From 594c86618eae706107c0a33292312ebcb9100aab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Will Estes Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2026 21:11:41 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Add June Matins readings for pre-1955 sanctoral saints Ss. Basilides/Cyrinus/Nabor/Nazarius, St. Anthony of Padua, Ss. Gervase and Protase, St. Silverius, and St. Paulinus of Nola. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 --- ...s-basilides-cyrinus-nabor-and-nazarius.yml | 47 +++++ .../ss-gervase-and-protase.yml | 41 ++++ .../nocturn-readings/st-anthony-of-padua.yml | 66 ++++++ .../nocturn-readings/st-paulinus-of-nola.yml | 194 ++++++++++++++++++ .../propers/nocturn-readings/st-silverius.yml | 40 ++++ 5 files changed, 388 insertions(+) create mode 100644 src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/ss-basilides-cyrinus-nabor-and-nazarius.yml create mode 100644 src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/ss-gervase-and-protase.yml create mode 100644 src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/st-anthony-of-padua.yml create mode 100644 src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/st-paulinus-of-nola.yml create mode 100644 src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/st-silverius.yml diff --git a/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/ss-basilides-cyrinus-nabor-and-nazarius.yml b/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/ss-basilides-cyrinus-nabor-and-nazarius.yml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c987d0c --- /dev/null +++ b/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/ss-basilides-cyrinus-nabor-and-nazarius.yml @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +# Matins Nocturn 2 reading for Ss. Basilides, Cyrinus, Nabor, and +# Nazarius, Martyrs (June 12) — pre-1955-but-post-1617. Plain +# Sancti/06-12.txt is a different, later saint (St. John of San Facundo, +# canonized 1690) who displaced these martyrs on the general calendar's +# own June 12 slot; their content survives at the suffixed sibling file +# (see memory vu-matins-pre1955-saints's "critical wrinkle"). +# web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/06-12o.txt, English/Sancti/06-12o.txt. +# Single lesson (simplex-feast Lectio93), no responsory in the source. +# English source text cuts off mid-sentence ("but, as the creatures +# would not touch them," then straight to &teDeum) — the final clause +# below completes the sentence following the Latin, so marked draft +# rather than verified for English. +id: ss-basilides-cyrinus-nabor-and-nazarius +readings: + - nocturn: 2 + isGospel: false + text: + la: >- + Basilides, Cyrinus, Nabor et Nazarius, Romani milites, nobiles genere, et virtute illustres, + christiana religione suscepta, cum Christum Dei Filium, Diocletiano imperatore, + prædicarent, ab Aurelio præfecto Urbis comprehensi, et ut diis sacra facerent admoniti, ejus + jussa contemnentes, missi sunt in carcerem. Quibus orantibus, cum subito clarissima lux + oborta omnium oculis, qui ibidem essent, carcerem collustrasset: illo cælesti splendore + commotus Marcellus custodiæ præpositus, multique alii, Christo Domino crediderunt. Verum + postea e carcere emissi, ab imperatore Maximiano, cum ejus étiam neglecto imperio, unum + Christum Deum et Dominum in ore haberent, scorpionibus cruciati iterum conjiciuntur in + vincula: unde septimo die educti, et ante pedes imperatoris constituti, perstiterunt in + irrisione inanium deorum, Jesum Christum Deum constantissime confitentes. Quam ob rem + damnati, securi feriuntur. Quorum corpora feris objecta, nec ab illis tacta a Christianis + honorifice sepulta sunt. + en: >- + Basilides, Cyrinus, Nabor, and Nazarius were Roman soldiers, of illustrious birth, and + distinguished gallantry. Having embraced the Christian Religion, and being found publishing + that Christ was the Son of God, they were arrested by Aurelius, Prefect of Rome under the + Emperor Diocletian. As they despised his orders to sacrifice to the gods, they were + committed to prison. While they were at prayer there, a brilliant light broke forth before + the eyes of all that were there, and shone in all the prison. Marcellinus the keeper of the + prison and many others were moved by this heavenly glory to believe in the Lord Christ. + Basilides, Cyrinus, Nabor, and Nazarius were afterwards discharged out of the prison. + However, in the reign of the Emperor Maximian, when they set light by his commands also, and + had ever in their mouth that there is but one Christ, one God, and one Lord, they were + tormented with whips loaded with metal, and again cast into chains. Thence, on the seventh + day, they were brought out, and set before the Emperor, and there still persisted in mocking + at the foolish idols, and declaring that Jesus Christ is God. They were accordingly condemned + to death and beheaded. Their bodies were given to wild beasts to eat, but, as the creatures + would not touch them, they were reverently buried by the Christians. + status: { la: verified, en: draft } diff --git a/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/ss-gervase-and-protase.yml b/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/ss-gervase-and-protase.yml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f1704f9 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/ss-gervase-and-protase.yml @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ +# Matins Nocturn 2 reading for Ss. Gervase and Protase, Martyrs (June 19) +# — pre-1955-but-post-1617. Plain Sancti/06-19.txt is a different, later +# saint (St. Juliana Falconieri, canonized 1737) who displaced Gervase +# and Protase on the general calendar's own June 19 slot; their content +# survives at the suffixed sibling file (see memory +# vu-matins-pre1955-saints's "critical wrinkle"). +# web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/06-19o.txt, English/Sancti/06-19o.txt. +# Single lesson (simplex-feast Lectio93), no responsory in the source. +id: ss-gervase-and-protase +readings: + - nocturn: 2 + isGospel: false + text: + la: >- + Gervasius et Protasius, Vitalis et Valériæ fílii, quorum pater Ravennæ, mater Mediolani pro + Christi Dómini fide martyrium subiérunt, distributo paupéribus patrimonio, domesticos servos + libertáte donarunt. Quo facto Gentílium sacerdótes immane in illos conceptum ódium habebant. + Quare, cum Astasius comes in bellum proficisci vellet, hanc occasiónem perdéndi pios fratres + se nactos esse putavérunt. Itaque Astasio persuadent se a diis admonitos esse, nullo modo eum + in bello victórem futurum, nisi Gervasio et Protasio coactis Christum negare, eosdem ad + sacra diis facienda compélleret. Quod cum illi detestaréntur, Astasius imperávit Gervasium + tamdiu cædi, dum inter verbera exspiraret; Protasium fustibus contusum secúri pércuti jubet. + Quorum córpora Philippus Christi servus clam sústulit et in suis ædibus sepelívit: quæ + póstea sanctus Ambrosius, Dei mónitu invénta, in loco sacro et insígni collocanda curávit. + Passi sunt Mediolani décimo tertio Kalendas Julii. + en: >- + Gervase and Protase were the sons of Vitalis and Valeria, both of whom testified even unto + death for the Lord Christ's sake, the father at Ravenna, and the mother at Milan. After the + victory of their parents, Gervase and Protase gave all the inheritance to the poor, and set + free their slaves. This act of theirs stirred up against them a savage hatred on the part of + the heathen priests, and when the Count Astasius was about setting forth to war, they + believed they had got a good occasion for the destruction of the two godly brethren. They + persuaded Astasius that their gods had revealed to them that he had no chance of conquering + in the war, unless he had first made Gervase and Protase to deny Christ and to offer + sacrifice to the gods. Being commanded so to do, they flatly refused, and Astasius then + ordered Gervase to be lashed until he died between the stripes, and Protase to be cudgelled + and beheaded. A servant of Christ named Philip took away their dead bodies by stealth, and + buried them in his own house, and, in after times, St. Ambrose, being warned of God, found + them, and bestowed them in an hallowed and honourable place. They suffered at Milan upon the + 19th day of June. + status: { la: verified, en: verified } diff --git a/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/st-anthony-of-padua.yml b/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/st-anthony-of-padua.yml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..85c4f8b --- /dev/null +++ b/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/st-anthony-of-padua.yml @@ -0,0 +1,66 @@ +# Matins Nocturn 2 reading for St. Anthony of Padua, Confessor and +# Doctor of the Church (June 13) — pre-1955-but-post-1617 (no +# SanctiM/06-13*.txt at all). +# web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/06-13.txt, English/Sancti/06-13.txt. +# Lectio4-6 is this saint's own proper text, one continuous vita account, +# no internal break, combined into a single reading. No responsory given +# for these lessons in the source (Responsory9 present is the +# Dominican-rite variant for a different lesson, not applicable here). +id: st-anthony-of-padua +readings: + - nocturn: 2 + isGospel: false + text: + la: >- + Antónius, Ulyssipóne in Lusitánia honéstis ortus paréntibus, et ab iis pie educátus, + adoléscens, institútum canonicórum regulárium suscépit. Sed, cum córpora beatórum quinque + Mártyrum fratrum Minórum Conímbriam transferéntur, qui paulo ante apud Marróchium pro + Christi fide passi erant, martýrii desidério incénsus ad Franciscánum órdinem transívit. Mox + eódem ardóre impúlsus, ad Saracénos ire perréxit; sed, advérsa valetúdine afflíctus et redíre + coáctus, cum navi ad Hispániæ líttora ténderet, ventórum vi in Sicíliam delátus est. + + + Assísium e Sicília ad capítulum generále venit: inde in erémum montis Pauli in Æmília + secéssit, ubi divínis contemplatiónibus, jejúniis et vigíliis diu vacávit. Póstea, sacris + ordínibus initiátus et ad prædicándum Evangélium missus, dicéndi sapiéntia et cópia tantum + profécit, tantámque sui admiratiónem commóvit, ut eum summus Póntifex aliquándo concionántem + áudiens, arcam Testaménti appellárit. In primis vero hǽreses summa vi profligávit, + ideóque perpétuus hæreticórum málleus est vocátus. + + + Primus ex suo ordine, ob doctrínæ præstántiam, Bonóniæ et álibi sacras lítteras est + interpretátus, fratrúmque suórum stúdiis præfuit. Multis vero peragrátis provínciis, anno + ante óbitum Patávium venit, ubi illústria sanctitátis suæ monuménta relíquit. Dénique magnis + labóribus pro glória Dei perfúnctus, méritis et miráculis clarus obdormívit in Dómino Idibus + Júnii. Quem Gregórius nonus, Póntifex máximus, sanctórum Confessórum número adscrípsit, et + Pius duodécimus, ex Sacrórum Rítuum Congregatiónis consúlto, universális Ecclésiæ Doctórem + declarávit. + en: >- + Ferdinand de Bullones, afterwards called Anthony, was born of decent parents at Lisbon in + Portugal. They gave him a godly training, and while he was still a young man, he joined an + Institute of Canons Regular. However, when the bodies of the five holy martyred Friars + Minor, who had just suffered in Morocco for Christ's sake, were brought to Coimbra, the + desire to be himself a martyr took a strong hold upon him, and he left the Canons Regular + and became a Franciscan. The same yearning led him to attempt to go among the Saracens, but + he fell sick on the way, and, being obliged to turn back, the ship in which he had embarked + for Spain was driven by stress of weather to Sicily. + + + From Sicily he came to Assisi to attend the General Chapter of his Order, and thence + withdrew himself to the Hermitage of Monte Paolo near Bologna, where he gave himself up for + a long while to consideration of the things of God, to fastings, and to watchings. Being + afterwards ordained Priest and sent to preach the Gospel, his wisdom and fluency were very + marked, and drew on him such admiration of men, that the Pope, once hearing him preach, + called him The Ark of the Covenant. One of his chief points was to expend all his strength + in attacking heresies, whence he gained the name of the Heretics' everlasting Hammer. + + + He was the first of his Order who, on account of his excellent gift of teaching, publicly + lectured at Bologna on the interpretation of Holy Scripture, and directed the studies of his + brethren. He traveled through many provinces. The year before his death he came to Padua, + where he left some remarkable records of his holy life. After having undergone much toil for + the glory of God, full of good works and miracles, he fell asleep in the Lord upon the 13th + day of June. Pope Gregory IX enrolled his name among those of the Holy Confessors, and Pius + XII, on the advice of the Congregation of Sacred Rites, declared him a Doctor of the + universal Church. + status: { la: verified, en: verified } diff --git a/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/st-paulinus-of-nola.yml b/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/st-paulinus-of-nola.yml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cd16cb3 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/st-paulinus-of-nola.yml @@ -0,0 +1,194 @@ +# Matins Nocturn 2-3 readings for St. Paulinus of Nola, Bishop and +# Confessor (June 22) — pre-1955-but-post-1617 (no SanctiM/06-22*.txt at +# all; the "n"/"t" suffix variants at this date are a modern 20th-c. +# saint and a duplicate of the plain file, not relevant). +# web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/06-22.txt, English/Sancti/06-22.txt. +# +# Lectio4-6 is this saint's own proper vita, one continuous account, no +# internal break, combined into a single reading. +# +# Nocturn 3's Lectio7 gives only the Gospel incipit ("Et réliqua", Luke +# 12:32-34) with no full pericope text, so the bare Gospel reading isn't +# authored here (deferred, same as elsewhere pending the bulk +# Vulgate/Douay-Rheims import). Lectio7's own homily portion + Lectio8-9 +# is one continuous excerpt from St. Paulinus's own sermon (fittingly, +# on almsgiving to the poor — his own day, his own words), combined into +# a single reading. No responsory given for either reading in the +# source. +id: st-paulinus-of-nola +readings: + - nocturn: 2 + isGospel: false + text: + la: >- + Póntius Merópius Anícius Paulínus, a claríssima cívium Romanórum família, Burdígalæ in + Aquitánia natus, acri fuit ingénio ac móribus suávibus. Ausónio magístro, eloquéntiæ ac + poéseos laude excélluit. Prænóbilis ac ditíssimus, honórum cursum ingréssus, florénti ætáte, + senatória dignitáte potítus est. Dein Itáliam pétiit consul, et Campániam provínciam nactus, + sedem Nolæ státuit. Hic divíno lúmine tactus, ob cæléstia signa, quæ Felícis presbyteri + Mártyris sepúlcrum illustrábant, veræ Christi fídei, quam jam ánimo cogitábat, impénsius + adhærére cœpit. Fasces ígitur ac secúrim nulla cæde maculátam depósuit, et revérsus in + Gálliam, váriis ærúmnis ac magnis terra maríque labóribus jactátus, óculo cápitur; sed a + beáto Martíno Turonénsi epíscopo sanitáti restitútus, lustrálibus baptísmatis aquis a beáto + Delphíno Burdigalénsi antístite ablúitur. + + + Divítiis quibus abundábat spretis, bona véndidit pretiúmque paupéribus distríbuit, et uxórem + linquens Therásiam, mutáta pátria et ruptis vínculis carnis, in Hispániam secéssit, + venerándam secútus ac toto sibi pretiosiórem orbe Christi paupériem. Barcinóne dum Sacris + devóte astáret, solémni die Domínicæ Nativitátis, repentíno admirátæ plebis tumúltu + corréptus, ac frustra relúctans, a Lampídio epíscopo présbyter ordinátur. Inde redit in + Itáliam, et Nolæ, quo sancti Felícis religióne ductus fúerat, penes illíus sepúlcrum + monastérium cóndidit, et adscítis sóciis cœnobíticam vitam aggréditur. Hic vir, jam senatória + et consulári dignitáte præclárus, stultítiam crucis ampléxus, toto fere orbe admiránte, vili + indútus túnica, vigílias inter ac jejúnia, in assídua cæléstium rerum contemplatióne dies + noctésque defíxus manébat. Sed, percrescénte sanctimóniæ fama, ad Nolánum episcopátum + evéhitur, atque eódem in pastoráli múnere obeúndo, miránda pietátis, sapiéntiæ ac potíssimum + caritátis exémpla relíquit. + + + Hæc inter, sapiéntia reférta, de religióne ac fide pertractántia edíderat scripta, sæpe étiam + númeris indúlgens concínnis carmínibus Sanctórum acta concelebráverat, summam christiáni + poétæ famam adéptus. Quotquot sanctitáte ac doctrína præstantíssimi viri eo témpore erant, + tot sibi amicítia atque admiratióne devínxit. Quamplúrimi ad eum, ceu ad christiánæ + perfectiónis magístrum, undequáquam confluébant. Vastáta a Gothis Campánia, facultátem + omnem, ne relíctis quidem sibi rebus ad vitam necessáriis, in aléndos páuperes et captívos + rediméndos cóntulit. Póstea vero, Vándalis eásdem regiónes infestántibus, cum ab eo pósceret + vídua ut fílium sibi redímeret ab hóstibus captum; consúmptis bonis ómnibus, in offício + pietátis, se ipsum pro illo tradit in servitútem, atque in víncula conjéctus in Africam + rápitur. Tandem, non sine præsénti Dei ope, libertáte donátus et Nolam revérsus, diléctum + ovíle bonus pastor revísit; ibíque annum agens septuagésimum octávum ætátis suæ, + placidíssimo éxitu obdormívit in Dómino. Corpus, prope sancti Felícis sepúlcrum cónditum, + póstea, Longobardórum témpore, Benevéntum, atque, Ottóne tértio imperatóre, Romam ad + basílicam sancti Bartholomæi ad ínsulam Tiberínam translátum fuit. Pius vero Papa décimus + jussit sacras Paulíni exúvias Nolæ restítui, et festum ipsíus ad ritum dúplicem pro univérsa + Ecclésia evéxit. + en: >- + Pontius Meropius Anicius Paulinus was born of a most illustrious family of Roman citizens at + Bordeaux, in Aquitaine, and was of keen intelligence and graceful manners. With Ausonius as + his master, he was honourably distinguished for eloquence and poetry. Being of the higher + nobility, and very wealthy, he began a career of honours in the flower of his youth, and + attained senatorial dignity. Then he went to Italy as consul, where he obtained the province + of Campania and fixed his residence at Nola. Here he was struck, as by a ray of the divine + light, by the heavenly miracles which were making illustrious the tomb of Felix, Priest and + Martyr, and began to adhere more earnestly to the true faith of Christ, which he had long + been revolving in his mind. And so he resigned the consular fasces and axe, never defiled by + blood, and returned to Gaul, and after suffering various hardships and many toils both by + land and by sea he received an injury to the eye; but being restored to health by the + blessed Martin, Bishop of Tours, he was washed in the lustral waters of baptism by the + blessed Delphinus, Bishop of Bordeaux. + + + He despised his abundant wealth, sold his property, and gave the money to the poor, and left + his wife Therasia, changed his country, broke all natural ties, and retired to Spain, + conforming to the more precious poverty of Christ, which he valued more than the whole + world. While he was devoutly assisting at Mass in Barcelona on the feast of the Lord's + Nativity, he was suddenly seized by force by an admiring crowd, and in spite of his + reluctance, ordained priest by the Bishop Lampidius. Then he returned to Italy, and at Nola, + where he had been drawn by devotion to St. Felix, he built a monastery near his tomb, and + entered upon the monastic life with some companions. This man, already notable for his + senatorial and consular dignity, embraced the folly of the cross to the admiration of almost + the whole world, and, clothed in a mean garment, in vigils and in fastings, remained for days + and nights fixed in constant contemplation of heavenly things. But, as the fame of his + sanctity spread, he was elevated to the see of Nola, and entering upon that pastoral office, + he gave a wonderful example of piety, wisdom, and above all, of charity. + + + Meanwhile he had produced writings full of wisdom, treating of religion and faith, and often + also as a recreation, he had celebrated the deeds of the Saints in numerous elegant poems, + attaining the highest fame as a Christian poet. All the men living at that time who were + pre-eminent for holiness and learning, he attached to himself with the bonds of friendship + and admiration. Very many flocked to him from all parts of the country, as if to a master of + Christian perfection. When Campania was laid waste by the Goths, he devoted all his + resources to feeding the poor, and ransoming captives, without even leaving for himself the + necessities of life. And after that, when the Vandals invaded the same region, a widow + begged him to ransom her son who had been captured by the enemy; and as he had spent all his + resources in works of piety, he sold himself into slavery in the young man's place, and was + taken in chains to Africa. At length he was set at liberty, not without the evident + assistance of God, and, returning to Nola, the good shepherd once more saw his beloved + flock. There, in a most peaceful end, he fell asleep in the Lord in the seventy-eighth year + of his age. His body was buried near the tomb of St. Felix, and later, in the time of the + Lombards, was translated to Benevento and, under the Emperor Otto III, to Rome, where it was + laid in the basilica of St. Bartholomew on an island in the Tiber. But Pope Pius X ordered + the sacred relics of Paulinus to be restored to Nola, and he raised his feast to the rite of + a double for the universal Church. + status: { la: verified, en: verified } + + - nocturn: 3 + isGospel: false + source: "St. Paulinus, Bishop of Nola, Sermon (Epistle 34), \"De Gazophylacio\"" + text: + la: >- + Potúerat, dilectíssimi, Dóminus omnípotens æque univérsos dívites fácere, ut nemo indigéret + áltero; sed infinítæ bonitátis consílio sic parávit miséricors et miserátor Dóminus, ut tuam + in illis mentem probet. Fecit míserum, ut agnósceret misericórdem; fecit ínopem, ut exercéret + opuléntum. Matéria divitiárum tibi est fratérna paupértas, si intélligas super egénum et + páuperem, nec tibi tantum hábeas quod accepísti; quia ídeo et illíus partem tibi in hoc + sæculo cóntulit Deus, ut tibi debéret quidquid de suis donis tuo voluntário afféctu + indigéntibus obtulísses, ac te vicíssim in ætérna die de illíus parte ditáret. Per ipsos enim + nunc áccipit Christus, et tunc pro ipsis repéndet. + + + Réfice esuriéntem ánimam, et non timébis in die malo ab ira superventúra. Beátus enim + (inquit), qui intélligit super egénum et páuperem, in die malo liberábit eum Dóminus. Operáre + ígitur et éxcole hanc regiónem terræ tuæ, frater, ut gérminet tibi frugem fértilem, plenam + ádipe fruménti, magno cum fœnore centésimum tibi fructum multiplicáti séminis afferéntem. In + hujus vel possessiónis vel negotiatiónis appetítum et stúdium sancta et salutáris est + avarítia; nam talis cupíditas, quæ regnum cæléste merétur et bonum perénne desíderat, radix + bonórum est. Tales ígitur divítias concupíscite, et hujúsmodi possidéte patrimónium, quod in + centénos fructus vobis créditor pénsitet, ut vestros quoque vobíscum bonis perénnibus + augeátis herédes. Posséssio enim hæc vere magna et pretiósa est, quæ possessórem suum non + cúmulo sæculári ónerat, sed réditu ditat ætérno. + + + Verum, dilectíssimi, non solum ut bona ætérna quærátis, sed ut mala innúmera vitáre + mereámini, præsénti sollicitúdine et sédula operatióne justítiæ providéte. Magno enim + adjutório atque præsídio nobis opus est, et multárum atque indeficiéntium oratiónum + patrocíniis indigémus. Adversárius enim noster non quiéscit, et in nostrum pérvigil hostis + intéritum óbsidet omnes vias nostras. Multæ prætérea nobis in hoc sæculo cruces, innúmera + discrímina, morbórum labes, fébrium ignes et dolórum tela grassántur in ánimas, cupiditátum + faces accendúntur; ubíque præténti latent láquei, úndique stricti horrent gládii, inter + insídias et pugnas vita transígitur, et per ignes dolóso cíneri suppósitos ambulámus. Igitur, + priúsquam in áliquam tantárum ægritúdinum labem casu vel mérito actus incúrras, festína + médico suscéptus et carus fíeri, ut in témpore necessitátis parátum hábeas remédium salútis. + Aliud est, quando tu solus oras pro te; et áliud, quando multitúdo pro te apud Deum + trépidat. + en: >- + The Lord who is omnipotent, dearly beloved, might have made all men equally rich, so that no + one need ask anything from another. In his infinite goodness, however, the merciful and + gracious Lord hath planned otherwise, in order to prove your disposition in these matters. + He hath made misery, that he might discern mercy; he hath made the needy, that he might make + use of the rich. For your brother's poverty is your material of riches, if ye do not + understand concerning the needy and the poor, and do not consider as your own what wealth ye + have received. For God hath bestowed upon you your brother's portion in this world, in order + that ye should offer of your own willing affection something of his gifts to those in need, + and that he may enrich you in your turn with that portion in eternity. For now Christ + receiveth through them, and hereafter he will repay for them. + + + Refresh the hungry soul, and ye will not fear the wrath to come in the evil day. For, saith + he, Blessed is he that understandeth concerning the needy and poor; the Lord will deliver + him in the evil day. Therefore, brother, work and cultivate this parcel of thy land, that it + may bear for you a rich crop, full of the fatness of wheat, bringing to you with great + interest the fruit of the seed an hundred times multiplied. In the desire and pursuit of + this business or this possession there is a holy and salutary avarice; for such desire which + doth merit the kingdom of heaven, and doth long for eternal goods, is the root of all good. + Therefore covet such riches, and take possession of this kind of patrimony, that the + creditor may weigh out to you the fruit increased an hundredfold, and ye and your heirs may + abound in everlasting good things. For this possession is great and precious, which doth not + burden the owner with earthly wealth, but enricheth him with an eternal reward. + + + Truly, dearly beloved, by present carefulness and constant just dealing, provide not only + that ye seek eternal good things, but that ye may deserve to escape innumerable evils. For we + require strong helps and protection, and stand in need of many and unceasing prayers for our + defence. For our adversary does not rest, and the ever-watchful enemy besetteth all our ways + in order to work our ruin. Moreover, in this world we have many crosses, very numerous + struggles, pestilent diseases, fires of fever and stabs of pain do violence to our souls. The + flames of lust are kindled; hidden snares are set everywhere, on all sides there bristle + drawn swords, life is passed in the midst of ambushes and combats, and we walk through fires + craftily buried under ashes. Therefore before ye should by your misfortune or your fault rush + into any one of such great calamities, hasten to become acceptable and dear to the physician, + so that in time of need ye may have ready the remedy of salvation. It is one thing when ye + alone pray for yourself; and quite another when a multitude entreateth for you before God. + status: { la: verified, en: verified } diff --git a/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/st-silverius.yml b/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/st-silverius.yml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7359287 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/st-silverius.yml @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +# Matins Nocturn 2 reading for St. Silverius, Pope and Martyr (June 20) — +# pre-1955-but-post-1617 (no SanctiM/06-20*.txt at all; the "t" suffix +# variant at this date is an empty stub, not relevant). +# web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/06-20.txt, English/Sancti/06-20.txt. Single +# lesson (simplex-feast Lectio93), no responsory in the source. The +# English source has an evident stray-word artifact ("for defending Save +# the heresy of Eutyches") — transcribed here as "the heresy of +# Eutyches", dropping the stray "Save". +id: st-silverius +readings: + - nocturn: 2 + isGospel: false + text: + la: >- + Silverius Campanus post Agapitum proxime Pontifex creatus est: cujus doctrina et sanctitas + illuxit in insectandis hæreticis, et constantis animi magnitudo perspecta est in tuendo + judicio Agapiti. Nam Anthimum, quem, quia Eutychianam hæresim defendebat, Agapitus ab + episcopatu Constantinopolitano deposuerat, cum a Theodora Augusta sæpissime rogatus esset, + restituere noluit. Quam ob rem irata mulier mandat Belisario ut Silverium mittat in + exsilium. Qui exsulavit in insula Pontia, unde his verbis scripsisse fertur ad Amatorem + episcopum: Sustentor pane tribulationis et aqua angustiæ; nec tamen dimisi, aut dimitto + officium meum. Et sane, brevi incommodis ærumnisque confectus, obdormivit in Domino, + duodecimo Kalendas Julii; Cujus corpus Romam delatum, et in basilica Vaticana depositum, + multis miraculis illustratum fuit. Præfuit Ecclesiæ annos tres et amplius, creatis mense + Decembri presbyteris tredecim, diaconis quinque, episcopis per diversa loca decem et novem. + en: >- + This Silverius was a native of Campania, and succeeded Agapitus in the Papacy. His + orthodoxy and holiness shone brightest in his onslaughts upon heretics, and he showed + admirable firmness in upholding a sentence by Agapitus. Agapitus had deposed Anthimus from + the Patriarchate of Constantinople for defending the heresy of Eutyches; and Silverius would + never allow of his restoration, although the Empress Theodora repeatedly asked him to do so. + The woman was enraged at him on this account, and ordered Belisarius to send Silverius into + exile. He was accordingly banished to the island of Ponza, whence he is said to have written + these words to Bishop Amator: I am fed upon the bread of tribulation and the water of + affliction, but nevertheless I have not given up, and I will not give up, doing my duty. But + sickness and the hardships of his exile soon broke his strength, and he fell asleep in the + Lord upon the 20th day of June. Many miracles shed a lustre upon his grave. He ruled the + Church for more than three years, and ordained in the month of December thirteen Priests, + five Deacons, and nineteen Bishops for diverse Sees. + status: { la: verified, en: verified }