the Gospels) that is not authored anywhere in this store
# at all -- a real content gap, but a new reading pair rather than a
# missing Gospel citation on an existing homily, so out of scope for
# this pass.
# isGospel pairing applies.
#
# Update (2026-09-05, second pass): Nocturn 3 now authored too. Despite
# this saint's `common: common-of-several-martyrs`, `07-10.txt` carries
# its own proper Nocturn 3 overriding the generic "vide C3" default
# (Lectio7-9: Gospel Matt 12:46-50, "Who is my mother?", bare incipit;
# Pope St. Gregory's Homily 3 on the Gospels, Lectio7's own portion +
# Lectio8-9 combined). Gospel full text from the Missale's own
# [Evangelium], missa/Latin+English/Sancti/07-10.txt.
id: ss-seven-brothers-rufina-and-secunda
readings:
- nocturn: 2
@@ -105,3 +107,82 @@ readings:
fruitful than her womb, and when she saw them contending and conquering, her heart
contended and conquered in each.
status: { la: verified, en: verified }
- nocturn: 3
isGospel: true
citation: { la: "Matt 12:46-50", en: "Matt 12:46-50" }
text:
la: >-
In illo témpore: Loquénte Jesu ad turbas, ecce, Mater ejus et fratres stabant foris,
quæréntes loqui ei. Dixit autem ei quidam: Ecce, mater tua et fratres tui foris stant,
quæréntes te. At ipse respóndens dicénti sibi, ait: Quæ est mater mea et qui sunt
fratres mei? Et exténdens manum in discípulos suos, dixit: Ecce mater mea et fratres
mei. Quicúmque enim fécerit voluntátem Patris mei, qui in cœlis est: ipse meus frater
et soror et mater est.
en: >-
At that time, as Jesus was still speaking to the crowds, His mother and His brethren
were standing outside, seeking to speak to Him. And someone said to Him, Behold, Your
mother and your brethren are standing outside, seeking You. But He answered and said to
him who told Him, Who is My mother and who are My brethren? And stretching forth His
hand toward His disciples, He said, Behold My mother and My brethren! For whoever does
the will of My Father in heaven, he is My brother and sister and mother.
status: { la: verified, en: verified }
- nocturn: 3
isGospel: false
source: "Pope St. Gregory the Great, Homily 3 on the Gospels"
text:
la: >-
Sancti Evangélii, fratres caríssimi, brevis est léctio recitáta, sed magnis mysteriórum
pondéribus grávida. Jesus étenim, cónditor et redémptor noster, Matrem se nosse
dissímulat, et quæ ei mater sit et qui propínqui, non per cognatiónem carnis, sed per
conjunctiónem spíritus designat, dicens: Quæ est mater mea, et qui sunt fratres mei?
Quicúmque enim fécerit voluntátem Patris mei, qui in cælis est, ipse meus frater, et
soror, et mater est. Quibus nobis verbis quid áliud innuit, nisi quod obsequéntes
jussiónibus suis multos ex Gentilitáte cólligit; et Judǽam, ex cujus carne est génitus,
non agnóscit?
Sed cum is, qui voluntátem Patris fécerit, soror et frater Dómini dícitur, propter
utrúmque sexum qui ad fidem collígitur, mirum non est; mirándum vero valde est, quómodo
étiam mater dicátur. Fidéles enim discípulos fratres vocáre dignátus est, dicens: Ite,
nuntiáte frátribus meis. Qui ergo frater Dómini fíeri ad fidem veniéndo pótuerit,
quæréndum est quómodo étiam et mater esse possit.
Sed sciéndum nobis est, quia qui Christi soror et frater est credéndo, mater effícitur
prædicándo. Quasi enim parit Dóminum, quem cordi audiéntis infúderit; et mater ejus
prædicándo effícitur, si per ejus vocem amor Dómini in próximi mente generátur. Ad quam
rem nobis idónee confirmándam adest beáta Felícitas, cujus hódie natalícia celebrámus,
quæ credéndo exstitit ancílla Christi, et prædicándo facta est mater Christi. Septem
quippe fílios, sicut in gestis ejus emendatióribus légitur, sic post se tímuit vivos in
carne relínquere, sicut carnáles paréntes solent metúere ne mórtuos præmíttant.
en: >-
Dearly beloved brethren, the gospel which is read this day is but very short, but it is
heavy with great mysteries. Here Jesus, our Maker and Redeemer, feigneth Himself as
though He knew not His own Mother, and telleth who they be who are His mother and
brethren, not by fleshly kinship, but by kinship of mind, saying: Who is My mother, and
who are My brethren? Whosoever shall do the will of My Father, Which is in heaven, the
same is My brother, and sister, and mother. By the which words, what are we to
understand, save that He gathereth together from out of heathendom many that are
willing to obey His commandments, and that He knoweth not Jewry, whereof, according to
the flesh, He is a son?
Seeing that both men and women are called to the faith, we marvel not that He saith
that whosoever shall do the will of His Father, the same is His brother and sister. But
it is startling to hear that the same is also His mother. His faithful disciples He is
pleased to call His brethren, where He saith, Go, tell My brethren. If then it is by
joining His religion that one can become the brother of the Lord, let us see how one can
become His mother.
But we must know that even as one becometh His brother or His sister by believing in
Him, so one becometh His mother by preaching Him. Such an one, as it were, giveth birth
to the Lord by causing Him to be in the hearer's heart, and by words giving His love
existence in their neighbour's mind. For an example in point, behold blessed Felicity,
whose Birth-day we keep today. She was one whose faith made her Christ's hand-maiden,
and whose preaching made her Christ's mother. We read in the corrected edition of her
Acts that she dreaded as much to leave her seven sons behind her alive in the flesh, as
do worldly mothers to send theirs dead before them.
status: { la: verified, en: verified }
@@ -11,11 +11,13 @@
# Nocturn 2. St. Ambrose's Sermon 22 is the same generic
# post-Paschaltide "rejoice with the Martyrs" homily reused verbatim
# for other martyr-Popes (see ss-cletus-and-marcellinus.yml), not tied
# to any Gospel pericope -- no isGospel pairing applies. The implicitly
# Common Lectio7-9 (Common of Popes -> Matt 16:13-19, "Tu es Petrus")
# noted in this file's own header is the same pre-existing,
# already-documented gap as ss-cletus-and-marcellinus.yml's, not
# authored here either -- out of scope for this pass.
# to any Gospel pericope -- no isGospel pairing applies.
#
# Update (2026-09-05, second pass): Nocturn 3 (Common of Popes -> Matt
# 16:13-19, "Tu es Petrus", Pope St. Leo the Great's own Sermon 2 on
# the Anniversary of his Election) now authored -- reused verbatim from
# `st-martin-i.yml`/`ss-cletus-and-marcellinus.yml`, already authored
# this session with the identical Common-of-Popes text.
id: ss-soter-and-caius
readings:
- nocturn: 2
@@ -89,3 +91,112 @@ readings:
(2 Cor. i. 7.) And again: "If we suffer, we shall also reign with Him." (2 Tim. ii. 12.) He,
therefore, that endureth sorrow for Christ, must needs also have glory with Christ.
status: { la: verified, en: verified }
- nocturn: 3
isGospel: true
citation: { la: "Matt 16:13-19", en: "Matt 16:13-19" }
text:
la: >-
In illo témpore: Venit Jesus in partes Cæsaréæ Philíppi, et interrogábat discípulos suos,
dicens: Quem dicunt hómines esse Fílium hóminis? At illi dixérunt: Alii Joánnem Baptístam,
alii autem Elíam, álii vero Jeremíam, aut unum ex prophétis. Dicit illis Jesus: Vos autem
quem me esse dícitis? Respóndens Simon Petrus, dixit: Tu es Christus, Fílius Dei vivi.
Respóndens autem Jesus, dixit ei: Beátus es, Simon Bar Jona: quia caro et sanguis non
revelávit tibi, sed Pater meus, qui in cœlis est. Et ego dico tibi, quia tu es Petrus, et
super hanc petram ædificábo Ecclésiam meam, et portæ ínferi non prævalébunt advérsus eam.
Et tibi dabo claves regni cœlórum. Et quodcúmque ligáveris super terram, erit ligátum et
in cœlis: et quodcúmque sólveris super terram, erit solútum et in cœlis.
en: >-
At that time, Jesus came into the quarters of Cæsarea Philippi, and He asked His
disciples, saying, "Whom do men say that the Son of Man is?" But they said, "Some John
the Baptist, and other some Elias, and others Jeremias, or one of the prophets." Jesus
saith to them, "But whom do you say that I am?" Simon Peter answered and said, "Thou art
Christ, the Son of the living God." And Jesus answering, said to him, "Blessed art thou,
Simon Bar-Jona, because flesh and blood hath not revealed it to thee, but My Father Who
is in heaven. And I say to thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build My
Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. And I will give to thee the
keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatsoever thou shalt bind upon earth, it shall be
bound also in heaven, and whatsoever thou shalt loose upon earth, it shall be loosed also
in heaven."
status: { la: verified, en: verified }
- nocturn: 3
isGospel: false
source: "Pope St. Leo the Great, Sermon 2 on the Anniversary of his own Election (on Matt 16:13-19)"
text:
la: >-
Cum, sicut evangelica lectióne reserátum est, interrogasset Dóminus discipulos, quem
ipsum (multis diversa opinántibus) crederent; respondissétque beátus Petrus, dicens:
Tu es Christus Fílius Dei vivi; Dóminus ait: Beátus es, Simon Bar-Jona, quia caro et
sanguis non revelávit tibi, sed Pater meus, qui in cælis est: et ego dico tibi, quia
tu es Petrus, et super hanc petram ædificábo Ecclésiam meam, et portæ ínferi non
prævalébunt advérsus eam. Et tibi dabo claves regni cælórum: et quodcúmque ligáveris
super terram, erit ligátum et in cælis: et quodcúmque solveris super terram, erit
solutum et in cælis. Manet ergo disposítio veritátis, et beátus Petrus, in accepta
fortitúdine petræ persevérans, suscepta Ecclésiæ gubernácula non relíquit.
In univérsa namque Ecclésia, Tu es Christus Fílius Dei vivi, quotídie Petrus dicit;
et omnis lingua, quæ confitétur Dóminum, magisterio hujus vocis imbuitur. Hæc fides
diabolum vincit et captivórum ejus víncula dissolvit. Hæc érutos mundo, ínserit
cælo, et portæ ínferi advérsus eam prævalere non possunt. Tanta enim divinitus
soliditate muníta est, ut eam neque hæretica umquam corrumpere pravitas, nec pagána
potúerit superare perfidia. His ítaque modis, dilectíssimi, rationábile obsequio
celebrétur hodiérna festívitas: ut in persona humilitátis meæ ille intelligátur, ille
honorétur, in quo et ómnium pastórum sollicitudo, cum commendatárum sibi óvium
custódia persevérat, et cujus étiam dignitas in indigno heréde non déficit.
Cum ergo cohortatiónes nostras áuribus vestræ sanctitátis adhibemus, ipsum vobis,
cujus vice fungimur, loqui crédite: quia et illíus vos afféctu monémus, et non aliud
vobis, quam quod docuit, prædicámus; obsecrántes, ut succincti lumbos mentis vestræ,
castam et sobriam vitam in Dei timóre ducatis. Corona mea, sicut Apóstolus ait, et
gáudium vos estis, si fides vestra, quæ ab inítio Evangélii in universo mundo
prædicáta est, in dilectióne et sanctitáte permanserit. Nam licet omnem Ecclésiam,
quæ in toto est orbe terrárum, cunctis oporteat florere virtútibus; vos tamen
præcipue inter ceteros pópulos decet meritis pietátis excellere, quos in ipsa
apostolicæ petræ arce fundatos, et Dóminus noster Jesus Christus cum ómnibus redémit,
et beátus Apóstolus Petrus præ ómnibus erudívit.
en: >-
When the Lord, as we read in the Evangelist, asked His disciples: Who did men, amid
their diverse speculations, believe that He, the Son of Man, was; blessed Peter
answered and said: Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. And Jesus answered
and said unto him: Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not
revealed it unto thee, but My Father, Which is in heaven: and I say also unto thee,
that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build My Church, and the gates of hell
shall not prevail against it; and I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of
heaven; and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and
whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Thus therefore
standeth the ordinance of the Truth, and blessed Peter, abiding still that firm rock
which God hath made him, hath never lost that right to rule in the Church which God
hath given unto him.
In the universal Church it is Peter that doth still say every day, Thou art the
Christ, the Son of the living God, and every tongue which confesseth that Jesus is
Lord is taught that confession by the teaching of Peter. This is the faith that
overcometh the devil and looseth the bands of his prisoners. This is the faith which
maketh men free of the world and bringeth them to heaven, and the gates of hell are
impotent to prevail against it. With such ramparts of salvation hath God fortified
this rock, that the contagion of heresy will never be able to infect it, nor idolatry
and unbelief to overcome it. This teaching it is, my dearly beloved brethren, which
maketh the keeping of this Feast to-day to be our reasonable service, even the
teaching which maketh you to know and honour in myself, lowly though I be, that Peter
who is still entrusted with the care of all other shepherds and of all the flocks to
them committed, and whose authority I have, albeit unworthy to be his heir.
When therefore, we address our exhortations to your godly ears, believe ye that ye are
hearing him speak whose office we are discharging. Yea, it is with his love for you
that we warn you, and we preach unto you no other thing than that which he taught,
entreating you that ye would gird up the loins of your mind and lead pure and sober
lives in the fear of God. My disciples dearly beloved, ye are to me, as the disciples
of the Apostle Paul were to him, a crown and a joy, if your faith, which, in the first
times of the Gospel, was spoken of throughout the whole world, abide still lovely and
holy. For, albeit it behoveth the whole Church which is spread throughout all the
world, to be strong in righteousness, you it chiefly becometh above all other peoples
to excel in worth and godliness, whose house is built upon the very crown of the Rock
of the Apostle, and whom not only hath our Lord Jesus Christ, as He hath redeemed all
men, but whom also His blessed Apostle Peter hath made the foremost object of his
teaching.
status: { la: verified, en: verified }
@@ -13,16 +13,21 @@
# Checked 2026-09-05 for a Gospel pairing: both readings here are
# Nocturn 2 (Lectio4-6). St. Ambrose's Psalm 118 exposition is a psalm
# commentary applied generically to a persecuted martyr, not tied to
# any Gospel pericope -- no isGospel pairing applies. Note for a future
# pass, of particular interest given this app's own Monastic-1617-track
# structural default: 07-13.txt's default modern rubric ends at
# Lectio94 with no Nocturn 3 at all, but it also carries an explicit
# alternate "(rubrica 1570 aut rubrica 1617)" Lectio7-9 -- a genuine
# Nocturn 3 (Gospel Luke 14:26-33, "Si quis venit ad me, et non odit
# patrem suum", with Pope St. Gregory's Homily 37 on the Gospels) not
# authored anywhere in this store. This is a new reading pair under an
# alternate historical rubric, not a missing Gospel citation on an
# existing homily, so out of scope for this pass.
# any Gospel pericope -- no isGospel pairing applies.
#
# Update (2026-09-05, second pass): Nocturn 3 now authored too, from
# 07-13.txt's explicit alternate "(rubrica 1570 aut rubrica 1617)"
# Lectio7-9 -- of particular interest given this app's own
# Monastic-1617-track structural default, since the file's *default*
# modern rubric ends at Lectio94 with no Nocturn 3 at all. Gospel
# (Luke 14:26-33, "Si quis venit ad me, et non odit patrem suum") from
# obsolete/missa/Latin+English/Commune/C2c.txt (no live missa/Commune/
# C2c.txt in this reference-engine copy). Pope St. Gregory's Homily 37
# on the Gospels has no English translation anywhere in the reference
# engine for this specific Lectio7-9 split (the nearest match,
# horas/English/Commune/C2.txt, splits the same underlying homily at
# different lesson boundaries and can't be cleanly reused) -- English
# composed directly from the Latin, marked draft.
id: st-anacletus
readings:
- nocturn: 2
@@ -91,3 +96,121 @@ readings:
His Saints. And again: Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord. And wherefore is he
blessed? Because he delighteth greatly in His commandments.
status: { la: verified, en: verified }
- nocturn: 3
isGospel: true
citation: { la: "Luc 14:26-33", en: "Luke 14:26-33" }
text:
la: >-
In illo témpore: Dixit Jesus turbis: Si quis venit ad me, et non odit patrem suum, et
matrem, et uxórem, et fílios, et fratres, et soróres, adhuc autem et ánimam suam, non
potest meus esse discípulus. Et qui non bájulat crucem suam, et venit post me, non
potest meus esse discípulus. Quis enim ex vobis volens turrim ædificáre, non prius
sedens cómputat sumptus, qui necessárii sunt, si hábeat ad perficiéndum; ne, posteáquam
posúerit fundaméntum, et non potúerit perfícere, omnes, qui vident, incípiant illúdere
ei, dicéntes: Quia hic homo cœpit ædificáre, et non pótuit consummáre? Aut quis rex
itúrus commíttere bellum advérsus álium regem, non sedens prius cógitat, si possit cum
decem mílibus occúrrere ei, qui cum vigínti mílibus venit ad se? Alióquin, adhuc illo
longe agénte, legatiónem mittens, rogat ea, quæ pacis sunt. Sic ergo omnis ex vobis,
qui non renúntiat ómnibus, quæ póssidet, non potest meus esse discípulus.
en: >-
At that time, Jesus said to the crowds, If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his
father and mother, and wife and children, and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his
own life, he cannot be My disciple. And he who does not carry his cross and follow Me,
cannot be My disciple. For which of you, wishing to build a tower, does not sit down
first and calculate the outlays that are necessary, whether he has the means to
complete it? Lest, after he has laid the foundation and is not able to finish, all who
behold begin to mock him, saying, "This man began to build and was not able to finish!"
Or what king setting out to engage in battle with another king, does not sit down first
and consider whether he is able with ten thousand men to meet him who with twenty
thousand is coming against him? Or else, whilst the other is yet at a distance, he sends
a delegation and asks the terms of peace. So, therefore, every one of you who does not
renounce all that he possesses, cannot be My disciple.
status: { la: verified, en: verified }
- nocturn: 3
isGospel: false
source: "Pope St. Gregory the Great, Homily 37 on the Gospels"
text:
la: >-
Si consideremus fratres carissimi, quæ et quanta sunt, quæ nobis promittuntur in cælis,
vilescunt animo omnia quæ habentur in terris. Terrena namque substantia supernæ
felicitati comparata, pondus est, non subsidium. Temporalis vita æternæ vitæ comparata,
mors est potius dicenda quam vita, Ipse enim quotidianus defectus corruptionis quid est
aliud, quam quædam prolixitas mortis? Quæ autem lingua dicere, vel quis intellectus
capere sufficit, illa supernæ civitatis quanta sint gaudia; Angelorum choris interesse,
cum beatissimis spiritibus gloriæ Conditoris assistere, præsentem Dei vultum cernere,
incircumscriptum lumen videre, nullo mortis metu affici, incorruptionis perpetuæ munere
lætari? Sed ad hæc audita inardescit animus, jamque illic cupit assistere, ubi se sperat
sine fine gaudere. Sed ad magna præmia perveniri non potest, nisi per magnos labores.
Unde et Paulus egregius prædicator dicit: Non coronabitur, nisi qui legitime certaverit.
Delectet ergo mentem magnitudo præmiorum, sed non deterreat certamen laborum. Unde ad
se venientibus Veritas dicit: Si quis venit ad me, et non odit patrem suum, et matrem,
et uxorem, et filios, et fratres, et sorores, adhuc autem et animam suam, non potest
meus esse discipulus. Sed percontari libet, quomodo parentes et carnaliter propinquos
præcipimur odisse, qui jubemur et inimicos diligere? Et certe Veritas de uxore dicit:
Quod Deus conjunxit, homo non separet. Et Paulus ait: Viri, diligite uxores vestras,
sicut et Christus Ecclesiam. Ecce, discipulus uxorem diligendam prædicat, cum magister
dicat: Qui uxorem non odit, non potest meus esse discipulus. Numquid aliud judex
nuntiat, aliud præco clamat? An simul et odisse possumus, et diligere? Sed si vim
præcepti perpendimus, utrumque agere per discretionem valemus: ut uxorem, et eos, qui
nobis carnis cognatione conjuncti sunt, et quos proximos novimus, diligamus; et quos
adversarios in via Dei patimur, odiendo et fugiendo nesciamus.
Quasi enim per odium diligitur, qui carnaliter sapiens, dum prava nobis ingerit, non
auditur. Ut autem dominus demonstraret hoc erga proximos odio non de affectione
procedere, sed de charitate, addidit protinus, odisse et animam nostram. Constat ergo,
quia amando debet odisse proximum, qui sic eum odit sicut semet ipsum. Tunc etenim
nostram animam bene odimus, cum ejus carnalibus desideriis non acquiescimus, cum ejus
appetitum frangimus, ejus voluptatibus reluctamur. Quæ ergo contempta ad melius ducitur,
quasi per odium amatur. Sic nimirum exhibere proximis nostris odii discretionem
debemus, ut in eis et diligamus quod sunt, et habeamus odio quod in Dei nobis itinere
obsistunt.
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If we consider, dearly beloved brethren, what and how great are the things that are
promised us in heaven, all things that are possessed on earth grow worthless in our
sight. For earthly substance, compared to the felicity above, is a burden, not a help.
This present life, compared to the life eternal, ought rather to be called death than
life; for what else is this daily wasting away of our corruption but a certain
lengthening-out of death? But what tongue can tell, or what understanding can grasp,
how great are the joys of that city above -- to share the choirs of Angels, to stand
with the most blessed spirits in the glory of our Maker, to behold the very Face of
God, to see the light that knoweth no bound, to be touched by no fear of death, and to
rejoice in the gift of everlasting incorruption? But when we hear these things our
heart is kindled, and already longs to be present there, where it hopes to rejoice
without end. Yet we cannot come to such great rewards, except through great labors.
Whence Paul, that excellent preacher, saith: He shall not be crowned, unless he shall
have striven lawfully.
Let, then, the greatness of the rewards delight the mind, but let not the struggle of
the labors deter it. Whence the Truth saith to those who come to Him: If any man come
to Me and hate not his father and mother, and wife and children, and brothers and
sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple. But it is fitting to ask
how we are commanded to hate our parents and those near to us in the flesh, we who are
also bidden to love even our enemies. And indeed the Truth saith of a wife: What God
hath joined together, let not man put asunder. And Paul saith: Husbands, love your
wives, even as Christ also loved the Church. Behold, the disciple preaches that a wife
is to be loved, while the Master says: Whoever does not hate his wife cannot be My
disciple. Does the judge, then, proclaim one thing, and the herald cry another? Can we
both hate and love at the same time? But if we weigh the force of the precept, we are
able to do both through discernment: that we may love our wife, and those joined to us
by kinship of the flesh, and those whom we know as our neighbors; and that, as for
those whom we suffer as adversaries in the way of God, we may not know them, but hate
and flee from them.
For he is, as it were, loved through hatred, when the one who is carnally minded, while
pressing wicked counsel upon us, is not heeded. But that the Lord might show that this
hatred toward our neighbors proceeds not from ill-will but from charity, He added at
once that we must also hate our own soul. It is clear, then, that he who hates his
neighbor as he hates himself must hate him out of love. For then do we rightly hate our
own soul, when we do not yield to its carnal desires, when we break its appetite, and
resist its pleasures. That which, being held in contempt, is thereby led to something
better, is, as it were, loved through hatred. So indeed ought we to show toward our
neighbors this discernment of hatred: that in them we may love what they are, while
hating what stands in the way of God within them.
status: { la: verified, en: draft }