Recombine the remaining 5 Ember-day nocturn-readings files

Same fix as ember-september-friday.yml (already done): each file's
Lectio1-3 turned out to be one continuous, unbroken homily (Bede,
Gregory, or Ambrose's Commentary on Luke for the two Advent cases,
cross-referenced from the Annunciation's own Common and confirmed
contiguous by reading the source file directly), split only to fill
the fixed 3-lesson slot count. Recombined ember-september-wednesday/
-saturday and ember-advent-wednesday/-friday/-saturday into single
readings, keeping each one's first lesson's own responsory.

All 6 Ember days now recombined -- no remaining split-for-no-reason
readings in this family. Updated ember-days.test.ts's lesson-count
table accordingly.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01AGjUyhUZJaSjiniEmnLdak

src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/ember-advent-friday.yml

@@ -6,9 +6,16 @@
 #
 # Lectio1's Gospel citation (Luke 1:39-47, the Visitation) is a bare
 # incipit with no full pericope text given, so only the homily portion is
-# authored, same convention as the September Ember days. Kept as 3
+# authored, same convention as the September Ember days.
-# separate readings, each with its own genuinely distinct proper
+#
-# responsory.
+# Recombined into one reading 2026-09-04 (previously kept as 3 separate
+# readings): Lectio1-3 are one continuous, unbroken Ambrose excerpt,
+# split only to fill the fixed 3-lesson Nocturn slot count — same fix
+# already applied to the other 4 Ember day nocturn-readings files the
+# same day, see ember-september-friday.yml's own header for the fuller
+# rationale. Responsory is Lectio1's own; Lectio2/3's own distinct
+# responsories are dropped, same as every other collapsed-reading case
+# in this store.
 id: ember-advent-friday
 readings:
   - nocturn: 1
@@ -22,6 +29,21 @@ readings:
         incérta de núntio, nec quasi dúbitans de exémplo, sed quasi læta pro voto, religiósa pro offício, festína
         pro gáudio, in montána perréxit. Quo enim jam Deo plena, nisi ad superióra cum festinatióne conténderet?
         Nescit tarda molímina Sancti Spíritus grátia.
+
+
+        Díscite et vos, sanctæ mulíeres, sedulitátem, quam prægnántibus debeátis exhibére cognátis. Maríam, quæ
+        ante sola in íntimis penetrálibus versabátur, non a público virginitátis pudor, non ab stúdio aspéritas
+        móntium, non ab offício prolíxitas itíneris retardávit. In montána Virgo cum festinatióne, Virgo offícii
+        memor, injúriæ ímmemor, afféctu urgénte non sexu, relícta perréxit domo. Díscite, vírgines, non circumcursáre
+        per aliénas ædes, non demorári in platéis, non áliquos in público miscére sermónes. María in domo sera,
+        festína in público, mansit apud cognátam suam tribus ménsibus.
+
+
+        Didicístis, vírgines, pudórem Maríæ: díscite humilitátem. Venit propínqua ad próximam, júnior ad seniórem:
+        nec solum venit, sed étiam prior salutávit. Decet enim, ut quanto cástior virgo, tanto humílior sit.
+        Nóverit deférre senióribus. Sit magístra humilitátis, in qua est proféssio castitátis. Est et causa
+        pietátis, est étiam norma doctrínæ. Contuéndum est enim, quia supérior venit ad inferiórem, ut inférior
+        adjuvétur: María ad Elísabeth, Christus ad Joánnem.
       en: >-
         When any one asketh another for credence, he is bound to give some reasonable ground. And so the Angel,
         when he announced to Mary the counsel of God, gave, as a proof, the conception of Elizabeth, then aged and
@@ -33,23 +55,8 @@ readings:
         religious duty. She went into the hill country in joyful haste. And is it not something that she went up
         into the hills? God was already in her womb, and her feeling bore her continually upward. The grace of the
         Holy Spirit knoweth no slow working.
-    responsory:
-      la: "R. Emítte Agnum, Dómine, Dominatórem terræ, * De Petra desérti ad montem fíliæ Sion.\nV. Osténde nobis, Dómine, misericórdiam tuam, et salutáre tuum da nobis.\nR. De Petra desérti ad montem fíliæ Sion."
-      en: "R. Send forth the Lamb, O Lord, the Ruler of the land; * From the rock in the wilderness unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.\nV. Show us thy mercy, O Lord, and grant us thy salvation.\nR. From the rock in the wilderness unto the mount of the daughter of Zion."
-    status: { la: verified, en: verified }
 
-  - nocturn: 2
+
-    isGospel: false
-    source: "St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, Commentary on Luke, Book 2, on Luke 1:39-47"
-    text:
-      la: >-
-        Díscite et vos, sanctæ mulíeres, sedulitátem, quam prægnántibus debeátis exhibére cognátis. Maríam, quæ
-        ante sola in íntimis penetrálibus versabátur, non a público virginitátis pudor, non ab stúdio aspéritas
-        móntium, non ab offício prolíxitas itíneris retardávit. In montána Virgo cum festinatióne, Virgo offícii
-        memor, injúriæ ímmemor, afféctu urgénte non sexu, relícta perréxit domo. Díscite, vírgines, non circumcursáre
-        per aliénas ædes, non demorári in platéis, non áliquos in público miscére sermónes. María in domo sera,
-        festína in público, mansit apud cognátam suam tribus ménsibus.
-      en: >-
         Godly women will learn from the example of the Mother of God to take a tender care of their kinswomen who
         are with child. In pursuance of this charity, Mary, who had hitherto remained alone at home, was not
         deterred by her maidenly shyness from entering on a public journey; she faced for this end the hardships
@@ -59,22 +66,8 @@ readings:
         from her not to idle about from house to house, to loiter in the streets, nor to take part in
         conversations in public. Mary, as she was hasteful to pass through the public roads, so was she slow again
         to enter on them she abode with her cousin about three months.
-    responsory:
-      la: "R. Roráte, cæli, désuper, et nubes pluant justum: * Aperiátur terra, et gérminet Salvatórem.\nV. Emítte Agnum, Dómine, Dominatórem terræ, de Petra desérti ad montem fíliæ Sion.\nR. Aperiátur terra, et gérminet Salvatórem."
-      en: "R. Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down the Righteous One. * Let the earth open, and let her bring forth the Saviour.\nV. Send forth the Lamb, O Lord, the Ruler of the land, from the rock in the wilderness unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.\nR. Let the earth open, and let her bring forth the Saviour."
-    status: { la: verified, en: verified }
 
-  - nocturn: 3
+
-    isGospel: false
-    source: "St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, Commentary on Luke, Book 2, on Luke 1:39-47"
-    text:
-      la: >-
-        Didicístis, vírgines, pudórem Maríæ: díscite humilitátem. Venit propínqua ad próximam, júnior ad seniórem:
-        nec solum venit, sed étiam prior salutávit. Decet enim, ut quanto cástior virgo, tanto humílior sit.
-        Nóverit deférre senióribus. Sit magístra humilitátis, in qua est proféssio castitátis. Est et causa
-        pietátis, est étiam norma doctrínæ. Contuéndum est enim, quia supérior venit ad inferiórem, ut inférior
-        adjuvétur: María ad Elísabeth, Christus ad Joánnem.
-      en: >-
         As the modesty of Mary is a pattern for the imitation of all maidens, so also is her humility. She went to
         see Elizabeth, like one cousin going to visit another, and as the younger to the elder. Not only did she
         first go, but she first saluted Elizabeth. Now, the purer a virgin is, the humbler ought she to be. She
@@ -83,6 +76,6 @@ readings:
         principal rule of its teaching. In this act of the Virgin then we see the greater going to visit and to
         succour the lesser: Mary to Elizabeth, Christ to John.
     responsory:
-      la: "R. Germinavérunt campi erémi germen odóris Israël: quia ecce Deus noster cum virtúte véniet, * Et splendor ejus cum eo.\nV. Ex Sion spécies decóris ejus: Deus noster maniféste véniet.\nR. Et splendor ejus cum eo."
+      la: "R. Emítte Agnum, Dómine, Dominatórem terræ, * De Petra desérti ad montem fíliæ Sion.\nV. Osténde nobis, Dómine, misericórdiam tuam, et salutáre tuum da nobis.\nR. De Petra desérti ad montem fíliæ Sion."
-      en: "R. The waste places have brought forth sweet-smelling buds for Israel; for, behold, our God will come with power. * And His brightness is with Him.\nV. Out of Zion the perfection of beauty, our God shall come manifestly.\nR. And His brightness is with Him."
+      en: "R. Send forth the Lamb, O Lord, the Ruler of the land; * From the rock in the wilderness unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.\nV. Show us thy mercy, O Lord, and grant us thy salvation.\nR. From the rock in the wilderness unto the mount of the daughter of Zion."
     status: { la: verified, en: verified }

src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/ember-advent-saturday.yml

@@ -7,8 +7,15 @@
 # Lectio1's Gospel citation (Luke 3:1-6, the preaching of St. John the
 # Baptist) is a bare incipit with no full pericope text given, so only
 # the homily portion is authored, same convention as the other Ember
-# days. Kept as 3 separate readings, each with its own genuinely
+# days.
-# distinct proper responsory.
+#
+# Recombined into one reading 2026-09-04 (previously kept as 3 separate
+# readings): Lectio1-3 are one continuous, unbroken Gregory homily, split
+# only to fill the fixed 3-lesson Nocturn slot count — same fix already
+# applied to the other 4 Ember day nocturn-readings files the same day,
+# see ember-september-friday.yml's own header for the fuller rationale.
+# Responsory is Lectio1's own; Lectio2/3's own distinct responsories are
+# dropped, same as every other collapsed-reading case in this store.
 id: ember-advent-saturday
 readings:
   - nocturn: 1
@@ -22,44 +29,14 @@ readings:
         designántur. Quia autem gentílitas colligénda erat, et Judǽa pro culpa perfídiæ dispergénda, ipsa quoque
         descríptio terréni principátus osténdit: quóniam et in Romána república unus præfuísse descríbitur, et in
         Judǽæ regno per quartam partem plúrimi principabántur.
-      en: >-
-        The date, at which the Fore-runner of our Redeemer entered on his public office of preaching, is indicated
-        to us by the name of the ruler of the Roman Commonwealth, and by those of the princes of Palestine. The
-        time of his preaching is indicated by these names, because he came as the Fore-runner of Him Who was to be
-        the Redeemer of some Jews and many Gentiles. Moreover in the enumeration of these worldly monarchs there
-        is a foreshadowing of the fact, that the Gentiles were about to be gathered into one, and the Jews to be
-        scattered abroad in punishment of their unbelief; in the whole heathen Commonwealth we find the title of
-        one Emperor, but in the small kingdom of Judaea are mentioned four masters.
-    responsory:
-      la: "R. Egrediétur virga de radíce Jesse, et flos de radíce ejus ascéndet: * Et erit justítia cíngulum lumbórum ejus, et fides cinctórium renum ejus.\nV. Et requiéscet super eum spíritus Dómini: spíritus sapiéntiæ, et intelléctus: spíritus consílii, et fortitúdinis.\nR. Et erit justítia cíngulum lumbórum ejus, et fides cinctórium renum ejus."
-      en: "R. There shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a flower shall grow out of his roots. * And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.\nV. And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him the spirit of wisdom and understanding the spirit of counsel and might.\nR. And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins."
-    status: { la: verified, en: verified }
 
-  - nocturn: 2
+
-    isGospel: false
-    source: "Pope St. Gregory the Great, Homily 20 on the Gospels, on Luke 3:1-6"
-    text:
-      la: >-
         Voce étenim nostri Redemptóris dícitur: Omne regnum in seípsum divisum desolábitur. Liquet ergo, quod ad
         finem regni Judǽa pervénerat, quæ tot régibus divísa subjacébat. Apte quoque non solum quibus régibus, sed
         étiam quibus sacerdótibus actum sit, demonstrátur: et quia illum Joánnes Baptísta prædicáret, qui simul Rex
         et Sacérdos exsísteret, Lucas Evangelísta prædicatiónis ejus témpora per regnum et sacerdótium designávit.
-      en: >-
-        The blessed voice of the Saviour itself hath said, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to
-        desolation. And we may well look for the ruin of the Jewish state when we see it divided among so many
-        rulers. We observe likewise that the names of the reigning priests as well as kings are given. The
-        Evangelist Luke hath left on record the chiefs both of the monarchy and of the priesthood who held office
-        when John the Baptist began to preach, because John preached Him Who is at once our Priest and our King.
-    responsory:
-      la: "R. Radix Jesse, qui exsúrget judicáre gentes, in eum gentes sperábunt: * Et erit nomen ejus benedíctum in sǽcula.\nV. Super ipsum continébunt reges os suum, ipsum gentes deprecabúntur.\nR. Et erit nomen ejus benedíctum in sǽcula."
-      en: "R. Behold, the root of Jesse that shall arise to bring forth judgment to the Gentiles, in him shall the Gentiles trust. * And his name shall be blessed for ever.\nV. The Kings shall shut their mouths at him, to him shall the Gentiles seek.\nR. And his name shall be blessed for ever."
-    status: { la: verified, en: verified }
 
-  - nocturn: 3
+
-    isGospel: false
-    source: "Pope St. Gregory the Great, Homily 20 on the Gospels, on Luke 3:1-6"
-    text:
-      la: >-
         Et venit in omnem regiónem Jordánis, prǽdicans baptísmum pœniténtiæ in remissiónem peccatórum. Cunctis
         legéntibus liquet, quia Joánnes non solum baptísmum pœniténtiæ prædicávit, verum étiam quibúsdam dedit: sed
         tamen baptísmum suum in remissiónem peccatórum dare non pótuit. Remíssio étenim peccatórum in solo nobis
@@ -68,6 +45,22 @@ readings:
         incarnátum Verbum Patris præcurrébat verbo prædicatiónis, ita baptísmum pœniténtiæ, quo peccáta solvúntur,
         præcúrreret suo baptísmate, quo peccáta solvi non possunt.
       en: >-
+        The date, at which the Fore-runner of our Redeemer entered on his public office of preaching, is indicated
+        to us by the name of the ruler of the Roman Commonwealth, and by those of the princes of Palestine. The
+        time of his preaching is indicated by these names, because he came as the Fore-runner of Him Who was to be
+        the Redeemer of some Jews and many Gentiles. Moreover in the enumeration of these worldly monarchs there
+        is a foreshadowing of the fact, that the Gentiles were about to be gathered into one, and the Jews to be
+        scattered abroad in punishment of their unbelief; in the whole heathen Commonwealth we find the title of
+        one Emperor, but in the small kingdom of Judaea are mentioned four masters.
+
+
+        The blessed voice of the Saviour itself hath said, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to
+        desolation. And we may well look for the ruin of the Jewish state when we see it divided among so many
+        rulers. We observe likewise that the names of the reigning priests as well as kings are given. The
+        Evangelist Luke hath left on record the chiefs both of the monarchy and of the priesthood who held office
+        when John the Baptist began to preach, because John preached Him Who is at once our Priest and our King.
+
+
         And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of
         sins. It is evident from these words that John the Baptist not only preached, but also administered the
         baptism of repentance, and yet that baptism of repentance which he gave, was not really a baptism for the
@@ -78,6 +71,6 @@ readings:
         holy baptism, by which our sins are washed away, far greater than that baptism of repentance which the
         Fore-runner preached, and which could never wash away sin.
     responsory:
-      la: "R. Veni, Dómine, et noli tardáre: reláxa facínora plebi tuæ, * Et révoca dispérsos in terram suam.\nV. Excíta, Dómine, poténtiam tuam, et veni, ut salvos fácias nos.\nR. Et révoca dispérsos in terram suam."
+      la: "R. Egrediétur virga de radíce Jesse, et flos de radíce ejus ascéndet: * Et erit justítia cíngulum lumbórum ejus, et fides cinctórium renum ejus.\nV. Et requiéscet super eum spíritus Dómini: spíritus sapiéntiæ, et intelléctus: spíritus consílii, et fortitúdinis.\nR. Et erit justítia cíngulum lumbórum ejus, et fides cinctórium renum ejus."
-      en: "R. O Lord, come, and make no tarrying loosen the bonds of thy people. * And gather together into their own land them that are scattered abroad.\nV. Stir up, O Lord, thy power, and come among us, to save us.\nR. And gather together into their own land them that are scattered abroad."
+      en: "R. There shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a flower shall grow out of his roots. * And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.\nV. And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him the spirit of wisdom and understanding the spirit of counsel and might.\nR. And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins."
     status: { la: verified, en: verified }

src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/ember-advent-wednesday.yml

@@ -4,14 +4,20 @@
 # No Monastic-track override file exists for this day (only Adv3-0/1/2/4
 # have one) — confirms the Monastic 1617 track uses this same text.
 #
-# Unlike the other 5 Ember days, Lectio1-3 here are cross-references
+# Lectio1-3 here are cross-references (`@Sancti/03-25:Lectio7/8/9`) to
-# (`@Sancti/03-25:Lectio7/8/9`) to the Annunciation's own Common
+# the Annunciation's own Common (web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/03-25.txt) —
-# (web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/03-25.txt) — St. Ambrose's homily on Luke
+# St. Ambrose's homily on Luke 1:26-38, not a Gospel-pericope-plus-homily
-# 1:26-38, not a Gospel-pericope-plus-homily pattern of its own. Kept as
+# pattern of its own.
-# 3 separate readings, each with its own genuinely distinct proper
+#
-# responsory (Responsory3 is this Ember day's own text, not further
+# Recombined into one reading 2026-09-04 (previously kept as 3 separate
-# cross-referenced) — same "don't collapse where each carries real,
+# readings): checked the reference source directly (Sancti/03-25.txt's
-# distinct content" reasoning as the other 5 Ember days.
+# own Lectio7-9) and confirmed this is one continuous, unbroken Ambrose
+# excerpt, split only to fill the fixed 3-lesson Nocturn slot count —
+# same fix already applied to the other 4 Ember day nocturn-readings
+# files the same day, see ember-september-friday.yml's own header for
+# the fuller rationale. Responsory is Lectio1's own; Lectio2/3's own
+# distinct responsories are dropped, same as every other collapsed-
+# reading case in this store.
 id: ember-advent-wednesday
 readings:
   - nocturn: 1
@@ -23,6 +29,18 @@ readings:
         consílium Dei. Sed tamen ex céteris factis, atque præcéptis Dómini Salvatóris póssumus intellégere, et hoc
         propensióris fuísse consílii, quod ea potíssimum elécta est, ut Dóminum páreret, quæ erat desponsáta viro.
         Cur autem non ántequam desponsarétur, impléta est? Fortásse ne dicerétur quod concéperat ex adultério.
+
+
+        Et ingréssus ad eam Angelus. Disce vírginem móribus, disce vírginem verecúndia, disce oráculo, disce
+        mystério. Trepidáre vírginum est, et ad omnes viri ingréssus pavére, omnes viri affátus veréri. Discant
+        mulíeres propósitum pudóris imitári. Sola in penetrálibus, quam nemo virórum víderit, solus Angelus
+        répererit: sola sine cómite, sola sine teste, ne quo degénere depravarétur affátu, ab Angelo salutátur.
+
+
+        Tanti namque mandáti mystérium non hóminis fuit, sed Angeli ore proméndum. Hódie primum audítur: Spíritus
+        Sanctus supervéniet in te. Et audítur, et créditur. Dénique, Ecce, inquit, ancílla Dómini: contíngat mihi
+        secúndum verbum tuum. Vide humilitátem, vide devotiónem. Ancíllam se dicit Dómini, quæ mater elígitur: nec
+        repentíno exaltáta promísso est.
       en: >-
         The mysteries of God are unsearchable, and it is especially declared by a Prophet, that a man can hardly
         know His counsels. Nevertheless, some things have been revealed to us, and we may gather from some of the
@@ -30,42 +48,16 @@ readings:
         was chosen to be the mother of the Lord was espoused to a man. Why did not the power of the Highest
         overshadow her before she was so espoused? Perhaps it was lest any might blasphemously say that she had
         conceived in fornication the Holy One.
-    responsory:
-      la: "R. Clama in fortitúdine, qui annúntias pacem in Jerúsalem: * Dic civitátibus Judæ, et habitatóribus Sion: Ecce Deus noster, quem exspectabámus, advéniet.\nV. Supra montem excélsum ascénde tu, qui evangelízas Sion, exálta in fortitúdine vocem tuam.\nR. Ecce Deus noster, quem exspectabámus, advéniet."
-      en: "R. O thou that bringest good tidings of peace to Jerusalem, lift up thy voice with strength! * Say unto the cities of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem: Behold, our God will come, for Whom we waited.\nV. O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion, get thee up into the high mountain, lift up thy voice with strength.\nR. Behold, our God will come, for Whom we waited."
-    status: { la: verified, en: verified }
 
-  - nocturn: 2
+
-    isGospel: false
-    source: "St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, Commentary on Luke, Book 2 (from the Annunciation's own Common)"
-    text:
-      la: >-
-        Et ingréssus ad eam Angelus. Disce vírginem móribus, disce vírginem verecúndia, disce oráculo, disce
-        mystério. Trepidáre vírginum est, et ad omnes viri ingréssus pavére, omnes viri affátus veréri. Discant
-        mulíeres propósitum pudóris imitári. Sola in penetrálibus, quam nemo virórum víderit, solus Angelus
-        répererit: sola sine cómite, sola sine teste, ne quo degénere depravarétur affátu, ab Angelo salutátur.
-      en: >-
         And the angel came in unto her. Let us learn from this Virgin how to bear ourselves, let us learn her
         modesty, let us learn by her devout utterance, above all let us learn by the holy mystery enacted. It is
         the part of a maiden to be timid, to avoid the advances of men, and to shrink from men's addresses. Would
         that our women would learn from the example of modesty here set before us. She upon whom the stare of men
         had never been fixed was alone in her chamber, and was found only by an angel. There was neither companion
         nor witness there, that what passed might not be debased in gossip and the angel saluted her.
-    responsory:
-      la: "R. Oriétur stella ex Jacob, et exsúrget homo de Israël, et confrínget omnes duces alienigenárum: * Et erit omnis terra posséssio ejus.\nV. Adorábunt eum omnes reges terræ, omnes gentes sérvient ei.\nR. Et erit omnis terra posséssio ejus."
-      en: "R. There shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Man shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite through all the princes of the aliens. * And all the earth shall be His possession.\nV. All kings shall fall down before Him, all nations shall serve Him.\nR. And all the earth shall be His possession."
-    status: { la: verified, en: verified }
 
-  - nocturn: 3
+
-    isGospel: false
-    source: "St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, Commentary on Luke, Book 2 (from the Annunciation's own Common)"
-    text:
-      la: >-
-        Tanti namque mandáti mystérium non hóminis fuit, sed Angeli ore proméndum. Hódie primum audítur: Spíritus
-        Sanctus supervéniet in te. Et audítur, et créditur. Dénique, Ecce, inquit, ancílla Dómini: contíngat mihi
-        secúndum verbum tuum. Vide humilitátem, vide devotiónem. Ancíllam se dicit Dómini, quæ mater elígitur: nec
-        repentíno exaltáta promísso est.
-      en: >-
         The message of God to the Virgin was a mystery, which it was not lawful for the mouth of men, but only of
         angels, to utter. For the first time on earth the words are spoken The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee.
         The holy maiden heareth, and believeth. At length she saith Behold the handmaid of the Lord be it unto me
@@ -73,6 +65,6 @@ readings:
         moment that she is told she is chosen to be the mother of the Lord she at once declareth herself His
         handmaid. The knowledge that she was Mother of God caused in the heart of Mary only an act of humility.
     responsory:
-      la: "R. Modo véniet Dominátor Dóminus: * Et nomen ejus Emmánuel vocábitur.\nV. Oriétur in diébus ejus justítia, et abundántia pacis.\nR. Et nomen ejus Emmánuel vocábitur."
+      la: "R. Clama in fortitúdine, qui annúntias pacem in Jerúsalem: * Dic civitátibus Judæ, et habitatóribus Sion: Ecce Deus noster, quem exspectabámus, advéniet.\nV. Supra montem excélsum ascénde tu, qui evangelízas Sion, exálta in fortitúdine vocem tuam.\nR. Ecce Deus noster, quem exspectabámus, advéniet."
-      en: "R. The Lord, the Ruler, cometh quickly. * And His name shall be called Emmanuel.\nV. In His days shall righteousness flourish, and abundance of peace.\nR. And His name shall be called Emmanuel."
+      en: "R. O thou that bringest good tidings of peace to Jerusalem, lift up thy voice with strength! * Say unto the cities of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem: Behold, our God will come, for Whom we waited.\nV. O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion, get thee up into the high mountain, lift up thy voice with strength.\nR. Behold, our God will come, for Whom we waited."
     status: { la: verified, en: verified }

src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/ember-september-saturday.yml

@@ -10,8 +10,16 @@
 #
 # Lectio1's Gospel citation (Luke 13:6-17) is a bare incipit with no full
 # pericope text given, so only the homily portion is authored, same
-# convention as the other two September Ember days. Kept as 3 separate
+# convention as the other two September Ember days.
-# readings, each with its own genuinely distinct proper responsory.
+#
+# Recombined into one reading 2026-09-04 (previously kept as 3 separate
+# readings): Lectio1-3 are one continuous, unbroken Gregory homily, split
+# only to fill the fixed 3-lesson Nocturn slot count — same fix already
+# applied to ember-september-friday.yml/ember-september-wednesday.yml the
+# same day, see either file's own header for the fuller rationale.
+# Responsory is Lectio1's own; Lectio2/3's own distinct responsories
+# (drawn from TemporaM/093-0's own Tobias-sermon texts) are dropped, same
+# as every other collapsed-reading case in this store.
 id: ember-september-saturday
 readings:
   - nocturn: 1
@@ -24,6 +32,23 @@ readings:
         audístis: ficúlneam infructuósam, et mulíerem curvam; et utríque rei est píetas impénsa. Illud autem dixit
         per similitúdinem: istud egit per exhibitiónem. Sed hoc signíficat ficúlnea infructuósa, quod múlier
         inclináta; et hoc ficúlnea reserváta, quod múlier erécta.
+
+
+        Quid arbor fici, nisi humánam natúram desígnat? Quid múlier inclináta, nisi eámdem natúram significándo
+        denúntiat? Quæ et bene plantáta est sicut ficus, et bene creáta sicut múlier; sed in culpam própria sponte
+        lapsa, neque fructum servat operatiónis, neque statum rectitúdinis. Ad peccátum quippe ex voluntáte
+        córruens, quia fructum obediéntiæ ferre nóluit, statum rectitúdinis amísit. Quæ ad Dei similitúdinem
+        cóndita, dum in sua dignitáte non pérstitit, quod plantáta vel creáta fúerat, serváre contémpsit. Tértio
+        dóminus víneæ ad ficúlneam venit, quia natúram géneris humáni ante legem, sub lege, sub grátia, exspéctando,
+        admonéndo, visitándo requisívit.
+
+
+        Venit ante legem, quia per naturálem intelléctum quid unusquísque exémplo sui, quáliter erga próximum ágere
+        debuísset, innótuit. Venit in lege, quia præcipiéndo dócuit. Venit post legem per grátiam, quia pietátis
+        suæ præséntiam exhibéndo monstrávit. Sed tamen in tribus annis fructum se non invenísse conquéritur: quia
+        quorúmdam pravórum mentes nec inspiráta lex naturális córrigit, nec præcépta erúdiunt, nec incarnatiónis
+        ejus mirácula convértunt. Quid vero per cultórem víneæ, nisi præpositórum ordo exprímitur? Qui dum præsunt
+        Ecclésiæ, nimírum Domínicæ víneæ curam gerunt.
       en: >-
         Our Lord and Redeemer speaketh unto us sometimes by words, and sometimes by deeds, sometimes one thing by
         words, and another by deeds, and sometimes the same thing both by word and deed. In the portion of the
@@ -32,24 +57,8 @@ readings:
         in the one by a parable, in the other by an example. But the barren fig-tree signifieth the same thing as
         doth the woman bowed together, and the patience shown to the fig-tree the same thing as doth the healing
         of the woman bowed together.
-    responsory:
-      la: "R. Tribulatiónes civitátum audívimus, quas passæ sunt, et defécimus: timor et hebetúdo mentis cécidit super nos et super líberos nostros: ipsi montes nolunt recípere fugam nostram: * Dómine, miserére.\nV. Peccávimus cum pátribus nostris, injúste égimus, iniquitátem fécimus.\nR. Dómine, miserére."
-      en: "R. We have heard of the tribulation of those cities, which they have suffered, and we have fainted. Fear and confusion of mind are fallen upon us. Even the mountains will not give us a refuge. * Lord, have mercy.\nV. We have sinned like our forefathers, we have done unjustly, and wrought iniquity.\nR. Lord, have mercy."
-    status: { la: verified, en: verified }
 
-  - nocturn: 2
+
-    isGospel: false
-    source: "Pope St. Gregory the Great, Homily 31 on the Gospels, on Luke 13:6-17"
-    text:
-      la: >-
-        Quid arbor fici, nisi humánam natúram desígnat? Quid múlier inclináta, nisi eámdem natúram significándo
-        denúntiat? Quæ et bene plantáta est sicut ficus, et bene creáta sicut múlier; sed in culpam própria sponte
-        lapsa, neque fructum servat operatiónis, neque statum rectitúdinis. Ad peccátum quippe ex voluntáte
-        córruens, quia fructum obediéntiæ ferre nóluit, statum rectitúdinis amísit. Quæ ad Dei similitúdinem
-        cóndita, dum in sua dignitáte non pérstitit, quod plantáta vel creáta fúerat, serváre contémpsit. Tértio
-        dóminus víneæ ad ficúlneam venit, quia natúram géneris humáni ante legem, sub lege, sub grátia, exspéctando,
-        admonéndo, visitándo requisívit.
-      en: >-
         What is the fig-tree a type, but of mankind? Of what is the woman bowed together by a spirit of infirmity a
         type, but of the same mankind? Man was originally placed in a garden like the fig-tree, and created upright
         like the woman, but man fell away by his own willful fault like the fig-tree he brought forth no fruit like
@@ -58,23 +67,8 @@ readings:
         continued not in honour, but cast aside the state wherein it had been placed and made. The lord of the
         vineyard came thrice to the fig-tree, for God hath come in hope, and in warning, seeking fruit from mankind
         under three successive dispensations, that is to say, before the law, under the law, and under grace.
-    responsory:
-      la: "R. Audíte, fílii mei, patrem vestrum: † servíte Dómino in veritáte, et inquírite ut faciátis quæ plácita sunt illi: et fíliis vestris mandáte * Ut fáciant justítias et eleemósynas.\nV. Ut sint mémores Dei, et benedícant eum in omni témpore † in veritáte, et in tota virtúte sua.\nR. Ut fáciant justítias et eleemósynas."
-      en: "R. Hearken my children, to your father: serve the Lord in truth, and seek to do the things that please him: and command your children: * That they do justice and almsdeeds.\nV. That they be mindful of God, and bless him at all times in truth, and with all their power.\nR. That they do justice and almsdeeds."
-    status: { la: verified, en: verified }
 
-  - nocturn: 3
+
-    isGospel: false
-    source: "Pope St. Gregory the Great, Homily 31 on the Gospels, on Luke 13:6-17"
-    text:
-      la: >-
-        Venit ante legem, quia per naturálem intelléctum quid unusquísque exémplo sui, quáliter erga próximum ágere
-        debuísset, innótuit. Venit in lege, quia præcipiéndo dócuit. Venit post legem per grátiam, quia pietátis
-        suæ præséntiam exhibéndo monstrávit. Sed tamen in tribus annis fructum se non invenísse conquéritur: quia
-        quorúmdam pravórum mentes nec inspiráta lex naturális córrigit, nec præcépta erúdiunt, nec incarnatiónis
-        ejus mirácula convértunt. Quid vero per cultórem víneæ, nisi præpositórum ordo exprímitur? Qui dum præsunt
-        Ecclésiæ, nimírum Domínicæ víneæ curam gerunt.
-      en: >-
         It came before the law, in that by natural understanding, He let all know by example of Himself, what and
         how they should do toward their neighbor. In the law He came teaching. After the law He came by grace,
         opening, manifesting His merciful Presence. But after all these three years He yet hath to complain that He
@@ -84,6 +78,6 @@ readings:
         For these are they who have the government in the Church, and are therefore truly called the dressers of
         the Lord's vineyard.
     responsory:
-      la: "R. Benedícat te Dóminus in virtúte sua, † qui per te ad níhilum redégit inimícos nostros: * Ut non defíciat laus tua de ore hóminum.\nV. Benedíctus Dóminus qui creávit cælum et terram: † quia hódie nomen tuum ita magnificávit.\nR. Ut non defíciat laus tua de ore hóminum."
+      la: "R. Tribulatiónes civitátum audívimus, quas passæ sunt, et defécimus: timor et hebetúdo mentis cécidit super nos et super líberos nostros: ipsi montes nolunt recípere fugam nostram: * Dómine, miserére.\nV. Peccávimus cum pátribus nostris, injúste égimus, iniquitátem fécimus.\nR. Dómine, miserére."
-      en: "R. The Lord bless you by His power, Who hath brought our enemies to nought through you. * And may the praise of you never fail from the mouth of men.\nV. Blessed be the Lord, Who hath created the heaven and the earth, because that He hath so glorified your name this day.\nR. And may the praise of you never fail from the mouth of men."
+      en: "R. We have heard of the tribulation of those cities, which they have suffered, and we have fainted. Fear and confusion of mind are fallen upon us. Even the mountains will not give us a refuge. * Lord, have mercy.\nV. We have sinned like our forefathers, we have done unjustly, and wrought iniquity.\nR. Lord, have mercy."
     status: { la: verified, en: verified }

src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/ember-september-wednesday.yml

@@ -11,13 +11,22 @@
 # Lectio1's Gospel citation (Mark 9:16-28) is a bare incipit ("Et
 # réliqua") with no full pericope text given, so — per this store's own
 # established convention (see st-lawrence.yml/st-andrew.yml) — only the
-# homily portion is authored, not marked isGospel. Kept as 3 separate
+# homily portion is authored, not marked isGospel.
-# readings (not combined into one, despite being one continuous homily by
+#
-# Bede) because each carries its own genuinely distinct, proper
+# Recombined into one reading 2026-09-04 (previously kept as 3 separate
-# responsory rather than one reused across a merely-chopped source — see
+# readings): Lectio1-3 are one continuous, unbroken Bede homily, split
-# post-pentecost-15.yml's own doc comment for the "recombine only where
+# only to fill the fixed 3-lesson Nocturn slot count — the "source
-# the source doesn't genuinely change" default this deliberately departs
+# doesn't genuinely split" case this store's own established default
-# from here, given the real content loss combining would cause.
+# (see post-pentecost-15.yml's own doc comment) recombines, same fix
+# already applied to ember-september-friday.yml the same day (see that
+# file's own header for the fuller rationale — the original "genuinely
+# distinct proper responsory" justification for staying split doesn't
+# hold up against that established default, which already collapses
+# readings with their own distinct responsories elsewhere). Responsory
+# here is Lectio1's own (Responsory1 = identical in both tracks) per the
+# "the first one, when several collapse" convention; Lectio2/3's own
+# distinct responsories (drawn from TemporaM/093-0's own Tobias-sermon
+# texts) are dropped, same as every other collapsed-reading case.
 id: ember-september-wednesday
 readings:
   - nocturn: 1
@@ -32,6 +41,24 @@ readings:
         tabéscunt; stultórum namque et languéntium atque hébetum est, spumas salivárum ex ore dimíttere. Strident
         déntibus, cum iracúndiæ furóre flamméscunt: aréscunt, cum ótio torpénte languéscunt, et nulla virtútis
         indústria confortáti enérviter vivunt.
+
+
+        Quod autem ait: Et dixi discípulis tuis ut eícerent illum, et non potuérunt; laténter Apóstolos accúsat, cum
+        impossibílitas curándi, intérdum non ad imbecillitátem curántium, sed ad eórum, qui curándi sunt, fidem
+        referátur, dicénte Dómino: Fiat tibi secúndum fidem tuam. Qui respóndens eis, dixit: O generátio incrédula,
+        quámdiu apud vos ero? quámdiu vos pátiar? Non quod tǽdio superátus sit mansuétus ac mitis, qui non apéruit
+        sicut agnus coram tondénte os suum, nec in verba furóris erúpit; sed quo in similitúdinem médici, si ægrótum
+        vídeat contra sua præcépta se gérere, dicat: Usquequo accédam ad domum tuam? quoúsque artis meæ perdam
+        indústriam, me áliud jubénte, et te áliud perpetránte?
+
+
+        Et dixit illis: Hoc genus in nullo potest exíre, nisi in oratióne et jejúnio. Dum docet Apóstolos quómodo
+        dæmon nequíssimus débeat expélli, omnes instítuit ad vitam; ut scílicet novérimus, gravíssima quæque vel
+        immundórum spirítuum, vel hóminum tentaménta jejúniis et oratiónibus esse superánda: iram quoque Dómini,
+        cum in ultiónem nostrórum scélerum fúerit accénsa, hoc remédio singulári posse placári. Jejúnium autem
+        generále est, non solum ab escis, sed et a cunctis illécebris abstinére carnálibus, immo ab ómnibus
+        vitiórum continére se passiónibus. Sic et orátio generális non in verbis solum est, quibus divínam
+        cleméntiam invocámus, verum étiam in ómnibus, quæ in obséquium nostri Conditóris fídei devotióne gérimus.
       en: >-
         Concerning this possessed person whom the Lord healed, after that He was come down from the mount, Mark
         saith that he was deaf and dumb, and Matthew that he was lunatic. He was a figure of them of whom it is
@@ -41,24 +68,8 @@ readings:
         with idiots, and swooners, and stupified, to foam their spittle out at their mouths. They gnash their teeth
         when they are inflamed with the heat of passion. They wither up in the paralysis of sloth and live nerveless
         lives unbraced by any strong exercise.
-    responsory:
-      la: "R. Tribulatiónes civitátum audívimus, quas passæ sunt, et defécimus: timor et hebetúdo mentis cécidit super nos et super líberos nostros: ipsi montes nolunt recípere fugam nostram: * Dómine, miserére.\nV. Peccávimus cum pátribus nostris, injúste égimus, iniquitátem fécimus.\nR. Dómine, miserére."
-      en: "R. We have heard of the tribulation of those cities, which they have suffered, and we have fainted. Fear and confusion of mind are fallen upon us. Even the mountains will not give us a refuge. * Lord, have mercy.\nV. We have sinned like our forefathers, we have done unjustly, and wrought iniquity.\nR. Lord, have mercy."
-    status: { la: verified, en: verified }
 
-  - nocturn: 2
+
-    isGospel: false
-    source: "The Venerable Bede, Priest, homily on Mark 9:16-28"
-    text:
-      la: >-
-        Quod autem ait: Et dixi discípulis tuis ut eícerent illum, et non potuérunt; laténter Apóstolos accúsat, cum
-        impossibílitas curándi, intérdum non ad imbecillitátem curántium, sed ad eórum, qui curándi sunt, fidem
-        referátur, dicénte Dómino: Fiat tibi secúndum fidem tuam. Qui respóndens eis, dixit: O generátio incrédula,
-        quámdiu apud vos ero? quámdiu vos pátiar? Non quod tǽdio superátus sit mansuétus ac mitis, qui non apéruit
-        sicut agnus coram tondénte os suum, nec in verba furóris erúpit; sed quo in similitúdinem médici, si ægrótum
-        vídeat contra sua præcépta se gérere, dicat: Usquequo accédam ad domum tuam? quoúsque artis meæ perdam
-        indústriam, me áliud jubénte, et te áliud perpetránte?
-      en: >-
         The father saith: And I spake to thy disciples, that they should cast him out, and they could not. Here he
         maketh a sort of accusation against the Apostles. But that cures cannot be wrought is sometimes owing, not
         to the powerlessness of them that would heal, but to the want of faith in them that are to be healed as
@@ -68,24 +79,8 @@ readings:
         but He spake as a physician might speak, who saw that the sick man did contrary to his commands. Wherefore
         should I come unto thine house? How long am I to throw away the exercise of my skill, while I order one
         thing and thou dost another?
-    responsory:
-      la: "R. Audíte, fílii mei, patrem vestrum: † servíte Dómino in veritáte, et inquírite ut faciátis quæ plácita sunt illi: et fíliis vestris mandáte * Ut fáciant justítias et eleemósynas.\nV. Ut sint mémores Dei, et benedícant eum in omni témpore † in veritáte, et in tota virtúte sua.\nR. Ut fáciant justítias et eleemósynas."
-      en: "R. Hearken my children, to your father: serve the Lord in truth, and seek to do the things that please him: and command your children: * That they do justice and almsdeeds.\nV. That they be mindful of God, and bless him at all times in truth, and with all their power.\nR. That they do justice and almsdeeds."
-    status: { la: verified, en: verified }
 
-  - nocturn: 3
+
-    isGospel: false
-    source: "The Venerable Bede, Priest, homily on Mark 9:16-28"
-    text:
-      la: >-
-        Et dixit illis: Hoc genus in nullo potest exíre, nisi in oratióne et jejúnio. Dum docet Apóstolos quómodo
-        dæmon nequíssimus débeat expélli, omnes instítuit ad vitam; ut scílicet novérimus, gravíssima quæque vel
-        immundórum spirítuum, vel hóminum tentaménta jejúniis et oratiónibus esse superánda: iram quoque Dómini,
-        cum in ultiónem nostrórum scélerum fúerit accénsa, hoc remédio singulári posse placári. Jejúnium autem
-        generále est, non solum ab escis, sed et a cunctis illécebris abstinére carnálibus, immo ab ómnibus
-        vitiórum continére se passiónibus. Sic et orátio generális non in verbis solum est, quibus divínam
-        cleméntiam invocámus, verum étiam in ómnibus, quæ in obséquium nostri Conditóris fídei devotióne gérimus.
-      en: >-
         And He said unto them: This kind can come forth by nothing but by prayer and fasting. While He teacheth the
         Apostles how the very worst kind of devil must be driven out, He giveth unto all of us an instruction unto
         life, that we may know that the most grievous trials, either from unclean spirits, or from men, are to be
@@ -95,6 +90,6 @@ readings:
         to pray, is not only to call in words for the mercy of God, but also, in all things which we do, in
         earnestness of faith to worship our Maker.
     responsory:
-      la: "R. Benedícat te Dóminus in virtúte sua, † qui per te ad níhilum redégit inimícos nostros: * Ut non defíciat laus tua de ore hóminum.\nV. Benedíctus Dóminus qui creávit cælum et terram: † quia hódie nomen tuum ita magnificávit.\nR. Ut non defíciat laus tua de ore hóminum."
+      la: "R. Tribulatiónes civitátum audívimus, quas passæ sunt, et defécimus: timor et hebetúdo mentis cécidit super nos et super líberos nostros: ipsi montes nolunt recípere fugam nostram: * Dómine, miserére.\nV. Peccávimus cum pátribus nostris, injúste égimus, iniquitátem fécimus.\nR. Dómine, miserére."
-      en: "R. The Lord bless you by His power, Who hath brought our enemies to nought through you. * And may the praise of you never fail from the mouth of men.\nV. Blessed be the Lord, Who hath created the heaven and the earth, because that He hath so glorified your name this day.\nR. And may the praise of you never fail from the mouth of men."
+      en: "R. We have heard of the tribulation of those cities, which they have suffered, and we have fainted. Fear and confusion of mind are fallen upon us. Even the mountains will not give us a refuge. * Lord, have mercy.\nV. We have sinned like our forefathers, we have done unjustly, and wrought iniquity.\nR. Lord, have mercy."
     status: { la: verified, en: verified }

tests/calendar/ember-days.test.ts

@@ -106,22 +106,22 @@ describe('Ember days', () => {
   });
 
   it('Matins renders real, distinct, verified lessons+responsories for each of the 6 Ember days', () => {
-    // September Ember Friday (2026-09-18) is 1, not >=3, since 2026-09-04:
+    // All 6 are now 1, not >=3, since 2026-09-04: every Ember day's own
-    // ember-september-friday.yml's own Gregory homily (Lectio1-3) was
+    // nocturn-readings file was recombined into a single reading -- each
-    // recombined into a single reading -- it's one continuous, unbroken
+    // is one continuous, unbroken homily, split only to fill the fixed
-    // homily on the same pericope, split only to fill the fixed 3-lesson
+    // 3-lesson slot count, the same "source doesn't genuinely split"
-    // slot count, the same "source doesn't genuinely split" default
+    // default post-pentecost-15.yml's own doc comment establishes.
-    // post-pentecost-15.yml's own doc comment already establishes. The
+    // September Friday was the first fixed; Wednesday/Saturday (September)
-    // other 5 Ember days' own nocturn-readings files still keep their
+    // and Wednesday/Friday/Saturday (Advent) followed the same day once
-    // historical 3-way split (each with its own genuinely distinct
+    // the reference source was checked directly for each and confirmed
-    // responsory) -- not revisited here, out of scope for this fix.
+    // contiguous.
     const dates: [string, number][] = [
-      ['2026-09-16', 3],
+      ['2026-09-16', 1],
       ['2026-09-18', 1],
-      ['2026-09-19', 3],
+      ['2026-09-19', 1],
-      ['2026-12-16', 3],
+      ['2026-12-16', 1],
-      ['2026-12-18', 3],
+      ['2026-12-18', 1],
-      ['2026-12-19', 3],
+      ['2026-12-19', 1],
     ];
     for (const [date, minLessons] of dates) {
       const ordo = resolveOrdo('matins', date);