From 58816a7d1526ba46a65e47fdce46620043a3a991 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Will Estes Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2026 07:14:31 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Add December Matins readings for SanctiM-track saints, completing the pass MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 13 of December's 15 SanctiM-track saints authored (st-bibiana, st-nicholas, st-ambrose, immaculate-conception, st-damasus, st-lucy, st-thomas-apostle, st-stephen-protomartyr, st-john-apostle, holy-innocents, st-thomas-becket, st-silvester-i, st-eusebius-of-vercelli); st-barbara and st-melchiades left unauthored as Common-only. This is the twelfth and final month of the SanctiM (Monastic 1617)-track saints' Matins readings pass — 129 saints authored across the whole year. Adding St. Eusebius of Vercelli's content surfaces a 3rd Matins lesson on the existing Advent III Tuesday proof date (Dec 15 falls under his commemoration); updated matins.test.ts accordingly — the "commemorations get their own reading" design working as intended, not a regression. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 --- TODO.md | 32 ++- .../nocturn-readings/holy-innocents.yml | 123 +++++++++ .../immaculate-conception.yml | 240 ++++++++++++++++++ .../propers/nocturn-readings/st-ambrose.yml | 93 +++++++ .../propers/nocturn-readings/st-bibiana.yml | 84 ++++++ .../propers/nocturn-readings/st-damasus.yml | 73 ++++++ .../st-eusebius-of-vercelli.yml | 121 +++++++++ .../nocturn-readings/st-john-apostle.yml | 129 ++++++++++ src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/st-lucy.yml | 81 ++++++ .../propers/nocturn-readings/st-nicholas.yml | 102 ++++++++ .../nocturn-readings/st-silvester-i.yml | 113 +++++++++ .../st-stephen-protomartyr.yml | 157 ++++++++++++ .../nocturn-readings/st-thomas-apostle.yml | 110 ++++++++ .../nocturn-readings/st-thomas-becket.yml | 171 +++++++++++++ tests/hours/matins.test.ts | 9 +- 15 files changed, 1631 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/holy-innocents.yml create mode 100644 src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/immaculate-conception.yml create mode 100644 src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/st-ambrose.yml create mode 100644 src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/st-bibiana.yml create mode 100644 src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/st-damasus.yml create mode 100644 src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/st-eusebius-of-vercelli.yml create mode 100644 src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/st-john-apostle.yml create mode 100644 src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/st-lucy.yml create mode 100644 src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/st-nicholas.yml create mode 100644 src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/st-silvester-i.yml create mode 100644 src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/st-stephen-protomartyr.yml create mode 100644 src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/st-thomas-apostle.yml create mode 100644 src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/st-thomas-becket.yml diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md index 540a1a4..22d7c07 100644 --- a/TODO.md +++ b/TODO.md @@ -36,8 +36,9 @@ across every hour and content type in this app. Matins responsory pool beyond its one seeded book (`isa`). The pre-1955-but-post-1617 saints (Tridentine/Divino Afflatu-sourced, no Monastic 1617 track) are now done — see "Pre-1955 saints' Matins readings" below. The larger pool of saints that *do* have a - Monastic 1617 track (`SanctiM/`) is in progress — see "SanctiM-track saints' Matins - readings" below — January-November done (116/136), ~29 candidates remain (December). + Monastic 1617 track (`SanctiM/`) is now also done — see "SanctiM-track saints' Matins + readings" below — all 12 months complete, 129 saints authored, the rest correctly left + unauthored as Common-only/no-content cases. - The bulk Vulgate (Latin) + Douay-Rheims (English) scripture import into `src/data/scripture/` — long-term project, explicitly deferred; Matins scripture citations resolve to `missing` text until it lands. @@ -1363,7 +1364,7 @@ the bible-plan bulk conversion) and `npm run build`/`tsc --noEmit` both pass. **Not done in this pass**: the larger pool of saints that *do* have a Monastic 1617 (`SanctiM/`) track — same authoring shape, separate/older backlog item (see priority §2 above). -### SanctiM (Monastic 1617)-track saints' Matins readings — started, January done (2026-08) +### SanctiM (Monastic 1617)-track saints' Matins readings — done, all 12 months (2026-08) The complementary pool to the pre-1955 pass above: saints with a `SanctiM/MM-DD*.txt` file. **Method finding, worth recording**: a `SanctiM/MM-DD.txt` file almost always turns out to be @@ -1546,8 +1547,29 @@ proper text at all in the source): `st-emilian`, `st-odo` — both genuinely Mon with no Lectio content in their own SanctiM files, the same wrinkle as `st-justina`/`st-gall` in October. `npm test`/`tsc --noEmit` both pass. -**Not done in this pass**: the remaining ~29 SanctiM-track candidates (December) — same -authoring shape, continue month by month. +**December done (13/15 saints, 2 left unauthored as Common-only) — final month, pass +complete**: `st-bibiana`, `st-nicholas`, `st-ambrose`, `immaculate-conception` (two genuinely +distinct Nocturn 2 sources kept as separate readings — St. Jerome's sermon, and the Acts of Pius +IX defining the dogma in 1854), `st-damasus`, `st-lucy`, `st-thomas-apostle`, +`st-stephen-protomartyr`, `st-john-apostle`, `holy-innocents`, `st-thomas-becket`, +`st-silvester-i`, `st-eusebius-of-vercelli` (off-date, missed pre-1955-pool candidate — vu +places him Dec 15 via Monastic 1617's own same-day redirect, but his real proper content is at +the general Tridentine calendar's Dec 16; no SanctiM file exists for him at either date). Left +unauthored (Common-only, no proper text at all in the source): `st-barbara` (correct file +`Sancti/12-04o.txt`) and `st-melchiades` (correct file `Sancti/12-10o.txt` — this also corrects +an earlier wrong "neither Sancti nor SanctiM file" claim about him in memory +`vu-matins-pre1955-saints`, the same "verify by opening the file, not just checking existence" +lesson as November's St. Romanus Abbot correction). Adding `st-eusebius-of-vercelli`'s content +surfaced a 3rd Matins lesson on the fixed Advent III Tuesday proof date (`tests/hours/ +matins.test.ts`, Dec 15 falls under his commemoration) — updated that test's expected lesson +count from 2 to 3, not a regression: exactly the "commemorations get their own reading" design +working as intended once real content exists to surface. `npm test` (365 tests) and `tsc +--noEmit` both pass. + +**Pass complete**: all 12 months (January-December) of the SanctiM-track saints' Matins +readings are now done — 129 saints authored across the whole year, the rest correctly left +unauthored as Common-only/no-content cases. See memory `vu-matins-sanctim-saints` for the full +per-month record and the twelve method findings this pass turned up. ### Bible-plan TSV — bulk conversion done (2026-08) diff --git a/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/holy-innocents.yml b/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/holy-innocents.yml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..775f973 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/holy-innocents.yml @@ -0,0 +1,123 @@ +# Matins Nocturn 2-3 readings for the Holy Innocents (Dec 28) — +# SanctiM/12-28.txt inherits the whole day (`@Sancti/12-28`) with no +# Nocturn 2/3 override, so this feast's own proper content is sourced +# from the Tridentine track exactly as for a pre-1955 saint (see +# memory vu-matins-pre1955-saints, vu-matins-sanctim-saints). +# web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/12-28.txt, English/Sancti/12-28.txt. +# +# Nocturn 2: Lectio4-6 combined into one reading, St. Augustine's +# sermon — one continuous piece, no genuine source break. +# Nocturn 3: Lectio7's Gospel citation (Matt 2:13-18) is a bare +# incipit ("Et réliqua") with no full pericope text given, so — per +# the established convention of not transcribing bare incipits — only +# the homily portion is authored (not marked isGospel), St. Jerome's +# commentary (Lectio7's homily + Lectio8-9 combined, one continuous +# piece). +id: holy-innocents +readings: + - nocturn: 2 + isGospel: false + source: "St. Augustine of Hippo, Sermon 10 on the Saints" + text: + la: >- + Hódie, fratres caríssimi, natálem illórum infántium cólimus, quos ab Heróde + crudelíssimo rege interféctos esse, Evangélii textus elóquitur. Et ídeo cum summa + exsultatióne gáudeat terra, cæléstium mílitum et tantárum parens fecúnda virtútum. + Ecce profánus hostis nunquam beátis párvulis tantum prodésse potuísset obséquio, + quantum prófuit ódio. Nam, sicut sacratíssimum præséntis diéi festum maniféstat, + quantum in beátos párvulos iníquitas abundávit, tantum in eis grátia benedictiónis + refúdit. + + + Beáta es, o Béthlehem terra Juda, quæ Heródis regis immanitátem in puerórum + exstinctióne perpéssa es: quæ sub uno témpore candidátam plebem imbéllis infántiæ Deo + offérre meruísti. Digne tamen natálem illórum cólimus, quos beátius ætérnæ vitæ mundus + édidit, quam quos maternórum víscerum partus effúdit. Síquidem ante vitæ perpétuæ + adépti sunt dignitátem, quam usúram præséntis accéperint. + + + Aliórum quidem pretiósa mors Mártyrum laudem in confessióne proméruit, horum in + consummatióne complácuit; quia incipiéntis vitæ primórdiis, ipse eis occásus inítium + glóriæ dedit, qui præséntis términum impósuit. Quos Heródis impíetas lactántes matrum + ubéribus abstráxit; qui jure dicúntur Mártyrum flores, quos in médio frígore + infidelitátis exórtos, velut primas erumpéntes Ecclésiæ gemmas, quædam persecutiónis + pruína decóxit. + en: >- + Dearly beloved brethren, today we keep the birthday of those children, who, as we are + informed by the Gospel, were massacred by the savage King Herod. Therefore let earth + rejoice with exceeding joy, for she is the mother of these heavenly soldiers, and of + this numerous host. The love of the vile Herod could never have crowned these blessed + ones as hath his hatred. For the Church testifieth by this holy solemnity, that whereas + iniquity did specially abound against these little saints, so much the more were + heavenly blessings poured out upon them. + + + Blessed art thou, O Bethlehem in the land of Judah, which hast suffered the cruelty of + King Herod in the slaughter of thy children; who art found worthy to offer at once to + God a whole white-robed army of guileless martyrs! Surely, it is well to keep their + birthday, even that blessed birthday which gave them from earth to heaven, more blessed + than the day that brought them out of their mother's womb. Scarcely had they entered on + the life that now is, when they obtained that glorious life which is to come. + + + We praise the death of other martyrs because it was the crowning act of an undaunted + and persistent testimony; but these were crowned at once. He That maketh an end to + this present life, gave to them at its very gates that eternal blessedness which we + hope for at its close. They whom the wickedness of Herod tore from their mothers' + breasts are rightfully called the flowers of martyrdom; hardly had these buds of the + Church shown their heads above the soil, in the winter of unbelief, when the frost of + persecution nipped them. + status: { la: verified, en: verified } + + - nocturn: 3 + isGospel: false + source: "St. Jerome, Commentary on Matthew, Book I, on Matt 2:13-18" + text: + la: >- + Quando tulit Púerum et Matrem ejus, ut in Ægýptum tránseat, nocte tulit, et in + ténebris: quia noctem ignorántiæ his, a quibus ipse recéssit, relíquit incrédulis. + Quando vero revértitur in Judǽam, nec nox, nec ténebræ ponúntur in Evangélio: quia in + fine mundi Judǽi fidem, tamquam Christum ab Ægýpto reverténtem suscipiéntes, + illuminabúntur. + + + Ut adimplerétur quod dictum est a Dómino per prophétam dicéntem: Ex Ægýpto vocávi + Fílium meum. Respóndeant, qui Hebræórum volúminum dénegant veritátem, ubi hoc in + Septuagínta legátur interprétibus. Quod cum non invénerint, nos eis dicémus, in Osée + prophéta scriptum, sicut et exemplária probáre possunt, quæ nuper edídimus. + + + Tunc adimplétum est, quod dictum est per Jeremíam prophétam dicéntem: Vox in Rama + audíta est, plorátus et ululátus multus, Rachel plorans fílios suos. De Rachel natus + est Bénjamin, in cujus tribu non est Béthlehem. Quǽritur ergo, quómodo Rachel fílios + Judæ, id est Béthlehem, quasi suos ploret. Respondébimus bréviter, quia sepúlta sit + juxta Béthlehem in Ephrata; et ex matérno corpúsculi hospítio matris nomen accéperit; + sive quóniam Juda et Bénjamin duæ tribus junctæ erant, et Heródes præcéperat non solum + in Béthlehem intérfici púeros, sed et in ómnibus fínibus ejus. + en: >- + He took the young Child, and His mother, and fled into Egypt, by night and in + darkness; and the darkness of that night was a figure of the darkness of ignorance in + which they left the unbelievers from whom they fled. But when they returned into + Judaea, we learn not from the Gospel that it was by night, or in darkness; which is an + image of that light which will lighten the Jews, when, at the end of the world, they + shall receive back the faith, which now lighteneth the Gentiles, even as Judaea + received Christ returning from Egypt. + + + That it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the Prophet, saying Out of + Egypt have I called My Son. Those who go about to deny the authority of the Hebrew + Scriptures, ask where any such passage is to be found in the Septuagint. But, although + they find it not there, I tell them that the fact of its being written in the Prophet + Hosea can be proved by the texts which I have lately published. + + + Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremias the Prophet, saying; In Rama was + there a voice heard, weeping and great mourning; Rachel weeping for her children. The + child of Rachel was Benjamin, and Bethlehem is not a town belonging to his tribe. We + must therefore seek another reason why Rachel should weep for the children of Judah, to + whom Bethlehem belongeth, as for her own. The plain answer is that she is buried at + Ephrath close to Bethlehem, and she is called Mother on account of the resting-place of + her earthly tabernacle being there. It is possible also that she is called Mother + because the tribes of Judah and Benjamin were joined together, and Herod slew not only + all the children that were in Bethlehem, but also in all the coasts thereof. + status: { la: verified, en: verified } diff --git a/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/immaculate-conception.yml b/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/immaculate-conception.yml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..aa5bb79 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/immaculate-conception.yml @@ -0,0 +1,240 @@ +# Matins Nocturn 2-3 readings for the Immaculate Conception (Dec 8) — +# SanctiM/12-08.txt inherits the whole day (`@Sancti/12-08`) with no +# Nocturn 2/3 override, so this feast's own proper content is sourced +# from the Tridentine track exactly as for a pre-1955 saint (see +# memory vu-matins-pre1955-saints, vu-matins-sanctim-saints). +# web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/12-08.txt, English/Sancti/12-08.txt. +# +# Nocturn 2 has two genuinely distinct sources kept as separate +# readings: Lectio4-5 (St. Jerome's sermon on the Assumption, applied +# here to the Conception, one continuous piece) and Lectio6 (the Acts +# of Pope Pius IX defining the dogma in 1854) — a real source and +# topic change, not a split-for-length case. +# Nocturn 3: Lectio7's Gospel citation (Luke 1:26-28) is a bare +# incipit ("Et réliqua") with no full pericope text given, so — per +# the established convention of not transcribing bare incipits — only +# the homily portion is authored (not marked isGospel), St. Germain of +# Constantinople's homily on the Presentation (Lectio7's homily + +# Lectio8-9 combined, one continuous piece). +id: immaculate-conception +readings: + - nocturn: 2 + isGospel: false + source: "St. Jerome, Sermon on the Assumption" + text: + la: >- + Qualis et quanta esset beáta et gloriósa semper Virgo María, ab Angelo divínitus + declarátur, cum dícitur: Ave, grátia plena; Dóminus tecum: benedícta tu in muliéribus. + Tálibus namque decébat Vírginem oppignorári munéribus, ut esset grátia plena, quæ + dedit cælis glóriam, terris Dóminum, pacémque refúdit, fidem géntibus, finem vítiis, + vitæ órdinem, móribus disciplínam. Et bene plena, quia céteris per partes præstátur; + Maríæ vero simul se tota infúdit plenitúdo grátiæ. Vere plena, quia etsi in sanctis + Pátribus et Prophétis grátia fuísse créditur, non tamen eátenus plena; in Maríam vero + totíus grátiæ, quæ in Christo est, plenitúdo venit, quamquam áliter. Et ídeo inquit: + Benedícta tu in muliéribus; id est plus benedícta quam omnes mulíeres. Ac per hoc + quidquid maledictiónis infúsum est per Hevam, totum ábstulit benedíctio Maríæ. De + ipsa Sálomon in Cánticis, quasi in laudem ejus, Veni, inquit, colúmba mea, immaculáta + mea. Jam enim hiems tránsiit, imber ábiit et recéssit. Ac deínde inquit: Veni de + Líbano, veni, coronáberis. + + + Non immérito ígitur veníre de Líbano jubétur, quia Líbanus candidátio interpretátur. + Erat enim candidáta multis meritórum virtútibus, et dealbáta nive candídior, Spíritus + Sancti munéribus, simplicitátem colúmbæ in ómnibus repræséntans: quóniam, quidquid in + ea gestum est, totum púritas et simplícitas, totum véritas et grátia fuit; totum + misericórdia et justítia, quæ de cælo prospéxit: et ídeo immaculáta, quia in nullo + corrúpta. Circúmdedit enim virum in útero, sicut Jeremías sanctus testátur, et non + aliúnde accépit. Fáciet, inquit, Dóminus novum super terram, et múlier circúmdabit + virum. Vere novum, et ómnium novitátum superéminens nóvitas virtútum, quando Deus + (quem ferre non potest mundus, neque vidére áliquis, ut vívere possit) sic ingréssus + est hospítium ventris, ut córporis claustrum nescíret; sicque gestátus, ut totus Deus + in eo esset; et sic exívit inde, ut esset (sicut Ezéchiel fatétur) porta omníno clausa. + Unde cánitur in eísdem Cánticis de ea: Hortus conclúsus, fons signátus, emissiónes + tuæ paradísus. Vere hortus deliciárum, in quo cónsita sunt univérsa florum génera, et + odoraménta virtútum; sicque conclúsus, ut nésciat violári, neque corrúmpi ullis + insidiárum fráudibus. Fons ítaque signátus sigíllo totíus Trinitátis. + en: >- + Who and what was the blessed and glorious Mary, always a Virgin, hath been revealed by + God by the message of an Angel, in these words: Hail, thou that art full of grace, the + Lord is with thee blessed art thou among women. It was fitting that a fullness of grace + should be poured into that Virgin who hath given to God glory and to man a Saviour, who + hath brought peace to earth, who hath given faith to the Gentiles, who hath killed sin, + who hath given law to life, who hath made the crooked ways straight. Verily, she is + full of grace. To others grace cometh measure by measure; in Mary grace dwelleth at + once in all fullness. Verily, she is full of grace. We believe that the holy Fathers + and Prophets had grace; but they were not full of grace. But into Mary came a fullness + of all the grace which is in Christ, albeit otherwise than as it is in Him. Therefore + is it said: Blessed art thou among women, that is, Blessed art thou above all women. + The fulness of blessing in Mary utterly neutralized in her any effects of the curse of + Eve. In her praise Solomon writeth in the Song of Songs: Rise up, my dove, my fair one, + for the winter is past, the rain is over and gone. And again: Come from Lebanon, my + Spouse, come, thou shalt be crowned. + + + Not unjustly then is she bidden to come from Lebanon, for Lebanon is so named on + account of its stainless and glistening whiteness. The earthly Lebanon is white with + snow, but the lonely heights of Mary's holiness are white with purity and grace, + brilliantly fair, whiter far than snow, sparkling with the gifts of the Holy Ghost she + is undefiled like a dove, all clean, all upright, full of grace and truth. She is full + of mercy, and of the righteousness that hath looked down from heaven, and therefore is + she without stain because in her hath never been any corruption. She hath compassed a + man in her womb, saith holy Jeremiah, but she conceived not by the will of fallen man. + The Lord, saith the Prophet, hath created a new thing in the earth; a woman shall + compass a man. Verily, it is a new thing. Verily, it was a new work of power, greater + than all other works, when God, Whom the world cannot bear, and Whom no man shall see + and live, entered the lodging of her womb, breaking not the blissful cloister of her + virgin flesh. And in her body He was borne, the Infinite inclosed within her womb. And + from her womb He came forth, so that it was fulfilled which was spoken of the Prophet + Ezekiel, saying: This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall + enter in by it; because the Lord, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore + it shall be shut. Hence also in the Song of Songs it is said of her: A garden enclosed + is my sister, my spouse, a garden enclosed, a fountain sealed, thy perfumes are a + garden of delights. Verily a garden of delights, filled with the perfumes of all + flowers, rich with the sweet savour of grace. And the most holy Virgin herself is a + garden enclosed, whereinto sin and Satan have never entered to sully the blossoms, a + fountain sealed, sealed with the seal of the Trinity. + status: { la: verified, en: verified } + + - nocturn: 2 + isGospel: false + source: "Acts of Pope Pius IX (defining the dogma, 1854)" + text: + la: >- + Deíparæ autem Vírginis in sua Conceptióne de tetérrimo humáni géneris hoste victóriam, + quam divína elóquia, veneránda tradítio, perpétuus Ecclésiæ sensus, singuláris + episcopórum ac fidélium conspirátio, insígnia quoque summórum Pontíficum acta atque + constitutiónes mirífice jam illustrábant, Pius nonus Póntifex máximus totíus Ecclésiæ + votis ánnuens státuit suprémo suo atque infallíbili oráculo solémniter proclamáre. + Itaque sexto idus decémbris anni millésimi octingentésimi quinquagésimi quarti in + basílica Vaticána, ingénti sanctæ Románæ Ecclésiæ patrum cardinálium et Episcopórum + ex díssitis étiam regiónibus astánte cœtu, universóque plaudénte orbe, solémniter + pronuntiávit et definívit: Doctrínam quæ tenet beatíssimam Vírginem Maríam in primo + instánti suæ Conceptiónis fuísse, singulári Dei privilégio, ab omni originális culpæ + labe præservátam immúnem, esse a Deo revelátam, ac proínde ab ómnibus fidélibus + fírmiter constantérque credéndam. + en: >- + The fact that the Virgin Mother of God had at the moment of her conception triumphed + over the foul enemy of man, hath ever been borne out by the Holy Scriptures, by the + venerable tradition of the Church, and by her unceasing belief, as well as by the + common conviction of all Bishops and faithful Catholics, and by marked acts and + constitutions of the Holy See. At length the Supreme Pontiff Pius IX, in compliance + with the wishes of the Universal Church, determined to publish it as a truth of faith, + on his own absolute and unerring authority, and accordingly, on the 8th day of + December, 1854, in the Vatican Basilica, in presence of a great multitude composed of + the Fathers Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, and Bishops from all parts of the + earth, he, with the consent and jubilation of the whole world, declared and defined as + follows That doctrine which declareth that the most Blessed Virgin Mary was in the + first instant of her Conception preserved, by a special privilege granted unto her by + God, from any stain of original sin, is a doctrine taught and revealed by God, and + therefore is to be held by all faithful Christians firmly and constantly. + status: { la: verified, en: verified } + + - nocturn: 3 + isGospel: false + source: "St. Germain of Constantinople, Homily on the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin" + text: + la: >- + Ave, María, grátia plena, Sanctis sánctior, et cælis excélsior, et Chérubim + gloriósior, et Séraphim honorabílior, et super omnem creatúram venerabílior. Ave, + colúmba, quæ nobis et fructum fers olívæ, et servatórem a spiritáli dilúvio ac portum + salútis annúntias; cujus pennæ deargentátæ, et posterióra dorsi in pallóre auri + sanctíssimi et illuminántis Spíritus fulgóre irradiántur. Ave, amœníssimus et + rationális Dei paradísus, benevolentíssima et omnipoténti ejúsdem dextra hódie ad + Oriéntem plantátus, et ipsi suáve olens lílium, et rosam immarcescíbilem gérminans in + eórum medélam, qui pestíferam animǽque exitiálem amaritúdinem mortis ad Occidéntem + ebíberant; paradísus, in quo ad veritátis agnitiónem lignum vivíficum effloréscit, e + quo qui gustáverint, immortalitátem consequúntur. Ave, sacrosáncte ædificátum, + immaculátum, purissimúmque Dei summi Regis palátium, ejúsdem Dei Regis magnificéntia + circumornátum, omnésque hospítio recípiens ac mýsticis refíciens delíciis; in quo non + manufáctus et vário decóre nitens situs est spirituális Sponsi thálamus; in quo + Verbum errántem humánam stirpem revocáre volens, carnem sibi desponsávit, ut eos, qui + voluntáte própria extórres facti fúerant, Patri reconciliáret. + + + Ave, Dei mons præpínguis et umbrósus, in quo enutrítus Agnus rationális peccáta atque + infirmitátes nostras portávit: mons, e quo devolútus ille nulla manu præcísus lapis, + contrívit aras idolórum, et factus est in caput ánguli, mirábilis in óculis nostris. + Ave, sanctus Dei thronus, divínum donárium, domus glóriæ, perpúlchrum ornaméntum, + cimélium eléctum, et totíus orbis propitiatórium, cælúmque Dei glóriam enárrans. Ave, + urna ex puro auro confláta, et suavíssimam animárum nostrárum dulcédinem, Christum + scílicet qui manna est, cóntinens. O puríssima et omni laude et obséquio digníssima + Virgo, Deo dicátum donárium omni creaturárum conditióni præcéllens, terra non secta, + inarátus ager, vitis floridíssima, fons aquas effúndens, virgo génerans, et mater viri + néscia, innocéntiæ thesáurus abscónditus, et sanctimóniæ decus; acceptíssimis tuis ac + matérna auctoritáte válidis précibus ad Dóminum ac Deum ómnium Conditórem, Fílium + tuum ex te sine patre génitum, ecclesiástici órdinis gubernácula fac dírigas, et ad + portum tranquíllum perdúcas. + + + Sacerdótes justítia, et probátæ, immaculátæ ac sincéræ fídei exsultatióne + splendidíssime indúito. Orthodóxis princípibus, qui præ omni púrpuræ aut auri + splendóre, et præ margarítis ac lapídibus pretiósis, te nacti sunt diadéma et + induméntum ac firmíssimum regni sui ornaméntum, in tranquíllo ac próspero statu + sceptra dírige. Male fidas natiónes in te ac Deum ex te génitum blasphemántes, + eórum pédibus sternens subícito; subjectúmque pópulum, ut secúndum Dei præcéptum in + suávi obediéntiæ obséquio persevéret, confirmáto. Tuam hanc civitátem, quæ te tamquam + turrim ac fundaméntum habet, victóriæ triúmphis coronáto, et fortitúdine circumcíngens + custódito Dei habitatiónem, templi decórem semper conserváto; laudatóres tuos ab omni + discrímine et ánimi angóre éxime; captívis redemptiónem tribúito; peregrínis tecto et + quovis præsídio destitútis, solámen te éxhibe. Univérso mundo auxiliatrícem manum + tuam pórrige, ut in lætítia et exsultatióne solemnitátes tuas simul cum ista, quam modo + celebrámus, festivitáte splendidissímo éxitu transigámus, in Christo Jesu universórum + Rege ac vero Deo nostro, cui glória et fortitúdo una cum sancto vitǽque princípio + Patre, et coætérno et consubstantiáli et conregnánte Spíritu, nunc et semper et in + sǽcula sæculórum. Amen. + en: >- + Hail, Mary, full of grace, holier than the Saints, higher than the heavens, more + glorious than the Cherubim, more honourable than the Seraphim, and the most worshipful + thing that the hands of God have made. Hail, O dove, bearing in thy beak the + olive-branch of peace that telleth us of salvation from the spiritual flood, dove, + blessed omen of a safe harbour, whose wings are of silver, and thy feathers of gold, + shining in the bright beams of the Most Holy and Light-giving Spirit. Hail, thou living + garden of Eden, planted towards the East by the right hand of the Most Merciful and + Mighty God, wherein do grow to His glory rich lilies and unfading roses, for the + healing of them that have drunk in death from the blighting and pestilential breezes + of the bitter West; Eden, wherein hath sprung that Tree of life, Whereof if any man eat + he shall live for ever. Hail, stately Palace of the King, most holy, stainless, purest, + House of the Most High God, adorned with His Royal splendour, open to all, filled with + Kingly dainties; Palace wherein is that spiritual bridal chamber, not made with hands, + nor hung with diverse colours, in the which the Eternal Word, when He would raise up + fallen man, wedded flesh unto Himself, that He might reconcile unto the Father them + who had cast themselves away. + + + Hail, O rich and shady Mountain of God, whereon pastured the True Lamb, Who hath taken + away our sins and infirmities, mountain, whereout hath been cut without hands that + Stone which hath smitten the altars of the idols, and become the head-stone of the + corner, marvellous in our eyes. Hail, thou holy Throne of God, thou divinest + store-house, thou temple of glory, thou bright crown, thou chosen treasure, thou + mercy-seat for the whole world, thou heaven declaring the glory of God. Hail, thou + vessel of pure gold, made to hold the manna that came down from heaven, the sweet food + of our souls, even Christ. Hail, O purest Virgin, most praiseworthy and most + worshipful, hallowed treasury for the wants of all creatures; thou art the untitled + earth, the unploughed field; thou art the vine full of flowers, the well overflowing + with waters, Maiden and Mother; thou art the Mother that knew not a man, the hidden + treasure of guilelessness, and the clear, bright star of holiness; by thy most + acceptable prayers, strong from thy motherly mouth, obtain for all estates of men in + the Church that they may continually tend unto Him Who is the Lord, and God, and Maker + of thee, and of them, and of all, but of thee the Son also, conceived without man's + intervention; obtain this, O Mother, pilot them to the harbour of peace. + + + Be it thine to clothe God's priests with righteousness, and to make them shout aloud + for joy in approved and stainless, and upright and glorious faith. thine be it to + guide in peace the sceptres of orthodox princes, even of princes who put their trust in + thee to be the crown of their Majesty, and the Royal Robe of their greatness, and the + firm foundation of their dominion, more than in purple, or fine gold, or pearls, or + precious stones; thine be it to put under their feet the unfaithful nations, nations + that blaspheme thee, and the God That was born of thee; thine be it to keep in meek + obedience the people that are under them, according to the commandment of God. Behold, + this is thine own city, which hath thee for her towers and her foundations, crown her + with victory, gird the house of God with strength, keep undefiled the loveliness of His + tabernacles, as for them that praise thy name, be thou their deliverer from strife and + bitterness of spirit. Free thou the prisoner, protect the wanderer, and if there be any + that hath no refuge, be thou to him a consolation. Stretch forth thine hand and help + the whole earth so shall we year by year keep this and all thy feasts, and at last be + found with thee in Christ Jesus, Who is Lord of all, and verily our God. To Him, with + the Holy Father, Who is the Fountain of Life, and the coeternal Spirit, Three Persons + and One Substance, even as there is one Kingdom, be glory and strength, now and for + ever. Amen. + status: { la: verified, en: verified } diff --git a/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/st-ambrose.yml b/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/st-ambrose.yml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7c3e1dc --- /dev/null +++ b/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/st-ambrose.yml @@ -0,0 +1,93 @@ +# Matins Nocturn 2 reading for St. Ambrose, Bishop, Confessor, Doctor +# of the Church (Dec 7) — SanctiM/12-07.txt inherits the whole day +# (`@Sancti/12-07`) with no Nocturn 2 override, so this feast's own +# proper content is sourced from the Tridentine track exactly as for a +# pre-1955 saint (see memory vu-matins-pre1955-saints, +# vu-matins-sanctim-saints). +# web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/12-07.txt, English/Sancti/12-07.txt. +# Lectio4-6 combined into one reading, one continuous vita, no +# genuine source break. +id: st-ambrose +readings: + - nocturn: 2 + isGospel: false + text: + la: >- + Ambrósius epíscopus Mediolanénsis, Ambrósii civis Románi fílius, patre Gálliæ + præfécto natus est. In hujus infántis ore exámen apum consedísse dícitur: quæ res + divínam viri eloquéntiam præmonstrábat. Romæ liberálibus disciplínis erudítus est. + Post a Probo præfécto Ligúriæ et Æmíliæ præpósitus: unde póstea, ejúsdem Probi jussu, + cum potestáte Mediolánum venit; ubi, mórtuo Auxéntio Ariáno epíscopo, pópulus de + successóre deligéndo dissidébat. Quare Ambrósius, pro offícii sui múnere ecclésiam + ingréssus, ut commótam seditiónem sedáret, cum multa de quiéte et tranquillitáte + reipúblicæ præcláre dixísset, derepénte púero Ambrósium epíscopum exclamánte, + univérsi pópuli vox erúpit, Ambrósium epíscopum deposcéntis. + + + Recusánte illo et eórum précibus resisténte, ardens pópuli stúdium ad Valentiniánum + imperatórem delátum est; cui gratíssimum fuit, a se deléctos júdices ad sacerdótium + postulári. Fuit id étiam Probo præfécto jucúndum, qui Ambrósio proficiscénti quasi + divínans díxerat: Vade, age, non ut judex, sed ut epíscopus. Itaque cum ad pópuli + desidérium imperatóris volúntas accéderet, Ambrósius baptizátus (erat enim + catechúmenus) sacrísque initiátus, ac servátis ómnibus ex institúto Ecclésiæ órdinum + grádibus, octávo die, qui fuit séptimo Idus Decémbris, episcopále onus suscépit. + Factus epíscopus, cathólicam fidem et disciplínam ecclesiásticam acérrime deféndit; + multósque Ariános, et álios hæréticos ad fídei veritátem convértit, in quibus + claríssimum Ecclésiæ lumen sanctum Augustínum Jesu Christo péperit. + + + Gratiáno imperatóre occíso, ad Máximum ejus interfectórem legátus íterum proféctus + est; eóque pœniténtiam ágere recusánte, se ab ejus communióne semóvit. Theodósium + imperatórem, propter cædem Thessalonícæ factam, ingréssu ecclésiæ prohíbuit. Cui, cum + ille David quoque regem adúlterum et homicídam fuísse dixísset, respóndit Ambrósius: + Qui secútus es errántem, séquere pœniténtem. Quare Theodósius sibi ab eo impósitam + públicam pœniténtiam humíliter egit. Ergo sanctus epíscopus pro Ecclésia Dei máximis + labóribus curísque perfúnctus, multis libris étiam egrégie conscrípsit, ántequam in + morbum incíderet, mortis suæ diem prædíxit. Ad quem ægrótum Honorátus Vercellénsis + epíscopus, Dei voce ter admónitus, accúrrit, eíque sanctum Dómini corpus prǽbuit: quo + ille sumpto, conformátis in crucis similitúdinem mánibus, orans, ánimam Deo réddidit + prídie Nonas Aprílis, anno post Christum natum trecentésimo nonagésimo séptimo. + en: >- + Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, was the son of another Ambrose, a Roman citizen, and was + born when his father was Prefect of Gaul. A swarm of bees settled upon his face when + he was in his cradle, which was considered an omen of his future eloquence. He + received a liberal education at Rome. He was afterwards, under the Prefect Probus, + made governor of Liguria and Emilia, and so came with authority to Milan. Auxentius, an + Arian, who had been intruded into the Bishopric of Milan, happening to die, the most + violent disputes arose about the choice of a successor. Ambrose came to the church in + his official capacity, and urged upon the contending factions, in a long and powerful + speech, the necessity of keeping the public peace; whereupon a child suddenly cried + out, Ambrose, Bishop, and the whole assembly took it up, and unanimously called for his + election. + + + Ambrose refused, and would not yield to their prayers, whereupon they carried their + petition to the Emperor Valentinian. It was very pleasing to this Prince that those he + had appointed as judges should be chosen Bishops, as also to the Prefect Probus, who + had, as it were prophetically, said to him when he appointed him, Go and govern them + more like a Bishop than a Judge. When the will of the Emperor was added to the desire + of the people, Ambrose yielded, and received Baptism, (for hitherto he was only a + Catechumen,) Confirmation, and Communion, and then the several Orders on successive + days, till on the eighth day, which was the 7th of December, the weight of the + Episcopate was laid upon his shoulders. Being made Bishop, he showed himself a stout + upholder of the Catholic faith, and the discipline of the Church, and turned to the + truth great numbers of Arians and other heretics, and, among them, he begat in Christ + Jesus that burning and shining light of the Church, Augustine. + + + After the murder of the Emperor Gratian, Ambrose was sent as an ambassador to Maximus, + by whom he had been slain, and, as he refused to repent, the Bishop renounced his + communion. After the massacre which the Emperor Theodosius had commanded at + Thessalonica, he refused to permit that Prince to enter a church. The Emperor pleaded + that he was no worse than David, who had been guilty of adultery and murder, to which + Ambrose answered him, As thou hast followed him in his sin, follow him also in his + repentance. Then Theodosius humbly did public penance laid upon him by the Bishop. At + length the Saint was worn out with his continual labour and care for the Church, (for + the which also he composed many excellent books,) and foretold that the day of his + death was at hand, though he had not then fallen into his last sickness. As he lay + dying, Honoratus, Bishop of Vercelli, heard a voice from God three times crying to him + that the hour of Ambrose's departure was come, whereupon he went to him quickly, and + gave him the sacred Body of our Lord. When he had received It, the Saint, still + praying, with his hands stretched out in the form of a cross, gave his spirit to God, + upon the 4th day of April, in the year of Christ, 397. + status: { la: verified, en: verified } diff --git a/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/st-bibiana.yml b/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/st-bibiana.yml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7474192 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/st-bibiana.yml @@ -0,0 +1,84 @@ +# Matins Nocturn 2 reading for St. Bibiana, Virgin, Martyr (Dec 2) — +# SanctiM/12-02.txt inherits the whole day (`@Sancti/12-02`) with no +# Nocturn 2 override, so this feast's own proper content is sourced +# from the Tridentine track exactly as for a pre-1955 saint (see +# memory vu-matins-pre1955-saints, vu-matins-sanctim-saints). +# web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/12-02.txt, English/Sancti/12-02.txt. +# Lectio4-6 combined into one reading, one continuous vita, no +# genuine source break. +id: st-bibiana +readings: + - nocturn: 2 + isGospel: false + text: + la: >- + Bibiana virgo Romana, nobili genere nata, christiana fide nobilior fuit. Ejus enim + pater Flavianus sub Juliano Apostata impiissimo tyranno expræfectus, servilibusque + notis compunctus, ad aquas Taurinas deportatus, martyr occubuit. Mater Dafrosa, et + filiæ primum conclusæ domi, ut inedia conficerentur; mox relegata mater extra Urbem + capite plexa est. Mortuis autem piis parentibus, Bibiana cum sorore sua Demetria bonis + omnibus exspoliatur; Apronianus Urbis prætor, pecuniis inhians, sorores persequitur; + quas humana prorsus ope destitutas, Deo mirabiliter, qui dat escam esurientibus, + enutriente, cum vivaciores vegetioresque conspexisset, vehementer est admiratus. + + + Suadet nihilominus Apronianus, ut venerentur deos Gentium, amissas ideo opes, + imperatoris gratiam, præclarissimas nuptias consecuturæ. Si secus fecerint, minatur + carceres, virgas, secures. At illæ neque blanditiis, neque minis a recta fide + declinantes, paratæ potius mori, quam fœdari moribus ethnicorum, prætoris impietatem + constantissime detestantur. Quare Demetria ob oculos Bibianæ repente corruens, obiit + in Domino: Bibiana Rufinæ mulieri vaferrimæ seducenda traditur, quæ ab incunabulis + edocta, christianas leges, et illibatum servare virginitatis florem, se ipsa fortior + feminæ superavit insidias, et prætoris astus delusit. + + + Nihil autem proficiente Rufina, quæ, præter dolosa verba, illam quotidie verberibus + affligebat, ut de sancto proposito dimoveret, spe sua frustratus prætor, accensus ira, + quod in Bibiana perdidisset operam, a lictoribus eam denudari, vinctisque manibus + columnæ alligari, eamque plumbatis cædi jubet, donec efflaret animam. Cujus sacrum + corpus objectum canibus biduo jacuit in foro Tauri, illæsum tamen, et divinitus + servatum; quod deínde Joannes presbyter sepelivit noctu juxta sepulcrum sororis et + matris ad palatium Licinianum, ubi usque in præsens exstat ecclesia Deo, sanctæ + Bibianæ nomine, dicata, quam Urbanus octavus instauravit, sanctarum Bibianæ, + Demetriæ, et Dafrosæ corporibus in ea repertis, et sub ara maxima collocatis. + en: >- + Bibiana was a Roman maiden, distinguished on account of the nobility of her family, + but now far more distinguished for her confession of Christ. In the reign of the foul + tyrant, Julian the Apostate, her father Flavian, although he was an ex-Praefect, was + branded as a slave and banished to Acquapendente, not far from Rome, where he soon + died a martyr for his faith. His wife, Dafrosa, and his two daughters, Bibiana and + Demetria, were first imprisoned in their own house, with the idea of starving them to + death; but the mother was afterwards taken outside the city and beheaded. Bibiana and + her sister Demetria, after the death of their holy parents, were stripped of all they + had in the world. Apronianus, Praetor of the city, who hankered after their property, + continued to persecute them, but although they were destitute of all human support, + God, Who giveth bread to the hungry, fed them, and kept them in health, life, and + strength, to the wonder of their enemies. + + + Apronianus then attacked them, to make them worship the gods of the Gentiles, and + promised them the restoration of their property, the favour of the Emperor, and a + great marriage for each of them, if they would give way, and, on the other hand, + imprisonment, stripes, and death. But neither promises nor threats availed, for they + remained firm in the faith, being resolved rather to die than to pollute themselves by + doing according to the deeds of the heathen; and, as for the iniquity of the Praetor, + they loathed it continually. At length the strength of Demetria gave way, and she fell + down suddenly, and died in the Lord, before the eyes of her sister Bibiana. Then + Bibiana was put into the hands of an artful woman named Rufina, to seduce her if + possible; but she had known the law of Christ from her childhood, and kept the lily of + her purity undefiled, triumphing over the efforts of that vile person, and + disappointing the lust of the Praetor. + + + Then, when Rufina saw that her false words availed not, she took to blows, and + scourged Bibiana daily, but the saint was not staggered in her holy resolution. At + last the Praetor, mad with baffled lust, when he found his labour was thrown away, + ordered his lictors to strip her naked, hang her up by the hands to a pillar, and flog + her to death with whips weighted with lead. When all was over, her sacred body was + thrown out for the dogs to eat. It lay two days in the Forum Tauri, but the animals + would not touch it; and, at last, a Priest, named John, took it, and buried it by + night beside the graves of her mother and sister, near the Licinian Palace. This is the + place where there is still a church, dedicated in the name of St. Bibiana. When this + church was being restored by Urban VIII., the bodies of these three holy women, + Bibiana, Demetria, and Dafrosa, were found, and were re-buried under the High Altar. + status: { la: verified, en: verified } diff --git a/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/st-damasus.yml b/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/st-damasus.yml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0eac15d --- /dev/null +++ b/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/st-damasus.yml @@ -0,0 +1,73 @@ +# Matins Nocturn 2 reading for St. Damasus I, Pope, Confessor +# (Dec 11) — SanctiM/12-11.txt inherits the whole day (`@Sancti/12-11`) +# with no Nocturn 2 override, so this feast's own proper content is +# sourced from the Tridentine track exactly as for a pre-1955 saint +# (see memory vu-matins-pre1955-saints, vu-matins-sanctim-saints). +# web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/12-11.txt, English/Sancti/12-11.txt. +# Lectio4-6 combined into one reading, one continuous vita, no +# genuine source break. +id: st-damasus +readings: + - nocturn: 2 + isGospel: false + text: + la: >- + Dámasus Hispánus, vir egrégius et erudítus in Scriptúris, indícto primo + Constantinopolitáno concílio nefáriam Eunómii et Macedónii hæresim exstínxit. Idem + Ariminénsem convéntum a Libério jam ante rejéctum, íterum condemnávit: in quo, ut + scribit sanctus Hierónymus, Valéntis potíssimum et Ursácii fráudibus damnátio + Nicænæ fídei conclamáta fuit: et ingemíscens orbis terrárum, se Ariánum esse mirátus + est. + + + Basílicas duas ædificávit, álteram sancti Lauréntii nómine ad theátrum Pompéji, quam + máximis munéribus auxit, eíque domos et prædia attríbuit: álteram via Ardeatína ad + Catacúmbas. Platóniam étiam, ubi córpora sanctórum Petri et Pauli aliquámdiu + jacuérunt, dedicávit, et exornávit elegántibus vérsibus. Idémque prosa et versu + scripsit de virginitáte, múltaque ália metro édidit. + + + Pœnam taliónis constítuit iis, qui álterum falsi críminis accusássent. Státuit, ut, + quod plúribus jam locis erat in usu, Psalmi per omnes ecclésias die noctúque ab + altérnis caneréntur; et in fine cujúsque Psalmi dicerétur: Glória Patri, et Fílio, et + Spirítui Sancto. Ejus jussu sanctus Hierónymus novum testaméntum Græcæ fídei réddidit. + Cum Ecclésiam rexísset annos decem et septem, menses duos, dies vigínti sex, et + habuísset ordinatiónes quinque mense Decémbri, quibus creávit presbyteros trigínta + unum, diáconos úndecim, epíscopos per divérsa loca sexagínta duos; virtúte, doctrína, + ac prudéntia clarus, prope octogenárius, Theodósio senióre imperánte, obdormívit in + Dómino: et via Ardeatína una cum matre et soróre sepúltus est in basílica, quam ipse + ædificáverat. Illíus relíquiæ póstea translátæ sunt in ecclésiam sancti Lauréntii, ab + ejus nómine in Dámaso vocátam. + en: >- + Damasus was a Spaniard, a man of eminence and of great learning in the Scriptures, and + was elected to the Chair of Peter in the year of our Lord 381; he convoked the First + Council of Constantinople, wherein he crushed the wicked heresy of Eunomius and + Macedonius. He confirmed the condemnation of the Assembly, at Rimini, which + condemnation had already been pronounced by Liberius. This Assembly of Rimini was that + in which, to use the language of St. Jerome, Valens and Ursacius brought it about + through trickery that the Faith of Nice was abrogated by mob law, and the world + afterwards groaned in amazement to find itself Arian. + + + This Pope built two Basilicas, first, St. Lawrence's, near Pompey's Theatre, which he + magnificently enriched, and endowed with houses and farms; and, secondly, another, + over the Catacombs on the Road to Ardea. He also consecrated the Platonia, where the + bodies of St. Peter and St. Paul lay for some time, and decorated it with elegant + inscriptions in poetry composed by himself. He wrote on the subject of virginity both + in prose and verse, and likewise many other poems on various subjects. + + + He ordained that false accusers should be punished for the offences which they had + falsely laid to the charge of their neighbours. He established the usage, which + already prevailed in many churches, of singing the Psalms, both by day and by night, + by alternate choirs, and of adding at the end of each Psalm the words, Glory be to the + Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. It was at his command that St. Jerome + revised the translation of the New Testament to accord with the Greek text. He ruled + the Church for seventeen years, two months, and twenty-six days. He held five Advent + ordinations, wherein he ordained thirty-one Priests, eleven Deacons, and sixty-two + Bishops for diverse Sees. At length he fell asleep in the Lord, in the reign of + Theodosius the Elder, aged nearly eighty years, and full of righteousness, truth, and + judgment. He was buried beside his mother and sister in the Church which he had himself + founded on the Road to Ardea. His reliques were afterwards taken to the Basilica of St. + Lawrence, which is thence sometimes called San Lorenzo in Damaso. + status: { la: verified, en: verified } diff --git a/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/st-eusebius-of-vercelli.yml b/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/st-eusebius-of-vercelli.yml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..89779da --- /dev/null +++ b/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/st-eusebius-of-vercelli.yml @@ -0,0 +1,121 @@ +# Matins Nocturn 2 reading for St. Eusebius of Vercelli, Bishop, +# Martyr — vu places him Dec 15 (Monastic 1617's own same-day +# redirect; see comment header in +# src/data/calendar/saints/st-eusebius-of-vercelli.yml), but his real +# proper content lives at the general Tridentine calendar's Dec 16 +# (`Sancti/12-16.txt`, confirmed via grep for "Eusebii Vercellensis" +# across all Sancti files). No SanctiM file exists for him at either +# date — a missed pre-1955-pool candidate, sourced the same way as a +# pre-1955 saint (see memory vu-matins-pre1955-saints, +# vu-matins-sanctim-saints). +# web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/12-16.txt, English/Sancti/12-16.txt. +# +# Nocturn 2: Lectio4-6 combined into one reading, one continuous vita. +# Nocturn 3 (Lectio7-9) is a bare `@Commune/C2:LectioN in 2 loco` +# rubric with no proper Lectio content in either language, so no +# Nocturn 3 reading is authored here — correctly left unauthored, not +# a gap. +id: st-eusebius-of-vercelli +readings: + - nocturn: 2 + isGospel: false + text: + la: >- + Eusebius, natióne Sardus, Romanæ urbis lector, post Vercellénsis epíscopus, ad hanc + regéndam ecclésiam mérito est créditus divino eléctus judício: nam quem numquam ante + constitúti electóres cognoverant, posthábitis civibus, simul ut vidérunt, et + probavérunt; tantumque intérfuit, ut probarétur, quantum ut viderétur. Primus in + Occidéntis partibus in eadem ecclésia eosdem monachos instituit esse quos clericos, ut + esset in ipsis viris et contemptus rerum, et accurátio levitárum. Ariánis + impietátibus ea tempestáte per Occidéntem longe lateque traductis, advérsus eas + viríliter sic dimicávit, ut ejus invicta fides Libérium summum Pontificem ad vitæ + solátium erigeret. Quare hic sciens in ipso fervére Spíritum Dei, cum ei significasset + ut penes imperatórem una cum suis legátis patrocinium fidei susciperet, mox cum illis + profectus est ad Constántium; apud quem enixius agens, quidquid legatióne petebátur, + obtinuit, ut episcopórum nempe cœtus celebrarétur. + + + Colléctum est Mediolani anno sequénti concílium, ad quod a Constantio invitátum + Eusebium concupitúmque, ac vocátum a Liberii legatis, tantum abest, ut malignántium + synagóga Arianórum contra sanctum Athanasium furéntium in suas partes adduceret, ut + potius diserte statim ipse declarans, e præséntibus quosdam sibi compertos hæretica + labe pollutos, Nicænam immo fidem proposúerit iis subscribéndam, ántequam cetera + tractaréntur. Quod Ariánis acerbe irátis negántibus, nedum in Athanasium recusávit + ipse subscribere, quin sancti Dionýsii Mártyris, qui decéptus ab ipsis subscripserat, + captivatam simplicitátem ingeniosíssime liberávit. Quam ob rem illi gráviter + indignántes, post multas illatas injurias, exsílio illum mulctarunt: sed sanctus vir, + excusso púlvere, nec cæsaris minas veritus, nec enses obstrictos, exsílium véluti sui + ministerii offícium accépit; missusque Scythópolim, famem, sitim, verbera, divérsaque + supplícia perpéssus, pro fide strenue vitam contempsit, mortem non metuit, corpus + carnificibus trádidit. + + + Quanta in eum tunc Arianórum crudelitas fúerit ac effrons inverecúndia, ostendunt + graves litteræ plenæ róboris, pietátis ac religiónis, quas e Scythópoli scripsit ad + Vercellensem clerum et pópulum, aliosque finítimos; e quibus étiam est explorátum, + ipsórum nec minis, inhumanáque sævítia potuísse umquam eum deterreri, nec serpentina + blanda subtilitate ad eórum societátem perduci. Hinc in Cappadociam, postremoque ad + superiores Ægypti Thebáidas pro constántia sua deportatus, exsilii rigores tulit ad + mortem usque Constantii: post quam ad gregem suum reverti permissus, non prius redire + vóluit, quam reparandis fidei jacturis ad Alexandrinam synodum sese conferret, postque + médici præstántis instar, péragrans Oriéntis provincias, in fide infirmos ad + integram valetúdinem restitúeret, eos instítuens in Ecclésiæ doctrina. Inde + salubritate pari digresso in Illyricum, tandemque in Italiam delato, ad ejus réditum + lúgubres vestes Italia mutávit: ubi postquam Psalmórum ómnium expurgatos a se + commentarios Orígenis édidit, Eusebiíque Cæsareénsis, quos verterat de Græco in + Latinum; demum tot egregie factis illustris ad immarcescíbilem glóriæ corónam tantis + ærumnis proméritam, sub Valentiniáno et Valénte Vercellis migrávit. + en: >- + Eusebius was a Sardinian by birth, first a Reader in the Roman Church, and then Bishop + of Vercelli. It seemed specially designed by Providence that he should be called to + govern that Church, for the electors, who had never before known him, passed over, + with a strange unanimity, all their own fellow-citizens, and chose Eusebius, as soon as + they had seen him. He was the first Bishop in the Western Church who established an + Order of Regular Clergy, to combine the active with the contemplative life. At this + time the storm of Arian blasphemy and sin was sweeping far and wide over the West, and + Eusebius set himself to fight against it so manfully, that his unshaken faith brought + back Liberius again to life and hope. This Pope, knowing that the Spirit of God was in + him, sent him with his Legates to the Emperor Constantius, to plead the cause of the + Catholic Faith. His earnestness prevailed with that Prince, so that he obtained all + that was asked for, and, among other things, permission for a Council to be summoned. + + + The year following, the Council met at Milan, and Eusebius, by the invitation of the + Emperor, and the desire and command of the Papal Legates, attended. Here the Arians, + assembled in a perfect synagogue of Satan, and all furiously raging together against + holy Athanasius, found Eusebius one of the stoutest enemies of their faction. As soon + as he entered the Council, he delivered a long harangue, wherein he remarked that, of + those there gathered together, some were notoriously defiled with heresy, and + therefore he proposed that everyone should first of all subscribe the Nicene Creed, + before proceeding to any other business. The Arians, in a violent passion, refused, + whereupon he on his part refused to subscribe any proceedings against Athanasius, and + even skilfully procured the withdrawal of the signature of the holy martyr Denys, then + Bishop of Milan, which they had lyingly procured by practising on his simplicity. The + Arians were now entirely enraged, and, after many persecutions, procured a decree of + banishment against Eusebius. The Saint shook off the dust of his feet against them, + and, defying alike the threats of Caesar and the drawn swords of the soldiery, accepted + the sentence as one of the dignities of his office. He was sent to Bethshan in the Holy + Land, suffering hunger, thirst, stripes, and all manner of violence, but for the + Faith's sake he despised this life, and feared not death, but freely delivered his body + to the tormentors. + + + He wrote a solemn letter from Bethshan, addressed to the clergy and people of Vercelli + and that neighbourhood, full of constancy, devotion, and piety, describing the + frightful cruelty and brazen impudence of the Arians. From this letter we know how + completely they failed to scare him by their threats and their inhuman brutality, or to + seduce him by their serpent-like cunning into receiving their communion. In consequence + of his unshaken resolution, he was moved from Bethshan into Cappadocia, and then again, + to the deserts of Upper Egypt. He suffered exile until the death of Constantius, after + which he was allowed to return to his flock. First, however, he took care to attend the + Council at Alexandria, called to heal the wounds of the Church, and, afterwards, like a + skilful physician, he made a progress through all the provinces of the East, + strengthening those that were weak in the Faith, and confirming them in Christian + doctrine. Then, with the same healthful results, he passed through Illyricum into + Italy, who, at his coming, laid aside her garments of mourning. After his return, he + published an expurgated edition of Origen's Commentary on the Psalms, and likewise of + the works of Eusebius of Caesarea, both which he translated from Greek into Latin. At + length, distinguished by all these great works, he passed to that crown of glory which + fadeth not away, promised to them who suffer for the truth. He departed this present + life at Vercelli, in the reign of Valentinian and Valens. + status: { la: verified, en: verified } diff --git a/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/st-john-apostle.yml b/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/st-john-apostle.yml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a264bb9 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/st-john-apostle.yml @@ -0,0 +1,129 @@ +# Matins Nocturn 2-3 readings for St. John, Apostle and Evangelist +# (Dec 27) — SanctiM/12-27.txt inherits the whole day (`@Sancti/12-27`) +# with no Nocturn 2/3 override, so this feast's own proper content is +# sourced from the Tridentine track exactly as for a pre-1955 saint +# (see memory vu-matins-pre1955-saints, vu-matins-sanctim-saints). +# web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/12-27.txt, English/Sancti/12-27.txt. +# +# Nocturn 2: Lectio4-6 combined into one reading — St. Jerome's account +# from De Scriptoribus Ecclesiasticis (Lectio4-5) followed by his +# Commentary on Galatians anecdote of "Little children, love one +# another" (Lectio6) — genuinely continuous biographical material, no +# source break worth preserving as a split. +# Nocturn 3: Lectio7's Gospel citation (John 21:19-24) is a bare +# incipit ("Et réliqua") with no full pericope text given, so — per +# the established convention of not transcribing bare incipits — only +# the homily portion is authored (not marked isGospel), St. Augustine's +# homily on the two lives (Lectio7's homily + Lectio8-9 combined, one +# continuous piece). +id: st-john-apostle +readings: + - nocturn: 2 + isGospel: false + source: "St. Jerome, De Scriptoribus Ecclesiasticis, ch. 9; Commentary on Galatians, Book 3, ch. 6" + text: + la: >- + Joánnes Apóstolus, quem Jesus amávit plúrimum, fílius Zebedǽi, frater Jacóbi + Apóstoli, quem Heródes post passiónem Dómini decollávit, novíssimus ómnium scripsit + Evangélium, rogátus ab Asiæ epíscopis, advérsus Cerínthum, aliósque hæréticos, et + máxime tunc Ebionitárum dogma consúrgens, qui ásserunt Christum ante Maríam non + fuísse: unde et compúlsus est divínam ejus nativitátem edícere. + + + Quarto décimo ígitur anno, secúndam post Nerónem persecutiónem movénte Domitiáno, in + Patmos ínsulam relegátus, scripsit Apocalýpsim, quam interpretátur Justínus Martyr et + Irenǽus. Interfécto autem Domitiáno, et actis ejus ob nímiam crudelitátem a senátu + rescíssis, sub Nerva príncipe rédiit Ephesum: ibíque usque ad Trajánum príncipem + persevérans, totas Asiæ fundávit rexítque ecclésias: et conféctus sénio, sexagésimo + octávo post passiónem Dómini anno mórtuus, juxta eándem urbem sepúltus est. + + + Beátus Joánnes Evangelísta, cum Ephesi morarétur usque ad últimam senectútem, et vix + inter discipulórum manus ad ecclésiam deferrétur, nec posset in plura vocem verba + contéxere; nihil áliud per síngulas solébat proférre colléctas, nisi hoc: Filíoli, + dilígite altérutrum. Tandem discípuli et fratres, qui áderant, tǽdio affécti quod + éadem semper audírent, dixérunt: Magíster, quare semper hoc lóqueris? Qui respóndit + dignam Joánne senténtiam: Quia præcéptum Dómini est; et, si solum fiat, súfficit. + en: >- + The Apostle John whom Jesus loved was a son of Zebedee, and brother of the Apostle + James, who was beheaded by Herod soon after our Lord suffered. He was the last of the + Evangelists to write his Gospel, which he published at the request of the Bishops of + Asia, against Cerinthus and other heretics, and particularly against the then + spreading doctrine of the Ebionites, who asserted that Christ had had no existence + before Mary. It was therefore needful for the Evangelist to declare His Eternal and + Divine Generation. + + + In the fourteenth year after Nero, Domitian stirred up the second persecution, and + John was exiled to the island of Patmos, where he wrote his Apocalypse, which hath + been explained by Justin the Martyr and Irenaeus. When Domitian was killed, the Senate + annulled all his acts, on account of his savage cruelty, and the Apostle returned to + Ephesus, during the reign of Nerva. He remained at Ephesus until the time of Trajan, + and founded and governed all the Churches of Asia. There, in an extreme old age, he + died, in the sixty-eighth year after the Lord's passion, and was buried near the city. + + + The Blessed Evangelist John lived at Ephesus down to an extreme old age, and, at + length, when he was with difficulty carried to the Church, and was not able to exhort + the congregation at length, he was used simply to say at each meeting, My little + children, love one another. At last the disciples and brethren were weary with hearing + these words continually, and asked him, Master, wherefore ever sayest thou this only? + Whereto he replied to them, (worthy of John,) It is the commandment of the Lord, and + if this only be done, it is enough. + status: { la: verified, en: verified } + + - nocturn: 3 + isGospel: false + source: "St. Augustine of Hippo, Tractate 124 on John (on John 21:19-24)" + text: + la: >- + Duas vitas sibi divínitus prædicátas, et commendátas novit Ecclésia: quarum est una + in fide, áltera in spécie; una in témpore peregrinatiónis, áltera in æternitáte + mansiónis; una in labóre, áltera in réquie; una in via, áltera in pátria; una in ópere + actiónis, áltera in mercéde contemplatiónis. Una declínat a malo, et facit bonum: + áltera nullum habet, a quo declínet, malum; et magnum habet, quo fruátur, bonum. Una + cum hoste pugnat; áltera sine hoste regnat. + + + Una súbvenit indigénti; áltera ibi est, ubi nullum ínvenit indigéntem. Una aliéna + peccáta, ut sua sibi ignoscántur, ignóscit; áltera nec pátitur quod ignóscat, nec + facit quod sibi poscat ignósci. Una flagellátur malis, ne extollátur in bonis; áltera + tanta plenitúdine grátiæ caret omni malo, ut sine ulla tentatióne supérbiæ cohǽreat + summo bono. + + + Ergo una bona est, sed adhuc mísera; áltera mélior, et beáta. Ista significáta est per + Apóstolum Petrum, illa per Joánnem. Tota hic ágitur ista usque in hujus sǽculi finem, + et illic ínvenit finem; différtur illa complénda post hujus sǽculi finem, sed in + futúro sǽculo non habet finem. Ideo dícitur huic: Séquere me. De illo autem: Sic eum + volo manére, donec véniam: quid ad te? tu me séquere. Quid enim est hoc? Quantum sápio, + quantum cápio, quid est hoc? nisi tu me séquere per imitatiónem perferéndi temporália + mala: ille máneat, donec sempitérna vénio redditúrus bona. + en: >- + The Church knoweth of two different lives, which God hath revealed and blessed: one + is the life of faith, the other the life of knowledge; one the life of this + pilgrimage, the other the life of the eternal mansions; one the life of work, the + other the life of rest; one the life of the journey, the other the life of home; one + the life of action, the other the life of contemplation. The one escheweth evil and + doeth good; the other hath no evil to eschew, and only an exceeding good to enjoy. The + one striveth with the enemy, the other hath no enemies, and reigneth. + + + The one succoureth the needy; the other is where there are no needy to succour. The + one forgiveth them that trespass against it, that its own trespasses may be forgiven; + the other neither hath trespasses to forgive nor to be forgiven. The one is chastened + with evil, lest it be exalted above measure by good; the other enjoyeth such a fulness + of grace that it feeleth no evil, and cleaveth so firmly unto the Highest Good, that it + hath no temptation to pride. + + + Therefore the one is good, but still sorrowful; the other is better and perfectly + blessed. And of these two lives there are types, of the one in the Apostle Peter, of + the other in John. The one laboureth here even unto the end, and findeth its end + hereafter; the other stretcheth out into the hereafter, and in eternity findeth no + end. Therefore is it said unto the one, Follow Me; but of the other, If I will that he + tarry till I come, what is that to thee? Follow thou Me. What is the meaning of these + words? who can know? who can understand? what is it? is it Follow thou Me, imitating + Me in the bearing of earthly sorrow; let him tarry till I come again, bringing the + everlasting reward? + status: { la: verified, en: verified } diff --git a/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/st-lucy.yml b/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/st-lucy.yml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..04b4ffd --- /dev/null +++ b/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/st-lucy.yml @@ -0,0 +1,81 @@ +# Matins Nocturn 2 reading for St. Lucy, Virgin, Martyr (Dec 13) — +# SanctiM/12-13.txt inherits the whole day (`@Sancti/12-13`) with no +# Nocturn 2 override, so this feast's own proper content is sourced +# from the Tridentine track exactly as for a pre-1955 saint (see +# memory vu-matins-pre1955-saints, vu-matins-sanctim-saints). +# web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/12-13.txt, English/Sancti/12-13.txt. +# Lectio4-6 combined into one reading, one continuous vita, no +# genuine source break. +id: st-lucy +readings: + - nocturn: 2 + isGospel: false + text: + la: >- + Lúcia virgo Syracusana, genere et christiana fide ab infántia nobilis, una cum matre + Eutychia, quæ sánguinis fluxu laborabat, Cátanam ad venerándum corpus beátæ Agathæ + venit: quæ ad ejus sepúlcrum cum suppliciter orasset, Agathæ intercessióne matri + sanitátem impetrávit. Statim vero matrem exorávit, ut quam dotem sibi datura esset, + Christi paupéribus tribui paterétur. Ut ígitur Syracusas rediit, omnem pecúniam, quam + ex facultátibus venditis redegerat, paupéribus distríbuit. + + + Quod ubi rescivísset is, cui eam paréntes contra Vírginis voluntátem desponderant, + apud Paschasium præfectum Lúciam, quod christiana esset, accusávit. Quam ille cum nec + precibus, nec minis ad cultum idolórum posset perducere; immo tanto magis incensam + vidéret ad celebrandas christianæ fidei laudes, quanto magis ipse eam a senténtia + avértere conabátur: Cessábunt, inquit, verba, cum ventum erit ad verbera. Cui Virgo: + Dei servis verba deésse non possunt, quibus a Christo Dómino dictum est: Cum + steteritis ante reges et præsides, nolíte cogitare quómodo aut quid loquámini; + dábitur enim vobis in illa hora quid loquámini; non enim vos estis qui loquímini, sed + Spíritus Sanctus, qui lóquitur in vobis. + + + Quam cum Paschasius interrogasset, Estne in te Spíritus Sanctus? respóndit: Caste et + pie vivéntes templum sunt Spíritus Sancti. At ille, Jubébo te ad lupánar duci, ut te + Spíritus Sanctus déserat. Cui virgo: Si invitam jusseris violari, castitas mihi + duplicábitur ad corónam. Quare Paschasius ira inflammatus, Lúciam eo trahi jussit, ubi + ejus virginitas violarétur: sed divinitus factum est, ut firma virgo ita consísteret, + ut nulla vi de loco dimoveri posset. Quam ob rem præfectus circum ipsam, pice, resína, + ac fervénti oleo perfusam, ignem accéndi imperávit: sed cum ne flamma quidem eam + læderet, multis tormentis excruciátæ guttur gládio transfígitur. Quo vulnere accepto, + Lúcia prædícens Ecclésiæ tranquillitátem, quæ futura erat Diocletiáno et Maximiáno + mórtuis, Idibus Decembris spíritum Deo réddidit. Cujus corpus Syracusis sepúltum, + deínde Constantinopolim, postremo Venetias translátum est. + en: >- + Lucy was a maiden of Syracuse, the daughter of a noble Christian family. Her mother + Eutychia, being afflicted with an issue of blood, went with her to Catania, to pray + before the body of the blessed Agatha. Lucy, by her earnest prayers at the grave, + obtained her mother's cure, through the intercession of Agatha, and then immediately + begged her to give to Christ's poor the whole dowry which had been set apart for + herself. As soon, therefore, as they returned to Syracuse, they sold the property, and + distributed the money among the poor. + + + When this came to the ears of one to whom her parents had betrothed her against her + will, he accused Lucy before Paschasius, the Prefect of being a Christian. The Prefect + could not move her to commit idolatry, either by his entreaties or his threats; nay, + the more he strove to persuade her, so much the bolder did she become in her + confession. Then, seeing that he could prevail nothing, words, saith he, will cease + when we come to blows. To whom the virgin answered, God's servants will never want + words, for the Lord Christ hath said: When ye shall stand before kings and governors, + take no thought how or what ye shall speak, for it shall be given you in that same + hour what ye shall speak, for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost Which + speaketh in you. + + + Then Paschasius asked her, saying: Is the Holy Ghost in thee? Whereto she answered: + They that live in chastity and piety are the temples of the Holy Ghost. Then, said he, + I will send thee to be prostituted in a brothel, and get the Holy Ghost out of thee. + To whom she made reply: Thou canst not prostitute my will. If thou cause this poor + body to be violated, the crown of my soul's purity will be brighter through suffering. + Then he bade them take her to the place of shame, but by the power of God it became + impossible to move her. Whereupon, being inflamed with anger, he had pitch, resin, and + boiling oil poured upon her, and then set on fire. But the fire did not take hold upon + her. Therefore he practised many other cruelties upon her, and at last thrust a sword + through her neck. When Lucy had received this wound, she began to speak of the peace + of the Church, which it should enjoy after the death of Diocletian and Maximian, and + presently returned her soul into the hands of God. She testified on the thirteenth day + of December. Her body was buried at Syracuse, but afterwards taken to Constantinople, + and lastly to Venice. + status: { la: verified, en: verified } diff --git a/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/st-nicholas.yml b/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/st-nicholas.yml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3952e52 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/st-nicholas.yml @@ -0,0 +1,102 @@ +# Matins Nocturn 2 reading for St. Nicholas, Bishop, Confessor +# (Dec 6) — SanctiM/12-06.txt inherits the whole day (`@Sancti/12-06`) +# with no Nocturn 2 override, so this feast's own proper content is +# sourced from the Tridentine track exactly as for a pre-1955 saint +# (see memory vu-matins-pre1955-saints, vu-matins-sanctim-saints). +# web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/12-06.txt, English/Sancti/12-06.txt. +# Lectio4-6 combined into one reading, one continuous vita (including +# the famous three-dowries and three-tribunes episodes), no genuine +# source break. +id: st-nicholas +readings: + - nocturn: 2 + isGospel: false + text: + la: >- + Nicoláum, illustri loco Pátaræ in Lycia natum, paréntes a Deo precibus impetrarunt. + Cujus viri sanctitas quanta futura esset, jam ab incunábulis appáruit. Nam infans, cum + réliquos dies lac nutrícis frequens súgeret, quarta et sexta feria semel dumtaxat, + idque vesperi sugebat: quam jejunii consuetúdine in réliqua vita semper ténuit. + Adoléscens paréntibus orbatus, facultates suas paupéribus distríbuit. Cujus illud + insigne est christianæ benignitátis exemplum, quod cum ejus civis egens tres filias + jam nubiles in matrimonio collocare non posset, earumque pudicítiam prostitúere + cogitaret; re cognita, Nicolaus noctu per fenestram tantum pecuniæ in ejus domum + injecit, quantum uníus vírginis doti satis esset: quod cum íterum et tertio fecísset, + tres illæ vírgines honestis viris in matrimónium datæ sunt. + + + Cum vero se totum Deo dedísset, in Palæstinam profectus est, ut loca sancta viseret, + et præsens venerarétur. Qua in peregrinatióne navem conscéndens sereno cælo et + tranquillo mari, horribilem nautis tempestátem prædixit; moxque ortam, cum essent + omnes in summo periculo, orans mirabíliter sedávit. Unde cum domum reversus + singuláris sanctitátis ómnibus documénta præberet, Dei admónitu Myram, quæ Lyciæ + metropolis erat, venit; quo témpore ejus urbis episcopo mortuo, provinciales epíscopi + de successore deligéndo consultábant. Itaque in ea deliberatióne divinitus admoniti + sunt, ut eam eligerent, qui postridie mane primus in ecclésiam ingrederétur, Nicolaus + nómine. Qua observatióne adhibita, in ecclésiæ janua deprehénsus est Nicoláus, et + summo ómnium consénsu Myræ epíscopus creatur. In episcopatu castitátem, quam semper + colúerat, gravitátem, oratiónis assiduitátem, vigílias abstinéntiam, liberalitátem et + hospitalitátem, in adhortando mansuetúdinem, in reprehendéndo severitátem perpetuo + adhibuit. + + + Viduis et orphanis pecúnia, consílio, ópera non defuit; oppressos adeo sublevávit, ut + étiam tres tribunos, per calumniam a Constantino Augusto condemnatos, qui se propter + famam ejus miraculórum oratiónibus longíssime absenti commendarant, adhuc vivens, cum + imperatóri, mináciter eum terrens, apparuísset, liberaverit. Cum vero contra edictum + Diocletiáni et Maximiáni christianæ fidei veritátem Myræ prædicaret, ab imperatórum + satellítibus comprehénsus, et longíssime abductus, in carcerem conjéctus est; ubi fuit + usque ad Constantinum imperatórem, cujus jussu ex custódia ereptus, Myram rediit. Mox + ad Nicænum concílium se cóntulit; ubi cum trecentis illis decem et octo Pátribus + Arianam hæresim condemnávit. Inde reversus ad episcopátum, non ita multo post, + instante morte, suspíciens in cælum, cum Angelos sibi occurréntes intuerétur, illo + Psalmo pronuntiato, In te Dómine, sperávi; usque ad eum locum, In manus tuas + comméndo spíritum meum; in cælestem pátriam migrávit. Ejus corpus Bárium in Apulia + translátum, ibidem summa celebritate ac veneratióne cólitur. + en: >- + Nicolas was born at the famous city of Patara in Lycia. His parents obtained him from + God by prayer, and the holiness of his life was marked even from the cradle. When he + was at the breast he never would suck more than once on Wednesdays and Fridays, and + that always after sunset, though he sucked freely on other days. This custom of + fasting he never broke through during his whole life. While he was still a young man + he lost both his father and mother, after which he gave his whole property away to the + poor. One particular example is given of his Christian charity. There was a certain + needy man in the city who had three marriageable daughters, for whom he could not get + husbands, and so thought to make them harlots. When Nicolas heard of it, he went to + the house by night and threw in by the window such a sum of money as made a dowry for + one of them. This he did a second and a third time, and thus by his charity they were + honourably given in marriage. + + + When he had given himself entirely to God he set forth for Palestine, that he might + see the Holy Places, and worship therein. During this pilgrimage he embarked once on + board a ship when the sky was clear and the sea calm, but he foretold a great storm, + which afterwards arose and raged until the sailors were afraid; and then the saint by + prayer stilled the tempest. After he had returned home, and his holy life was known to + all men, God bade him go to Myra, which is the chief city of Lycia, at a time when the + Bishop had just died and the Bishops of the Province were called together to choose a + successor. While they deliberated, they received a warning from heaven to choose that + Nicolas who should first come into the church in the morning. In obedience to that + warning, Nicolas was seized at the door of the church, and with universal consent + consecrated Archbishop. In his great office he was an unceasing model of purity, as he + had always been, of gravity, of regularity in prayer, of watching, of abstinence, of + charity, of hospitality, of meekness in exhortation, and of sternness in rebuke. + + + He was the comforter of widows and orphans by money, by advice, and by labour. He was + the deliverer of the oppressed, so mightily, that it is related that the Emperor + Constantine once unjustly condemned three Tribunes to death, and these unhappy men + called upon Nicolas, though living and absent, to save them, who yet appeared in a + vision to the Emperor, and forced him by threats to set them free. When the Emperors + Diocletian and Maximian published their edict against Christianity, Nicolas did not + cease to preach the truth at Myra, wherefore he was seized by the soldiers of the + Emperors, carried away from his See, and thrown into prison, where he remained until + the accession of Constantine. This Prince set him free, and he returned to Myra. He + betook himself to the first Council of Nicea, where he was one of the 318 Bishops who + condemned the heresy of Arius. He returned thence to his Bishopric, and, not long + after, became aware of the approach of death. When his last moment was come, he lifted + up his eyes to heaven, and, when he saw the Angels coming to meet him, he began to + recite the thirtieth Psalm, In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust, and when he had said, + Into thy hands I commend my spirit, he passed to the heavenly Fatherland. His body was + finally removed to Bari in Apulia, where it is kept with great fame and honour. + status: { la: verified, en: verified } diff --git a/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/st-silvester-i.yml b/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/st-silvester-i.yml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..bb93327 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/st-silvester-i.yml @@ -0,0 +1,113 @@ +# Matins Nocturn 2 reading for St. Silvester I, Pope, Confessor +# (Dec 31) — SanctiM/12-31.txt inherits the whole day (`@Sancti/12-31`) +# with no Nocturn 2 override, so this feast's own proper content is +# sourced from the Tridentine track exactly as for a pre-1955 saint +# (see memory vu-matins-pre1955-saints, vu-matins-sanctim-saints). +# web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/12-31.txt, English/Sancti/12-31.txt. +# +# Nocturn 2: Lectio4-6 combined into one reading, one continuous vita. +# Nocturn 3 (Lectio7-9) is a bare `@Commune/C5` rubric with no proper +# Lectio content in either language, so no Nocturn 3 reading is +# authored here — correctly left unauthored, not a gap (same +# Common-only pattern as several other saints in this pass; see +# memory vu-matins-sanctim-saints findings). +id: st-silvester-i +readings: + - nocturn: 2 + isGospel: false + text: + la: >- + Silvéster Románus, patre Rufíno, a prima ætáte óperam dedit Cyríno presbýtero; cujus + doctrínam et mores egrégie imitátus est. Hic, sæviénte persecutióne, in Sorácte monte + latitáverat; et trigésimum annum agens, présbyter sanctæ Románæ Ecclésiæ a + Marcellíno Pontífice creátur. Quo in múnere cum omni laude cléricis áliis + antecélleret, in Melchíadis póstea locum succéssit, imperatóre Constantíno, qui + ántea pacem Ecclésiæ Christi lege pública déderat. Vix Ecclésiæ gubernácula tractánda + suscéperat, Constantínum, jam Crucis signo cǽlitus illustrátum, et de hoste Maxéntio + victórem, ad tuéndam propagandámque christiánam religiónem impénse fovit. Quem étiam, + uti vetus Ecclésiæ Románæ refert tradítio, Apostolórum imágines recognóscere fecit, + sacro baptísmate tinxit, et ab infidelitátis lepra mundávit. + + + Itaque, auctóre Silvéstro, pius imperátor quam christifidélibus públice templa + exstruéndi tribúerat facultátem, eam exémplo suo confirmávit. Multas enim eréxit + Basílicas, scílicet Lateranénsem Christo Servatóri, Vaticánam sancto Petro, Ostiénsem + sancto Paulo, sancto Lauréntio in Agro Veráno, sanctæ Cruci in Atrio Sessoriáno, + sancto Petro et Marcellíno ac sanctæ Agnéti in viis Lavicána et Nomentána, et álias; + quas sacris imagínibus spléndide exornávit, et, munéribus prædiísque attribútis, + magnificentíssime locupletávit. Hoc Pontífice hábitum est Concílium Nicǽnum primum, + ubi præsidéntibus ejus legátis, præsénteque Constantíno et trecéntis decem et octo + epíscopis, sancta et cathólica fides explicáta est, Arío ejúsdem sectatóribus + condemnátis; quod étiam Concílium, peténtibus Pátribus, confirmávit in sýnodo Romæ + hábita, ubi íterum Aríus condemnátus est. Multa item decréta fecit Ecclésiæ Dei + utília, quæ sub ejus nómine recenséntur: id est, ut a solo epíscopo chrisma + conficerétur; ut présbyter chrísmate baptizáti summum liníret vérticem; ut diáconi + dalmáticis in ecclésia, et palla linóstima ad lævam uteréntur; ut in líneo tantum velo + sacrifícium altáris conficerétur. + + + Idem præscripsísse tráditur tempus ómnibus, qui ordínibus initiáti essent, exercéndi + síngulos órdines in Ecclésia, ántequam quisque ad altiórem gradum ascénderet; ut + láicus clérico non inférret crimen, ne cléricus apud profánum júdicem causam díceret. + Sábbati et Domínici diéi nómine reténto, réliquos hebdómadæ dies feriárum nómine + distínctos, ut jam ante in Ecclésia vocári cœperant, appellári vóluit, quo + significarétur, quotídie cléricos, abjécta ceterárum rerum cura, uni Deo prorsus + vacáre debére. Huic cælésti prudéntiæ, qua ecclésiam administrábat, insígnis vitæ + sánctitas, et benígnitas in páuperes perpétuo respóndit. Quo in génere provídit, ut + cléricis copiósis egéntes conjúngeret, et sacris virgínibus, quæ ad victum necessária + essent, suppeditaréntur. Vixit in pontificátu annos vigínti unum, menses decem, diem + unum. Sepúltus est in cœmeterio Priscíllæ, via Salária. Fecit ordinatiónes septem + mense Decémbri, quibus creávit presbýteros quadragínta duos, diáconos vigínti quinque, + epíscopos per divérsa loca sexagínta quinque. + en: >- + Sylvester was a Roman by birth, and his father's name was Rufinus. He was brought up + from a very early age under a Priest named Cyrinus, of whose teaching and example he + was a diligent learner. In his thirtieth year he was ordained Priest of the Holy Roman + Church by Pope Marcellinus. In the discharge of his duties he became a model for all + the clergy, and, after the death of Melchiades, he succeeded him on the Papal throne, + during the reign of Constantine, who had already by public decree proclaimed peace to + the Church of Christ. Hardly had he undertaken the government of the Church when he + betook himself to stir up the Emperor to protect and propagate the religion of Christ. + Constantine was fresh from his victory over his enemy Maxentius, on the Eve whereof the + sign of the Cross had been revealed to him limned in light upon the sky; and there was + an old story in the Church of Rome that it was Sylvester who caused him to recognise + the images of the Apostles, administered to him holy Baptism, and cleansed him from the + leprosy of misbelief. + + + The godly Emperor had already granted to Christ's faithful people permission to build + public churches, and by the advice of Sylvester he himself set them the example. He + built many Basilicas, and magnificently adorned them with holy images, and gifted them + with gifts and endowments. Among these there were, besides others, the Church of Christ + the Saviour, hard by the Lateran Palace; that of St. Peter, upon the Vatican Mount; + that of St. Paul, upon the road to Ostia; that of St. Lawrence, in Verus' field; that of + the Holy Cross at the Sessorian hall; that of St. Peter and St. Marcellinus, upon the + Lavican Way; and that of St. Agnes, upon the road to Mentana. Under this Pope was held + the first Council of Nicea, presided over by the Papal Legates, and in the Presence of + Constantine, and three hundred and eighteen Bishops, where the holy and Catholic Faith + was declared, and Arius and his followers condemned; which Council was finally + confirmed by the Pope, at the request of all the assembled Fathers, in a synod held at + Rome, where Arius was again condemned. This Pope issued many useful ordinances for the + Church of God. He reserved to Bishops the right of consecrating the Holy Chrism; + ordered Priests to anoint with Chrism the heads of the newly baptised; settled the + officiating dress of Deacons as a dalmatic and a linen maniple; and forbade the + consecration of the Sacrament of the Altar on anything but a linen corporal. + + + This Sylvester is likewise said to have ordained that all persons taking Holy Orders + should remain awhile in each grade before being promoted to a higher; that laymen + should not go to law against the clergy; and that the clergy themselves were not to + plead before civil tribunals. He decreed that the first and seventh days of the week + should be called respectively the Lord's Day and the Sabbath, and the others, Second + Day, Third Day, and so on. In this he confirmed the use of the word Feria for the + weekdays, the which use had already begun in the Church. This word signifieth an + holiday, and pointeth to the duty of the clergy ever to lay aside all worldly labour, + and leave themselves free to do continually the work of the Lord. The heavenly wisdom + with which he ruled the Church of God, was joined in him to a singular holiness of + life, and an inexhaustible tenderness towards the poor; in which matter he ordained + that the wealthy clergy should each relieve a certain number of needy persons; and he + also made arrangements for supplying the consecrated virgins with the necessaries of + life. He lived as Pope twenty-one years, ten months and one day, and was buried in the + cemetery of Priscilla on the Salarian Way. He held seven Advent ordinations, and made + forty-two Priests, twenty-five Deacons, and sixty-five Bishops of various sees. + status: { la: verified, en: verified } diff --git a/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/st-stephen-protomartyr.yml b/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/st-stephen-protomartyr.yml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..41bedb3 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/st-stephen-protomartyr.yml @@ -0,0 +1,157 @@ +# Matins Nocturn 2-3 readings for St. Stephen, Protomartyr (Dec 26) — +# SanctiM/12-26.txt inherits the whole day (`@Sancti/12-26`) with no +# Nocturn 2/3 override, so this feast's own proper content is sourced +# from the Tridentine track exactly as for a pre-1955 saint (see +# memory vu-matins-pre1955-saints, vu-matins-sanctim-saints). +# web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/12-26.txt, English/Sancti/12-26.txt. +# +# Nocturn 2: Lectio4-6 combined into one reading, St. Fulgentius's +# sermon contrasting yesterday's Nativity with today's martyrdom — one +# continuous piece, no genuine source break. +# Nocturn 3: Lectio7's Gospel citation (Matt 23:34-39) is a bare +# incipit ("Et réliqua") with no full pericope text given, so — per +# the established convention of not transcribing bare incipits — only +# the homily portion is authored (not marked isGospel), St. Jerome's +# commentary (Lectio7's homily + Lectio8-9 combined, one continuous +# piece on "Zacharias son of Barachias"). +id: st-stephen-protomartyr +readings: + - nocturn: 2 + isGospel: false + source: "St. Fulgentius of Ruspe, Sermon 3 on St. Stephen" + text: + la: >- + Heri celebrávimus temporálem sempitérni Regis nostri natálem: hódie celebrámus + triumphálem mílitis passiónem. Heri enim Rex noster trábea carnis indútus, de aula + úteri virginális egrédiens, visitáre dignátus est mundum: hódie miles de tabernáculo + córporis éxiens, triumphátor migrávit ad cælum. Ille, sempitérnæ Deitátis majestáte + serváta, servíle cinctórium carnis assúmens, in hujus sǽculi campum pugnatúrus + intrávit; iste, depósitis corruptibílibus córporis induméntis, ad cæli palátium + perénniter regnatúrus ascéndit. Ille descéndit carne velátus, iste ascéndit sánguine + laureátus. + + + Ascéndit iste lapidántibus Judǽis, quia ille descéndit lætántibus Angelis. Glória in + excélsis Deo, heri sancti Angeli exsultántes cantavérunt: hódie Stéphanum lætántes in + suum consórtium suscepérunt. Heri Dóminus exívit de útero Vírginis: hódie miles + egréssus est de ergástulo carnis. Heri Christus pro nobis pannis est involútus: hódie + Stéphanus stola est ab eo immortalitátis indútus. Heri præsépis angústia Christum + portávit infántem: hódie imménsitas cæli suscépit Stéphanum triumphántem. Solus + Dóminus descéndit, ut multos eleváret: humiliávit se Rex noster, ut suos mílites + exaltáret. + + + Necessárium tamen nobis est, fratres, agnóscere, quibus armis præcínctus Stéphanus + sævítiam Judæórum pótuit superáre, ut ita meruísset felíciter triumpháre. Stéphanus + ergo, ut nóminis sui corónam meruísset accípere, caritátem pro armis habébat, et per + ipsam ubíque vincébat. Per caritátem Dei sæviéntibus Judǽis non cessit: per caritátem + próximi pro lapidántibus intercéssit. Per caritátem arguébat errántes, ut + corrigeréntur: per caritátem pro lapidántibus orábat, ne puniréntur. Caritátis virtúte + subníxus, vicit Saulum crudéliter sæviéntem; et quem hábuit in terra persecutórem, in + cælo méruit habére consórtem. + en: >- + Yesterday we were celebrating the birth in time of our Eternal King; today we + celebrate the victory, through suffering, of one of His soldiers. Yesterday our King + was pleased to come forth from His royal palace of the Virgin's womb, clothed in a + robe of flesh, to visit the world; today His soldier, laying aside the tabernacle of + the body, entereth in triumph into the heavenly palaces. The One, preserving unchanged + that glory of the Godhead which He had before the world was, girded Himself with the + form of a servant, and entered the arena of this world to fight sin; the other taketh + off the garments of this corruptible body, and entereth into the heavenly mansions, + where he will reign for ever. The One cometh down, veiled in flesh; the other goeth + up, clothed in a robe of glory, red with blood. + + + The One cometh down amid the jubilation of angels; the other goeth up amid the stoning + of the Jews. Yesterday the holy angels were singing, Glory to God in the highest; + today there is joy among them, for they receive Stephen into their company. Yesterday + the Lord came forth from the Virgin's womb; today His soldier is delivered from the + prison of the body. Yesterday Christ was for our sakes wrapped in swaddling bands; + today He girdeth Stephen with a robe of immortality. Yesterday the new-born Christ lay + in a narrow manger; today Stephen entereth victorious into the boundless heavens. The + Lord came down alone that He might raise many up; our King humbled Himself that He + might set His soldiers in high places. + + + Why brethren, it behoveth us to consider with what arms Stephen was able, amid all the + cruelty of the Jews, to remain more than conqueror, and worthily to attain to so + blessed a triumph. Stephen, in that struggle which brought him to the crown whereof + his name is a prophecy, had for armour the love of God and man, and by it he remained + victorious on all hands. The love of God strengthened him against the cruelty of the + Jews; and the love of his neighbour made him pray even for his murderers. Through love + he rebuked the wandering, that they might be corrected; through love he prayed for + them that stoned him, that they might not be punished. By the might of his love he + overcame Saul his cruel persecutor; and earned for a comrade in heaven, the very man + who had done him to death upon earth. + status: { la: verified, en: verified } + + - nocturn: 3 + isGospel: false + source: "St. Jerome, Commentary on Matthew, Book IV, on Matt 23:34-39" + text: + la: >- + Hoc quod ántea dixerámus, Impléte mensúram patrum vestrórum; ad persónam Dómini + pertinére, eo quod occidéndus esset ab eis, potest et ad discípulos ejus reférri, de + quibus nunc dicit: Ecce ego mitto ad vos prophétas, et sapiéntes, et scribas. Simúlque + obsérva, juxta Apóstolum scribéntem ad Corínthios, vária esse dona discipulórum + Christi; álios prophétas, qui ventúra prædícent; álios sapiéntes, qui novérunt quando + débeant proférre sermónem; álios scribas in lege doctíssimos, ex quibus lapidátus est + Stéphanus, Paulus occísus, crucifíxus Petrus, flagelláti in Actibus Apostolórum + discípuli. + + + Quǽrimus, quis iste sit Zacharías fílius Barachíæ: quia multos légimus Zacharías. Et + ne líbera nobis tribuerétur erróris facúltas, ádditum est: Quem occidístis inter + templum et altáre. In divérsis divérsa legi: et débeo singulórum opiniónes pónere. + Alii Zacharíam fílium Barachíæ dicunt, qui in duódecim prophétis undécimus est, + patrísque in eo nomen conséntit: sed ubi occísus sit inter templum et altáre, + Scriptúra non lóquitur; máxime cum tempóribus ejus vix ruínæ templi fúerint. Alii + Zacharíam patrem Joánnis intellégi volunt, ex quibúsdam apocryphórum sómniis + approbántes, quod proptérea occísus sit, quia Salvatóris prædicáverit advéntum. + + + Alii istum volunt esse Zacharíam, qui occísus est a Joas rege Judæ inter templum et + altáre, sicut Regum narrat história. Sed observándum, quod ille Zacharías non sit + fílius Barachíæ, sed fílius Jójadæ sacerdótis: unde et Scriptúra refert: Non fuit + recordátus Joas patris ejus Jójadæ, quia sibi fecísset bona. Cum ergo et Zacharíam + teneámus et occisiónis conséntiat locus: quǽrimus, quare Barachíæ dicátur fílius, et + non Jójadæ? Barachía lingua nostra Benedíctus Dómini dícitur, et sacerdótis Jójadæ + justítia Hebrǽo nómine demonstrátur. In Evangélio, quo utúntur Nazaréni, pro fílio + Barachíæ, fílium Jójadæ reperímus scriptum. + en: >- + We have already remarked that the Lord's words, Fill ye up the measure of your + fathers, refer in the first place to Himself, Whom the Jews afterwards put to death. + In a secondary sense it may likewise be applied to His disciples, of whom He saith, + Behold, I send unto you Prophets, and wise men, and Scribes. Here observe that, + according to the Apostle writing to the Corinthians, there are diversities of gifts + among Christ's followers. Some are Prophets of that which is to come; some are wise + men, who know the due season for rebuke and exhortation; some are Scribes learned in + the law. And of these they stoned Stephen, slew Paul with the sword, crucified Peter, + and scourged the Disciples mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles. + + + It is a subject of dispute among commentators who is meant by Zacharias the son of + Barachias. We read of several persons of the name of Zacharias. But here, in order to + prevent any mistake, it is particularly said, Whom ye slew between the temple and the + altar. I have read various opinions in various places upon this question, and I will + give each. First, some hold that Zacharias the son of Barachias is the eleventh of the + twelve Minor Prophets; and this opinion is supported by the father's name. But the + Bible nowhere telleth us that this Prophet was slain between the temple and the altar; + and it is hardly possible that he can have been, for in his time it could scarcely be + said that even the ruins of the temple were in existence. Secondly, others maintain + that this Zacharias was Zacharias, the father of John the Baptist. This interpretation + is derived from the dreams of the Apocryphal Gospels, wherein it is asserted that he + was martyred for preaching Christ's coming. + + + A third school will have it that this Zacharias, the son of Barachias, was that + Zacharias of whom we read, in Chron. xxiv. 22, that he was slain by Joash, king of + Judah, between the temple and the altar. Against this it is to be remarked, that that + Zacharias was not the son of Barachias, but of Jehoiada the priest; whence it is + written, Joash remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him. + The question therefore ariseth, if this opinion be true, why, the name and manner of + death both agreeing with this explanation, Zacharias is called the son, not of + Jehoiada, but of Barachias. In Hebrew, Barachias signifieth the Blessed of the Lord, + and Jehoiada proves his Righteousness. In the Gospel used by the Nazarenes the name of + Jehoiada is used instead of Barachias. + status: { la: verified, en: verified } diff --git a/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/st-thomas-apostle.yml b/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/st-thomas-apostle.yml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b302cda --- /dev/null +++ b/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/st-thomas-apostle.yml @@ -0,0 +1,110 @@ +# Matins Nocturn 2-3 readings for St. Thomas, Apostle (Dec 21) — +# SanctiM/12-21.txt inherits the whole day (`@Sancti/12-21`) with no +# Nocturn 2/3 override, so this feast's own proper content is sourced +# from the Tridentine track exactly as for a pre-1955 saint (see +# memory vu-matins-pre1955-saints, vu-matins-sanctim-saints). +# web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/12-21.txt, English/Sancti/12-21.txt. +# +# Nocturn 2: only Lectio4 is proper (a single, self-contained vita +# lesson); Lectio5-6 are a bare `@Commune/C1:Lectio4/5` rubric with no +# proper content, so Nocturn 2 has just this one reading. +# Nocturn 3: Lectio7's Gospel citation (John 20:24-29) is a bare +# incipit ("Et réliqua") with no full pericope text given, so — per +# the established convention of not transcribing bare incipits — only +# the homily portion is authored (not marked isGospel), Pope St. +# Gregory the Great's homily on Doubting Thomas (Lectio7's homily + +# Lectio8-9 combined, one continuous piece). +id: st-thomas-apostle +readings: + - nocturn: 2 + isGospel: false + text: + la: >- + Thomas Apóstolus, qui et Dídymus, Galilǽus, post accéptum Spíritum Sanctum in multas + províncias proféctus est ad prædicándum Christi Evangélium: Parthis, Medis, Persis, + Hyrcánis et Bactris christiánæ fídei et vitæ præcépta trádidit. Postrémo ad Indos se + cónferens, eos in christiána religióne erudívit. Qui ad extrémum, vitæ doctrinǽque + sanctitáte et miraculórum magnitúdine, cum céteris ómnibus sui admiratiónem et Jesu + Christi amórem commovísset; illíus gentis regem, idolórum cultórem, magis ad iram + accéndit: cujus senténtia condemnátus, telísque confóssus, Calamínæ apostolátus + honórem martýrii coróna decorávit. + en: >- + The Apostle Thomas, called Didymus, or the Twin, was a Galilean. After the descent of + the Holy Ghost, he went into many provinces to preach Christ's Gospel. He gave + knowledge of the rules of Christian faith and life to the Parthians, Medes, Persians, + Hyrcanians, and Bactrians. He went last to the East Indies. Here he provoked the anger + of one of the idolatrous kings, because the holiness of his life and teaching, and the + number of his miracles, drew many after him, and brought them to the love of Christ + Jesus. He was therefore condemned, and slain with lances. He crowned the dignity of + the Apostleship with the glory of martyrdom, on the Coromandel coast, not far from + Madras. + status: { la: verified, en: verified } + + - nocturn: 3 + isGospel: false + source: "Pope St. Gregory the Great, Homily 26 on the Gospels (on John 20:24-29)" + text: + la: >- + Quid, fratres caríssimi, quid inter hæc animadvértitis? Numquid casu gestum créditis, + ut eléctus ille discípulus tunc deésset, post autem véniens audíret, áudiens + dubitáret, dúbitans palpáret, palpans créderet? Non hoc casu, sed divína + dispensatióne gestum est. Egit namque miro modo supérna cleméntia, ut discípulus ille + dúbitans, dum in magístro suo vúlnera palpáret carnis, in nobis vúlnera sanáret + infidelitátis. Plus enim nobis Thomæ infidélitas ad fidem, quam fides credéntium + discipulórum prófuit; quia dum ille ad fidem palpándo redúcitur, nostra mens, omni + dubitatióne postpósita, in fide solidátur. + + + Sic quippe discípulum Dóminus post resurrectiónem suam dubitáre permísit, nec tamen + in dubitatióne deséruit; sicut ante nativitátem suam habére Maríam sponsum vóluit, + qui tamen ad ejus núptias non pervénit. Nam ita factus est discípulus dúbitans et + palpans, testis veræ resurrectiónis, sicut sponsus matris fúerat custos integérrimæ + virginitátis. Palpávit autem, et exclamávit: Dóminus meus, et Deus meus. Dicit ei + Jesus: Quia vidísti me, credidísti. Cum Paulus Apóstolus dicat, Est autem fides + sperandárum substántia rerum, arguméntum non apparéntium; profécto liquet quia fides + illárum rerum arguméntum est, quæ apparére non possunt. Quæ étenim appárent, jam + fidem non habent, sed agnitiónem. + + + Dum ergo vidit Thomas, dum palpávit, cur ei dícitur: Quia vidísti me, credidísti? Sed + áliud vidit, áliud crédidit. A mortáli quippe hómine divínitas vidéri non pótuit. + Hóminem ergo vidit, et Deum conféssus est, dicens: Dóminus meus, et Deus meus. Vidéndo + ergo crédidit, qui considerándo verum hóminem, hunc Deum, quem vidére non póterat, + exclamávit. Lætíficat valde quod séquitur: Beáti qui non vidérunt, et credidérunt. In + qua nimírum senténtia nos speciáliter signáti sumus, qui eum, quem carne non vídimus, + mente retinémus. Nos signáti sumus; sed si fidem nostram opéribus séquimur. Ille + étenim vere credit, qui exércet operándo quod credit. + en: >- + Dearly beloved brethren, what is it in this passage which particularly claimeth our + attention? Think ye that it was by accident that this chosen Apostle was not with them + when Jesus came? or, when he came, heard? or, when he heard, doubted? or, when he + doubted, felt? or when he had felt, believed? All these things were not accidental, + but Providential. It was a wonderful provision of Divine mercy, that this incredulous + disciple, by thrusting his fingers into the bodily Wounds of his Master, should apply + a remedy to the spiritual wounds of unbelief in our souls. The doubts of Thomas have + done us more good than the faith of all the disciples that believed. While he feeleth + his way to faith, our minds are freed from doubt, and settled in faith. + + + Even as the Lord before His birth willed that Mary should be espoused, and yet never + lose her virginity, so, after His Resurrection, He willed that His disciple should + doubt, and yet not lose his faith. For, even as the espoused husband was the keeper of + the virginity of the Mother, so was the disciple who doubted and felt, the witness of + the truth of the Resurrection. He felt, and cried out My Lord and my God. Jesus saith + unto him Thomas, because thou hast seen Me, thou hast believed. When the Apostle Paul + saith: Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen, he + plainly meaneth that faith is the evidence of things that cannot be seen. When they + are seen, there remaineth not faith, but knowledge. + + + Thomas, then, seeth, and believeth. Why is it said to him Because thou hast seen Me, + thou hast believed? The truth is, he saw one thing, and so believed another. To + mortal man it is not given to see God. He therefore saw only the Manhood, and yet had + faith in the Godhead: My Lord and my God. This he said, seeing and believing, seeing + Perfect Man, and yet believing in Perfect God, Whom he could not see. O what a comfort + are the words which follow! Blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have + believed. These words are specially meant for us, who have not seen even the Flesh, + and who yet do believe. They are specially meant for us if we believe and do not, by + our lives, give the lie to our belief. He only hath a saving faith, whose faith + beareth fruit. + status: { la: verified, en: verified } diff --git a/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/st-thomas-becket.yml b/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/st-thomas-becket.yml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b3649fa --- /dev/null +++ b/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/st-thomas-becket.yml @@ -0,0 +1,171 @@ +# Matins Nocturn 2-3 readings for St. Thomas of Canterbury, Bishop, +# Martyr (Dec 29) — SanctiM/12-29.txt inherits the whole day +# (`@Sancti/12-29`) with no Nocturn 2/3 override, so this feast's own +# proper content is sourced from the Tridentine track exactly as for a +# pre-1955 saint (see memory vu-matins-pre1955-saints, +# vu-matins-sanctim-saints). +# web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/12-29.txt, English/Sancti/12-29.txt. +# +# Nocturn 2: Lectio4-6 combined into one reading, one continuous vita +# (through his martyrdom in the cathedral). +# Nocturn 3: Lectio7's Gospel citation (John 10:11-16) is a bare +# incipit ("Et réliqua") with no full pericope text given, so — per +# the established convention of not transcribing bare incipits — only +# the homily portion is authored (not marked isGospel), St. John +# Chrysostom's homily (Lectio7's homily + Lectio8-9 combined, one +# continuous piece). +id: st-thomas-becket +readings: + - nocturn: 2 + isGospel: false + text: + la: >- + Thomas, Londíni in Anglia natus, Theobáldo succéssit Cantuariénsi epíscopo: et qui + ántea in administrándo cancelláriæ múnere præcláre se gésserat, in episcopáli offício + fortis et invíctus fuit. Cum enim Henrícus secúndus Angliæ rex, convocátis ad se + epíscopis et procéribus regni, leges ferret utilitáti ac dignitáti ecclesiásticæ + repugnántes, ádeo constánter óbstitit régiæ cupiditáti, ut neque pollicitatiónibus, + neque terróribus de senténtia decédens, próxime conjiciéndus in cárcerem clam + recésserit. Inde propínqui ejus omnis ætátis ejécti, amíci, fautóres omnes, iis, + quibus per ætátem licéret, jurejurándo adstríctis, univérsos Thomam aditúros, si + fortásse miserábili suórum calamitátis aspéctu moverétur, qui a sancto propósito + privátis incómmodis deterréri mínime potuísset. Non respéxit carnem aut sánguinem, + neque ullus in eo humanitátis sensus offícii constántiam labefactávit. + + + Cóntulit ígitur se ad Alexándrum tértium Pontíficem, a quo benígne accéptus est: et + inde proféctus, mónachis Pontiniacénsis monastérii, Cisterciénsis órdinis, ab eódem + commendátus. Quod ut cognóvit Henrícus, missis ad convéntum fratrum Cisterciénsium + minácibus lítteris, Thomam e Pontiníaco monastério exturbáre conátur. Quare vir + sanctus, véritus ne sua causa mali áliquid Cisterciénsis família paterétur, sponte + discéssit, et Ludovícum Gálliæ regem ejus invitátu convénit; ubi támdiu fuit, quoad, + Pontífice máximo et ipso rege agéntibus, ab exsílio, summa totíus regnis + gratulatióne revocátur. Quid dum boni pastóris offícium secúrus exséquitur, ecce + calumniatóres ad regem déferunt, eum multa contra regnum et públicam quiétem molíri, + ut proptérea sǽpius conquererétur rex, se in suo regno cum uno sacerdóte pacem habére + non posse. + + + Ex qua regis voce nefárii satéllites sperántes gratum se regi factúros, si Thomam e + médio tóllerent, clam conveniéntes Cantuáriam, epíscopum in templo vespertínis horis + óperam dantem aggrediúntur. Qui cléricis templi áditus præclúdere conántibus + accúrrens, óstium apéruit, illis usus verbis ad suos: Non est Dei Ecclésia + custodiénda more castrórum; et ego pro Ecclésia Dei libénter mortem subíbo. Tum ad + mílites: Vos Dei jussu cavéte, ne cuípiam meórum noceátis. Deínde flexis génibus, Deo, + beátæ Maríæ, sancto Dionýsio et réliquis Sanctis ejus ecclésiæ patrónis, Ecclésiam et + seípsum comméndans, sacrum caput eádem constántia, qua iniquíssimi regis légibus + restíterat, ímpio ferro præcidéndum óbtulit, quarto Kaléndas Januárii, anno Dómini + millésimo centésimo septuagésimo primo: cujus cérebro respérsum est totíus templi + paviméntum. Quem multis póstea illústrem miráculis idem Alexánder Póntifex rétulit in + Sanctórum númerum. + en: >- + Thomas was born in London, and succeeded Theobald in the Archbishopric of Canterbury. + He had previously filled with great distinction the office of Lord Chancellor, and + showed an indomitable firmness in his duty as Primate. When Henry II., King of + England, in an assembly of the Bishops and great men of his realm, endeavoured to pass + laws detrimental to the advantage and dignity of the Church, he opposed himself so + steadily to the king's wishes, that, neither promises, nor threats availing to shake + him, he was about to be cast into prison, had he not made good his escape in time. The + whole of his kinsfolk without regard to age or sex, his friends, and his advisers, were + then banished the kingdom, and those who were able, were bound by an oath to make their + way to the presence of Thomas, in the hope that though careless of his own sufferings, + he might yield at the sight of their misery. But neither flesh and blood, nor the + pleadings of natural affection could make him swerve from the line of his pastoral + duty. + + + He betook himself to Pope Alexander III., by whom he was graciously received, and who + committed him to the care of the Cistercians at Pontigni. As soon as this came to the + knowledge of King Henry, he sent threatening letters to the monks, in order to drive + Thomas from this shelter. The saint was unwilling that the Cistercian Order should + suffer on his account, and therefore voluntarily withdrew from Pontigni, and accepted + the invitation of Lewis VII., King of France, to go to his court. He remained here, + until his banishment was recalled at the intercession of the Pope and of the King of + France, and he returned to England amid great public joy. He was quietly continuing + the work of a faithful shepherd of souls, when certain calumniators denounced him to + the king as a plotter against the crown and the public peace. Henry, deceived by these + libels, cried out that it was hard that one priest should never let him have quiet in + his kingdom. + + + Come wicked servants of the king, hearing his words, and thinking to do him pleasure, + betook themselves to Canterbury to rid him of the Archbishop. They entered the + cathedral in the evening as Thomas was proceeding to assist at Evensong. The clergy in + attendance on him, conscious of the attempt about to be made, wished to bolt the doors. + But the saint caused them to be again opened, saying, The Church of God is not to be + made a castle of, and for the cause of God's Church I am willing to die. He then said + to his murderers, I charge you in the name of the Almighty God to hurt none of my + people. With these words he fell on his knees, and commended himself to God, to the + Blessed Virgin Mary, to St Denis, and to the other holy Patrons of the Church of + Canterbury. He presently offered his sacred head for the stroke of death, and received + it from the swords of those wicked men with the same constancy with which he had + withstood the commands of the unrighteous king. The murderers pulled out his brains and + strewed them all about the floor of the Church. He testified on the 29th day of + December, and, being afterwards honoured with many miracles, was canonised by Pope + Alexander III. + status: { la: verified, en: verified } + + - nocturn: 3 + isGospel: false + source: "St. John Chrysostom, Homily 59 on John (on John 10:11-16)" + text: + la: >- + Magnum quiddam, dilectíssimi, magnum, inquam, est Ecclésiæ prælátio, et quæ multa + índiget sapiéntia et fortitúdine, qualem Christus propósuit: ut ánimam pro óvibus + ponámus, et numquam illas deserámus; ut lupo generóse resistámus. Hæc enim inter + pastórem et mercenárium est differéntia: alter própriæ, contémptis óvibus; alter, sua + contémpta, óvium semper salúti invígilat. Pastóris ergo exémplo demonstráto, + deceptóres duos méminit: furem mactántem et rapiéntem oves; et mercenárium + permitténtem, neque defendéntem commíssas. + + + Quod superióri témpore Ezéchiel his verbis insectátus est: Væ pastóribus Israël: + nonne pascébant semetípsos? Nonne greges pascúntur a pastóribus? Sed illi contrárium + faciébant, quod máximæ malítiæ genus est, et plurimórum causa malórum. Idcírco + inquit: Neque quod abjéctum erat, reducébant: neque quod períerat, quærébant: neque + confráctum alligábant: neque infírmum consolidábant: quóniam se, non gregem + pascébant. Idem et Paulus áliis verbis signíficat: Omnes quæ sua sunt, quærunt, non + quæ Jesu Christi. + + + Verum ab utróque se dissidére osténdit Christus: ab illis quidem, qui in aliórum + perníciem véniunt, cum dicat, se proptérea venísse, ut vitam habérent, et abundántius + habérent: ab his autem, qui oves a lupis rapi negligébant, dicéndo se propter eas + ánimam pónere, ne oves perírent. Nam cum Judǽi ipsum interímere vellent, non proptérea + déstitit a doctrína, neque credéntes trádidit, sed pérstitit, et pértulit mortem: + ídeo frequénter inquit: Ego sum pastor bonus. Quæ cum nullo niti testimónio + viderentur, (quod enim póneret ánimam suam, non multo post re monstrátum est; quod + autem vitam habérent, et abundántius habérent, eventúrum erat in futúro sǽculo) + álterum ab áltero confírmat. + en: >- + Dearly beloved brethren, the Bishops of the Church hold a great office, an office that + needeth much that wisdom and strength whereof Christ hath given us an example. We must + learn of Him to lay down our lives for the sheep and never to leave them; and to fight + bravely against the wolf. This is the difference between the true shepherd and the + hireling. The one leaveth the sheep and seeketh his own safety, but the other recketh + not of his own safety, so as he may watch over the sheep. Christ then having given us + the pattern of a good shepherd, warneth us against two enemies; first, the thief that + cometh not but to kill and to steal, and, secondly, the hireling that standeth by, and + defendeth not them that are committed to his charge. + + + Ezechiel hath said of old time: Woe be to the shepherds of Israel! do they not feed + themselves? Should not the shepherds feed the flocks? But they did the contrary, a + great wickedness and the root of many evils. Therefore, he saith, they brought not back + that which was gone astray neither did they search for that which was lost neither did + they bind up that which was broken, nor strengthen that which was sick; for they fed + themselves, and not the flock. And Paul hath the same in other words, where he saith: + All seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ's. + + + Christ showeth Himself very different from either the thief or the hireling; whereas + the thief cometh to destroy, He came that they might have life, and that they might + have it more abundantly. The hireling fleeth, but He layeth down His life for the + sheep, that the sheep perish not. When then the Jews went about to kill Him, He ceased + not to teach He gave not up them that believed in Him, but stood steadfast and died. + Wherefore He hath good title often to say, I am the Good Shepherd. It was but a little + while, and He showed us how He could lay down His life for the sheep. And if it + appeareth not as yet how they have life, and have it more abundantly, (but it shall + appear, in the world which is to come,) we may well be persuaded of the truth of the + second promise, who have seen the fulfilment of the first. + status: { la: verified, en: verified } diff --git a/tests/hours/matins.test.ts b/tests/hours/matins.test.ts index db4ad1a..0723da9 100644 --- a/tests/hours/matins.test.ts +++ b/tests/hours/matins.test.ts @@ -38,9 +38,14 @@ describe('resolveOrdo("matins", ...) ferial (1-nocturn) branch', () => { it("resolves the user's own bible-plan readings for Advent III Tuesday, not the historical lectionary", () => { const lessons = ordo.parts.filter((p) => p.kind === 'lesson'); - expect(lessons).toHaveLength(2); + // 2 bible-plan readings, plus a 3rd: St. Eusebius of Vercelli's own + // commemoration reading, generously surfaced per the "commemorations + // get their own reading" design (see hours/matins.ts's own header) — + // vu places him Dec 15 (a Monastic 1617 same-day redirect), commemorated + // under this Advent III Tuesday ferial. + expect(lessons).toHaveLength(3); const citations = lessons.map((l) => (l as { text: { citation?: { en?: string } } }).text.citation?.en); - expect(citations).toEqual(['Isa 36; Isa 37', 'Sap 14']); + expect(citations).toEqual(['Isa 36; Isa 37', 'Sap 14', undefined]); // Real content isn't imported yet (Vulgate/Douay-Rheims bulk import is // a deferred follow-on) — honest `missing`, not fabricated text. expect((lessons[0] as { text: { status: { en?: string } } }).text.status.en).toBe('missing');