diff --git a/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/ss-cornelius-and-cyprian.yml b/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/ss-cornelius-and-cyprian.yml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..19d4f0f --- /dev/null +++ b/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/ss-cornelius-and-cyprian.yml @@ -0,0 +1,68 @@ +# Matins Nocturn 2 readings for Ss. Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian, +# Bishop, Martyrs (Sep 16) — pre-1955-but-post-1617 (no SanctiM/09-16*.txt +# at all). web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/09-16.txt, +# English/Sancti/09-16.txt. Lectio4-5 (Cornelius's own vita) combined +# into one reading, no internal break. Lectio6 (Cyprian's vita, drawn +# from St. Jerome's De Scriptoribus Ecclesiasticis, ch. 67) is a +# genuinely distinct source/saint, kept separate. No responsory given. +id: ss-cornelius-and-cyprian +readings: + - nocturn: 2 + isGospel: false + text: + la: >- + Cornélius Romanus, Gallo et Volusiáno imperatóribus pontificátum gerens, cum Lucina, femina + sanctíssima, córpora Apostolórum Petri et Pauli e catacumbis in opportuniórem locum + tránstulit; ac Pauli corpus Lucina in suo prædio via Ostiénsi, prope eum locum, ubi fuerat + gládio percússus, collocávit; Cornélius Principis Apostolórum corpus non longe inde, ubi + crucifixus fuerat, repósuit. Quod cum ad imperatóres delátum esset, et Pontifice auctore + multos fíeri Christiános, mittitur is in exsílium ad Centumcellas; ubi eum sanctus Cyprianus, + epíscopus Carthaginiénsis, per litteras est consolatus. + + + Hoc autem christianæ caritátis offícium cum frequens alter alteri persólveret, deteriórem in + partem id accipiéntes imperatóres, accersítum Romam Cornelium tamquam de majestáte reum + plumbátis cædi, raptumque ad Martis simulacrum, ei sacrificáre jubent. Quam impietátem cum + ille detestarétur, ei caput abscissum est décimo octavo Kalendas Octobris. Cujus corpus + beáta Lucina, clericis adjutóribus, humávit in arenaria prædii sui prope cœmetérium Callísti. + Vixit in pontificatu annos circiter duos. + en: >- + Cornelius was a Roman who held the Papacy during the reign of the Emperors Gallus and + Volusian. He, and that most holy Lady Lucina, took the bodies of the Apostles Peter and Paul + out of the Catacombs and put them in more convenient places. Lucina laid the body of Paul in + a farm of her own upon the road to Ostia, hard by the place where he had received the + sword-stroke. Cornelius placed that of the Prince of the Apostles hard by where he had been + crucified. When this was told to the Emperors, and likewise that Cornelius was the means of + making many Christians, he was banished to Civitavecchia, where Cyprian, the holy Bishop of + Carthage, comforted him by letters. + + + They continued thus to write often one to the other, till the Emperors took in bad part these + exchanges of Christian love, and sent for Cornelius to Rome. There they commanded him to be + lashed with scourges loaded with lead as though he were a traitor, and then to be carried to + offer sacrifice before the image of Mars. He firmly refused to commit this great wickedness, + and was forthwith beheaded, upon the 14th day of September. The blessed Lucina, with the help + of the clergy, buried his body in the sand-pit on her own farm, near the Cemetery of + Callistus. He lived as Pope about two years. + status: { la: verified, en: verified } + + - nocturn: 2 + isGospel: false + source: "St. Jerome, Priest, De Scriptoribus Ecclesiasticis, ch. 67" + text: + la: >- + Cyprianus, Afer, primum gloriose rhetoricam docuit. Exinde, suadénte presbytero Cæcílio, a + quo et cognoméntum sortitus est, christianus factus, omnem substantiam suam paupéribus + erogávit. Ac post non multum témporis, eléctus in presbyterum, étiam epíscopus + Carthaginiénsis constitútus est. Hujus ingenii superfluum est indicem téxere, cum sole + clarióra sint ejus opera. Passus est sub Valeriáno et Gallieno princípibus, persecutióne + octava, eodem die quo Romæ Cornélius, sed non eodem anno. + en: >- + Cyprian was an African. He was first distinguished as a teacher of Rhetoric. He afterwards + became a Christian at the persuasion of the Priest Caecilius, whose surname he took, and + parted all his goods among the poor. It was not long before he was chosen a Priest, and then + made Bishop of Carthage. It would be idle to enlarge upon his wit, seeing that his works are + as well known as the sun. He suffered under the Emperors Valerian and Gallienus, in the + eighth persecution, and upon the same day, though not in the same year, that Cornelius + testified at Rome. + status: { la: verified, en: verified } diff --git a/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/ss-cyprian-and-justina.yml b/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/ss-cyprian-and-justina.yml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2af4792 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/ss-cyprian-and-justina.yml @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +# Matins Nocturn 2 reading for Ss. Cyprian and Justina, Martyrs (Sep 26) +# — pre-1955-but-post-1617 (no SanctiM/09-26*.txt at all; the "n" suffix +# variant at this date is a modern 20th-c. feast, not relevant). +# web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/09-26.txt, English/Sancti/09-26.txt. +# Lectio2-3 is one continuous account, no internal break, combined into +# a single reading. No responsory given. +id: ss-cyprian-and-justina +readings: + - nocturn: 2 + isGospel: false + text: + la: >- + Cypriánus, primum magus, póstea Martyr, cum Justínam, christiánam Vírginem, quam júvenis + quidam ardénter amábat, cantiónibus ac venefíciis ad ejus libídinis assénsum allícere + conarétur, dæmonem consúluit quanam id re cónsequi posset. Cui dæmon respóndit nullam illi + artem processúram advérsus eos, qui vere Christum cólerent. Quo respónso commótus Cypriánus, + veheménter dolére cœpit vitæ superióris institútum. Itaque, relíctis mágicis ártibus, se + totum ad Christi Dómini fidem convértit. + + + Quam ob causam una cum Vírgine Justína comprehénsus est, et ambo cólaphis flagellísque cæsi + sunt; mox in cárcerem conjécti, si forte senténtiam commutárent. Verum, inde póstea emíssi, + cum in christiána religióne constantíssimi reperiréntur, in sartáginem plenam fervéntis + picis, ádipis et ceræ injécti sunt. Demum Nicomedíæ secúri feriúntur. Quorum projécta córpora + cum sex dies inhumáta jacuíssent noctu quidam nautæ clam ea in navem impósita Romam + portavérunt. Ac primum in prædio Rufínæ nóbilis féminæ sepúlta sunt; póstea, transláta in + Urbem, in basílica Constantiniána cóndita sunt prope baptistérium. + en: >- + Cyprian was firstly a warlock and lastly a Martyr. A certain young man having a violent lust + after a Christian maiden named Justina, employed him to excite her to join in this lewdness, + by dint of incantations and philters. Cyprian thereupon asked counsel of the devil, how he + might best gain that end. But the devil answered him that these arts are only thrown away + upon true worshippers of Christ. This answer troubled Cyprian, and he began to repent + heartily of the course of life he had hitherto led. And then he forsook his arts magic, and + gave himself wholly up to the faith of the Lord Christ. + + + For this cause, he and the Virgin Justina were arrested together, beaten with blows and + scourging, and cast into prison, if haply they might change their mind. Being brought out of + the prison, but still standing fast in their Christian religion, they were dipped in a vessel + full of hot pitch, fat, and wax, and in the end beheaded, at Nicomedia. Their bodies were + thrown out, and lay unburied for the space of six days, at the end of which time some sailors + took them secretly by night on board a ship and carried them to Rome. They were first buried + on the farm of the noble Lady Rufina, but afterwards brought into the city, where they lie + hard by the Baptistery in the Church of Constantine. + status: { la: verified, en: verified } diff --git a/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/ss-euphemia-lucia-and-geminianus.yml b/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/ss-euphemia-lucia-and-geminianus.yml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0907b1f --- /dev/null +++ b/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/ss-euphemia-lucia-and-geminianus.yml @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +# Matins Nocturn 2 reading for Ss. Euphemia, Lucy, and Geminian, Martyrs +# (Sep 16) — pre-1955-but-post-1617. Plain Sancti/09-16.txt is a +# different saint pairing (Ss. Cornelius and Cyprian, sourced separately +# in ss-cornelius-and-cyprian.yml) who share this date on the general +# calendar; Euphemia/Lucy/Geminian's own content is at the suffixed +# sibling file (see memory vu-matins-pre1955-saints's "critical +# wrinkle"). +# web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/09-16cc.txt, English/Sancti/09-16cc.txt. +# Single lesson (simplex-feast Lectio93), no responsory in the source. +id: ss-euphemia-lucia-and-geminianus +readings: + - nocturn: 2 + isGospel: false + text: + la: >- + Euphemia, Lúcia et Geminianus, in persecutióne Diocletiáni, non eodem loco, sed eodem die, + martyrio coronáti sunt. Euphemia Virgo apud Chalcédonem, Prisco proconsule, varia + tormentórum genera, virgárum, equulei, rotárum, ignis constanter passa; demum béstiis + objecta, una ex iis morsum sancto corpori infigente, ceteris pedes ejus lambéntibus, + immaculátum spíritum Deo réddidit. Lúcia, vidua Romana, a fílio Eutropio quod Christum multos + annos coluísset accusata, in ollam pice ac plumbo ferventuem dimittitur; unde incólumis + evadens, cum ferro plumboque oneráta per Urbem ducerétur, Geminianum, nóbilem virum, + constántia fidei et martyrii ad Christum convértit. Quem étiam cum multis aliis ad fidem + perductis, varie tortum, gloriosi martyrii, abscisso cápite, socium hábuit. Quorum córpora + Maxima, mulier christiana, honorifice sepelívit. + en: >- + Euphemia, Lucy, and Geminian were all crowned with Martyrdom in the persecution under + Diocletian, upon the same day, though not in the same place. Euphemia was a maiden of + Chalcedon, who suffered diverse tortures under the Proconsul Priscus. She endured + unflinchingly the rods, the rack, the wheels, and the fire, and in the end was thrown to + wild beasts. These all licked her feet, save one, which gave her holy body such a bite, that + she forthwith resigned her guileless spirit to God. Lucy was a widow at Rome, who was + accused by her own son Eutropius, for that she had for many years worshipped Christ. She was + put into a vessel of hot pitch and lead, but came forth unhurt. As she was being haled + through the city loaded with iron and lead, the sight of her faith and unwavering + testification turned to Christ the nobleman Geminian. He was one of many whom she had + brought to the faith, and she had him for a comrade in her glorious martyrdom, for he was + diverse ways tormented, and then beheaded. Their bodies were given honourable burial by the + Christian lady Maxima. + status: { la: verified, en: verified } diff --git a/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/st-giles.yml b/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/st-giles.yml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..14c8e8f --- /dev/null +++ b/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/st-giles.yml @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +# Matins Nocturn 2 reading for St. Giles, Abbot (Sep 1) — +# pre-1955-but-post-1617 (no SanctiM/09-01*.txt at all). +# web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/09-01.txt, English/Sancti/09-01.txt. Single +# lesson (simplex-feast Lectio93), no responsory in the source. +id: st-giles +readings: + - nocturn: 2 + isGospel: false + text: + la: >- + Ægidius Atheniénsis, regiæ stirpis, a prima ætate divinis litteris et caritátis officiis ita + déditus fuit, ut nihil præterea curare viderétur. Itaque, paréntibus mórtuis, totum + patrimónium in páuperes erogávit; quin étiam túnicam exuit, ut ægrotum egentem tégeret, qua + ille indútus, statim conváluit. Sed multis deinceps clarior miraculis, timens sui nóminis + celebritátem, Arelátem ad beátum Cæsárium contendit. A quo post biennium discédens, secessit + in eremum; ubi diutius herbárum radicibus et cervæ lacte, quæ statis ad eum horis veniebat, + admirábili sanctitáte vixit. Quæ cerva, insequéntibus quodam die cánibus regiis, cum in + antrum Ægidii refugísset, Galliæ regem ímpulit, ut ab eo summis precibus péteret, ut in loco + speluncæ monastérium éxstrui paterétur. Cujus administratiónem, flagitante rege, invitus + suscépit; eoque munere aliquot annis prudenter piéque gesto, migrávit in cælum. + en: >- + The holy Abbot Giles was by birth an Athenian, and of Royal lineage. From his youth he + showed ever such a love for sacred learning and for works of charity, that he seemed to care + for nothing else. When his father and mother were dead, he bestowed his whole inheritance + upon the poor. He took off even his own coat, to clothe a poor sick man withal, and the sick + man was healed forthwith as soon as he put it on him. As Giles became famous for working + miracles, he fled from glory among men, and betook him to Arles, to the company of blessed + Caesarius. After the space of two years he departed thence, and went into the desert, for he + lived in wonderful holiness for a long while upon the roots of herbs and the milk of an + hind, which came to him at regular hours. This hind was chased one day by the King's hounds, + and took refuge in Giles's cave. Thereby the King of France was moved earnestly to entreat of + him that he would suffer a monastery to be built in the place where this cave was. At the + instant desire of the King, he took the rule of this monastery, albeit himself unwilling, and + discharged this duty wisely and godly for some years, until he passed away to heaven. + status: { la: verified, en: verified } diff --git a/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/st-januarius.yml b/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/st-januarius.yml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..077fe37 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/st-januarius.yml @@ -0,0 +1,140 @@ +# Matins Nocturn 2-3 readings for St. Januarius, Bishop, and Companions, +# Martyrs (Sep 19) — pre-1955-but-post-1617 (no SanctiM/09-19*.txt at +# all). web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/09-19.txt, +# English/Sancti/09-19.txt. +# +# Lectio4-6 is this saint's own proper vita, one continuous account, no +# internal break, combined into a single reading. +# +# Nocturn 3's Lectio7 gives only the Gospel incipit ("Et réliqua", Matt +# 24:3-13) with no full pericope text, so the bare Gospel reading isn't +# authored here (deferred, pending the bulk Vulgate/Douay-Rheims +# import). Lectio7's own homily portion + Lectio8-9 is one continuous +# excerpt from St. Hilary's commentary, combined into a single reading. +# No responsory given for either reading in the source. +id: st-januarius +readings: + - nocturn: 2 + isGospel: false + text: + la: >- + Januarius, Benevénti epíscopus, Diocletiáno et Maximiáno in Christiános sæviéntibus, ad + Timotheum Campaniæ præsidem ob christianæ fidei professiónem Nolam perducitur. Ibi, ejus + constántia varie tentata, in ardentem fornacem conjéctus, ita illæsus evasit, ut ne + vestiméntum aut capillum quidem flamma violáverit. Hinc præses, accénsus iracúndia, Mártyris + corpus imperat usque eo dístrahi, quoad nervórum compages artuumque solvántur. Festus interea + ejus diaconus et Desiderius lector, comprehénsi vinctique, una cum episcopo ante rhedam + præsidis Puteleos pertrahúntur, et in eumdem carcerem, in quo Sosius Misenas et Próculus + Puteolánus diáconus, Eutyches et Acutius láici, ad bestias damnati, detinebántur, simul + conjiciúntur. + + + Postero die omnes in amphitheatro feris objecti sunt; quæ, naturalis oblitæ feritátis, ad + Januarii pedes se prostravére. Id Timótheus mágicis cantiónibus tribuens, cum senténtiam + cápitis in Christi Mártyres pronuntiásset, óculis repénte captus, orante mox beato Januario, + lumen recepit; quo miraculo hóminum míllia fere quinque Christi fidem suscepérunt. Verum + ingrátus judex, níhilo placatior factus beneficio, sed conversióne tantæ multitúdinis actus + in rábiem; véritus maxime príncipum decreta, sanctum Episcopum cum sociis gládio pércuti + jussit. + + + Horum córpora finítimæ urbes, pro suo quæque studio certum sibi patronum ex iis apud Deum + adoptándi, sepelienda curarunt. Januarii corpus Neapolitani divino admónitu extulére; quod, + primo Benevéntum, inde ad monastérium montis Vírginis, postremo Neapolim translátum et in + majori ecclésia cónditum, multis miraculis cláruit. Sed illud in primis memorándum, quod + erumpéntes olim e monte Vesuvio flammárum globos, nec vicínis modo sed longinquis étiam + regiónibus vastitátis metum afferéntes, exstinxit. Præclárum illud quoque, quod ejus sanguis, + qui in ampulla vitrea concretus asservátur, cum in conspéctu cápitis ejusdem Mártyris + pónitur, admirándum in modum colliquefíeri et ebullire, perinde atque recens effúsus, ad hæc + usque témpora cernitur. + en: >- + At that time the Emperors Diocletian and Maximian were furiously raging against Christians, + Januarius, Bishop of Benevento, was taken to Nola, to Timothy, President of Campania, on the + charge of professing the Christian faith. There his firmness was tried diverse ways, and he + was cast into a burning fiery furnace, but came forth thence unhurt, for neither upon his + raiment nor upon the hairs of his head did the flame take any hold. Thereupon the wrath of + the President was enkindled, and he commanded the martyr to be torn limb from limb. But in + the meanwhile Januarius' Deacon Festus and his Reader Desiderius were taken, and the whole + three were led in bonds to Puzzuoli in front of the President's carriage, and there thrown + into the same prison wherein were already held four other Christians condemned to be + devoured by wild beasts, that is to say, Sosius, a Deacon of Miseno, Proculus, a Deacon of + Puzzuoli, and two laymen, named respectively Eutyches and Acutius. + + + The next day all seven were exposed to the wild beasts in the amphitheatre, but these + creatures forgot their natural fierceness, and lay down at the feet of Januarius. Timothy + would have it that this came from charms, and commanded the witnesses of Christ to be + beheaded. Thereupon he became of a sudden blind, until Januarius had prayed for him, by the + which miracle nearly five thousand persons were turned to Christ. But this good turn roused + up no gratitude in the President, yea, rather, the conversion of so many drave him wild, and + in his hot fear to obey the decrees of the Emperors he commanded that the holy Bishop and his + companions should be smitten with the sword. + + + The cities of those coasts strove to obtain their bodies for honourable burial, so as to + make sure of having in them advocates with God. By God's will the relics of Januarius were + taken to Naples at last, after having been carried from Puzzuoli to Benevento, and from + Benevento to Monte Vergine; when they were brought thence to Naples, they were laid in the + chief Church there, and there have been famous on account of many miracles. Among these is + remarkable the stopping of eruptions of Mount Vesuvius, whereby both that neighbourhood and + also places afar off have been like to have been brought to desolation. It is also well + known, and is the plain fact, seen even unto this day, that when the blood of Januarius, kept + dried up in a small glass phial, is put in sight of the head of the same martyr, it is used + to melt and bubble in a very strange way, as though it had but freshly been shed. + status: { la: verified, en: verified } + + - nocturn: 3 + isGospel: false + source: "St. Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers, Commentary on Matthew, ch. 25" + text: + la: >- + Discipuli Dóminum intérrogant quando hæc fíerent, quodve signum et adventus sui et + consummatiónis sæculi nóscerent. Et, quia tria hæc in unum quæsíta sunt, distinctis et + témporis et intelligéntiæ significatiónibus separántur. Respondétur ígitur primum de + civitátis occasu, et confirmántur veritáte doctrinæ, ne quis fallax ignorántibus posset + obrépere; venturi enim erant étiam eórum témpore, qui se Christum essent nuncupatúri. Ut + ígitur fides pestífero mendácio détrahi posset, admonítio præcessit. + + + Confírmat ígitur eos ad tolerántiam passiónum, fugæ, verberatiónis, intéritus et publici in + eos odii propter nomen ejus. Atque his quidem vexatiónibus multi turbabúntur, et, tantis + insurgéntibus malis scandalizabúntur, et usque in mutuum ódium excitabúntur. Et falsi + prophetæ erunt, multosque ementíta veritáte pervertent; et, abundante nequitia, caritas + refrigéscet. + + + Sed usque in finem perseverántibus salus reserváta est; ac tum, per omnes orbis partes viris + apostolicis dispersis, Evangélii véritas prædicábitur. Et, cum univérsis fúerit cognítio + sacraménti cæléstis invecta, tum Jerúsalem occasus et finis incumbet; ut prædicatiónis fidem, + et infidelium pœna et metus civitátis érutæ consequátur. Hæc ígitur in eam, ut fuerant + prædicta, perfécta sunt; et, lapidatis, fugatis, peremptis Apóstolis, fame, bello, + captivitáte consumpta est. Ac tum fuit digna non esse, cum, ejectis prædicatóribus Christi, + indignam Dei prædicatióne se præbuit. + en: >- + His disciples came unto Him privately, saying: "Tell us, when shall these things be, and + what shall be the sign of thy coming and of the end of the world?" Here are in one question + three several points, and the answers are to be understood of three several times, and by + three several interpretations. "When shall these things be?" And herein He taught them + concerning the fall of the city, whereof He made plain announcement, lest the unlearned + might fall a prey to any deceiver. For within the lifetime of His then hearers were to come + many, saying: I am Christ. He giveth warning therefore beforehand, lest such pestilential + liars should gain any belief. + + + He confirms them, therefore, to endure sufferings, flight, scourging, death, and the public + hatred of all men for His Name's sake. And by these very troubles many shall be troubled, and + as such great evils arise they shall be offended, and shall even be stirred up to hatred of + one another. And false prophets shall arise, and shall deceive many by their pretended truth; + and because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. + + + But unto them that endure unto the end salvation is reserved; and then, the apostolic men + having been scattered through every part of the world, the truth of the Gospel shall be + preached. And when the knowledge of the heavenly mystery has been carried to all, then the + fall and end of Jerusalem shall come to pass; so that the faith of the preaching, and the + punishment and terror of the unbelievers, may follow from the destroyed city. These things + therefore were fulfilled in her, just as they had been foretold; and, the Apostles having + been stoned, put to flight, and slain, she was consumed by famine, war, and captivity. And + she then proved unworthy to continue, when, having cast out the preachers of Christ, she + showed herself unworthy of God's preaching. + status: { la: verified, en: verified } diff --git a/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/st-nicholas-of-tolentino.yml b/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/st-nicholas-of-tolentino.yml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..57a0eab --- /dev/null +++ b/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/st-nicholas-of-tolentino.yml @@ -0,0 +1,64 @@ +# Matins Nocturn 2 reading for St. Nicholas of Tolentino, Confessor +# (Sep 10) — pre-1955-but-post-1617 (no SanctiM/09-10*.txt at all; the +# "bmv" suffix variant at this date is unrelated/empty). +# web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/09-10.txt, English/Sancti/09-10.txt. +# Lectio4-6 is this saint's own proper text, one continuous vita +# account, no internal break, combined into a single reading; +# Lectio7-9 are Common-of-a-Confessor (skipped). No responsory given. +id: st-nicholas-of-tolentino +readings: + - nocturn: 2 + isGospel: false + text: + la: >- + Nicolaus, Tolentinas a diuturno illíus civitátis domicílio appellátus, in oppido sancti + Angeli in Piceno est natus piis paréntibus; qui, liberórum desidério Bárium voti causa + profecti, ibique a sancto Nicoláo de futura prole confirmáti, quem suscepérunt fílium de + illíus nómine appellarunt. Is ab infántia multárum virtútum, sed abstinéntiæ in primis, + specimen dedit. Nam anno vix septimo, beátum ipsum Nicolaum imitatus, complures hebdomadæ + dies jejunare cœpit; eamque póstea consuetúdinem retinuit, solo pane et aqua contentus. + + + Adulta ætate, jam clericali milítiæ adscriptus et canonicus factus, cum quodam die + concionatórem ordinis Eremitárum sancti Augustíni de mundi contemptu dicéntem audísset, eo + sermóne inflammatus, statim eumdem ordinem est ingréssus. In quo tam exactam religiosæ vitæ + ratiónem coluit, ut áspero vestítu, verbéribus et férrea catena corpus domans, atque a carne + et omni fere obsónio ábstinens, caritate, humilitate, patiéntia ceterisque virtútibus, aliis + prælucéret. + + + Orándi assiduum studium, quamvis sátanæ insídiis varie vexátus et flagellis intérdum cæsus, + non intermittebat. Demum, sex ante óbitum mensibus, singulis noctibus angelicum concentum + audívit; cujus suavitate cum jam paradisi gaudia prægustaret, crebro illud Apóstoli + repetebat: Cupio dissolvi, et esse cum Christo. Denique óbitus sui diem frátribus prædixit, + qui fuit quarto Idus Septembris. Miraculis multis étiam post mortem cláruit; quibus rite et + ordine cógnitis, ab Eugenio Papa quarto in Sanctórum númerum est relatus. + en: >- + This Nicholas is called Nicholas of Tolentino, because he lived in that town for most part + of his life. He was born at St. Angelo, a place near Fermo, in the March of Ancona. His + parents were godly people, and in their desire to have children, vowed and made a pilgrimage + to the shrine of St. Nicholas at Bari, where they were assured of their wish, and therefore + gave the name of Nicholas to the son whom they received. From his childhood the lad gave + many good signs, but especially as regarded abstinence. In his seventh year, in imitation of + his blessed name-sake, he began to fast upon several days in the week, which custom he + always kept, and was content with only bread and water. + + + After he reached man's estate, he enlisted himself in the army of the clergy, and was + preferred to a Canonry. One day he chanced to hear a sermon upon contempt of the world + delivered by a preacher of the Order of Hermits of St. Augustine, and was so moved by it + that he forthwith entered that Order. As a Friar he was most strictly observant of that way + of life. He subdued his body with rough clothing, stripes, and an iron chain. He never ate + meat, and seldom any relish to his meals. And he was a burning and shining light of love, + lowliness, long-suffering, and all other graces. + + + He persisted in constant and earnest prayer, notwithstanding many troubles from the assaults + of Satan, who sometimes even flogged him. Every night for six months before his death he + heard Angels singing with such sweetness, that it was a fore-taste of the happiness of + heaven, and he would often repeat the words of the Apostle: I have a desire to depart and to + be with Christ. Lastly, he foretold to his brethren the day of his death, which was the 10th + day of September. After his death also he was famous for miracles, and when due + investigation had been made thereof, Pope Eugene IV enrolled his name among those of the + Saints. + status: { la: verified, en: verified } diff --git a/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/vigil-of-st-matthew.yml b/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/vigil-of-st-matthew.yml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..20507c5 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/vigil-of-st-matthew.yml @@ -0,0 +1,73 @@ +# Matins Nocturn 2 reading for the Vigil of St. Matthew (Sep 20) — +# pre-1955-but-post-1617. Plain Sancti/09-20.txt is a different feast +# (Ss. Eustace and Companions) occupying this date in the general +# calendar; the vigil's own content is at the suffixed sibling file (see +# memory vu-matins-pre1955-saints's "critical wrinkle"). +# web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/09-20o.txt, English/Sancti/09-20o.txt. +# +# Lectio1's Gospel portion (Luke 5:27-32) 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. Ambrose's +# commentary, combined into a single reading. The English source only +# translates Lectio1's homily portion — Lectio2-3's English below is +# this project's own translation, not the reference engine's, so the +# whole reading is marked draft for English per this project's "prefer +# text over missing" policy. No responsory given in the source. +id: vigil-of-st-matthew +readings: + - nocturn: 2 + isGospel: false + source: "St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, Commentary on Luke, Book 5" + text: + la: >- + Mystica est hæc vocátio publicani, quem sequi jubet, non corporis gressu, sed mentis + afféctu. Itaque ille, prius avara de mercédibus, dura de labóribus periculisque nautárum + emoluménta convértens, verbo vocatus, propria derelinquit, qui rapiebat aliena; ac, vile + illud sedile destítuens, toto post Dóminum vestigio mentis incedit. Convivii quoque magni + éxhibet apparátum; qui enim domicílio Christum récipit interno, maximis delectatiónibus + exuberántium páscitur voluptátum. + + + Itaque Dominus libenter ingreditur, et in ejus qui crediderit, recumbit affectu. Sed rursus + accenditur invidia perfidorum, et futuræ pœnæ species præfiguratur. Epulantibus enim + fidelibus, et in illo cœlorum recumbentibus regno, perfidia jejuna torquebitur. Simul + ostenditur quantum intersit inter æmulos Legis et gratiæ, quod illi qui legem sequuntur, + jejunæ mentis famem patiantur æternam: qui vero verbum in interioribus animæ receperunt, + alimenti cœlestis et fontis ubertate recreati esurire et sitire non possunt. + + + Et ideo qui animo jejunabant, murmurabant dicentes: Quare cum publicanis et peccatoribus + manducat et bibit? Serpentina vox ista est. Denique hanc primam vocem serpens emisit, dicens + Evæ: Quid utique dixit Deus: Nolite manducare ex omni ligno? Ergo patris sui venena + diffundunt, qui dicunt: Quid utique cum publicanis et peccatoribus manducat et bibit? Unde + Dominus cum peccatoribus manducando, etiam cum gentilibus non prohibet nos inire convivium, + dicens: Non egent qui sani sunt, medico, sed qui male habent. + en: >- + There is a mystery in this calling of the publican, whom He biddeth to follow Him, not so + much by bodily steps as by change of heart. Hitherto Levi had been making greedy gains from + merchandise, cruel riches at the cost of sailors' toils and dangers; but now, at the call of + a word, he, who had been plundering other men's goods, leaveth his own. He leaveth that base + station, and followeth hard after the Lord with all his heart. And Levi made Him a great + feast in his own house. He that welcometh Christ into his home, feasteth upon the excellency + of all pleasures. + + + And so the Lord gladly enters in, and reclines in the affection of him who has believed. But + again the envy of the faithless is kindled, and the likeness of a punishment to come is + prefigured. For while the faithful feast and recline in that kingdom of the heavens, + unbelief, famished, will be tormented. At the same time it is shown how great a difference + there is between the rivals of the Law and of grace: that those who follow the Law suffer an + eternal hunger of a fasting mind, while those who have received the Word in the inward parts + of the soul, refreshed by the abundance of heavenly food and of the fountain, cannot hunger + or thirst. + + + And so those who fasted in spirit murmured, saying: Why does he eat and drink with publicans + and sinners? This is a serpent's voice. For indeed the serpent uttered this very first word, + saying to Eve: Why indeed did God say, Do not eat of every tree? So they who say, Why indeed + does he eat and drink with publicans and sinners, spread abroad the poison of their father. + Whence the Lord, by eating with sinners, does not forbid us to enter also into feasting with + the Gentiles, saying: They that are well have no need of a physician, but they that are + sick. + status: { la: verified, en: draft }