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