Add St. Francis Xavier (Dec 3) sanctoral content
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Own real Oratio and Nocturn 2-3 content (Duplex majus). This was the
only real gap left in December -- the rest of the month was already
complete from the earlier pre-1955 sanctoral pull. No test collisions:
Dec 3 was genuinely open.

This closes out the full-year sanctoral sweep (January-December).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# Read directly from web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/12-03.txt's own
# [Oratio] and its English counterpart. Doxology "$Per Dominum"
# spelled out per the convention in st-bibiana-collect.yml.
id: st-francis-xavier-collect
text:
la: |
Orémus.
Deus, qui Indiárum gentes beáti Francísci prædicatióne et miráculis
Ecclésiæ tuæ aggregáre voluísti: concéde propítius; ut cujus
gloriósa mérita venerámur, virtútum quoque imitémur exémpla.
Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum, Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit et
regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
℟. Amen.
en: |
Let us pray.
O God, who wast pleased, by the preaching and miracles of blessed
Francis, to add the nations of the Indies to thy Church; mercifully
grant that, as we venerate his glorious merits, so we may also
follow the example of his virtues.
Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with
thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
℟. Amen.
status:
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# Matins Nocturn 2-3 readings for St. Francis Xavier (Dec 3). Sourced
# directly from web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/12-03.txt,
# English/Sancti/12-03.txt. Nocturn 2: Lectio4-6 combined into one
# reading. Nocturn 3: the Gospel citation (Mark 16:15-18) ends "Et
# réliqua"/"And so on" with no full pericope given -- per the
# bare-incipit convention, only the homily (Lectio7-9, St. Gregory
# the Great) is authored, isGospel: false, no citation field.
id: st-francis-xavier
readings:
- nocturn: 2
isGospel: false
text:
la: >-
Francíscus, in Xavério diœcésis Pampelonénsis nobílibus
paréntibus natus, Parísiis sancto Ignátio sese cómitem et
discípulum junxit. Ipso magistro eo brevi devénit, ut in
rerum divinárum contemplatióne defíxus, a terra aliquándo
sublímis elevarétur: quod illi sacrificánti coram pópuli
multitúdine aliquóties evénit. Has ánimi delícias magnis sui
córporis cruciátibus merebátur. Nam interdícto sibi, non
carnis solum et vini, sed panis quoque tritícei usu, vílibus
cibis vesci sólitus, per bíduum subínde triduúmque omni
prorsus aliménto abstínuit. Férreis in se flagéllis ita
sǽviit, ut sæpe copióso cruóre difflúeret; somnum brevíssimum
humi jacens carpébat.
Vitæ austeritáte ac sanctitáte apostólico múneri jam
matúrus, cum Joánnes tértius Lusitániæ rex áliquot nascéntis
societátis viros a Paulo tértio pro Indiis postulásset,
sancti Ignátii hortátu, ab eódem Pontífice ad tantum opus cum
apostólici núntii potestáte delígitur. Eo appúlsus, íllico
variárum géntium difficíllimis et váriis linguis divínitus
instrúctus appáruit. Quin eum quandóque único idiómate ad
divérsas gentes concionántem, unaquǽque sua lingua loquéntem
audívit. Províncias innúmeras pédibus semper, et sæpe nudis,
peragrávit. Fidem Japóniæ et sex áliis regiónibus invéxit.
Multa centéna hóminum mília ad Christum in Indiis convértit;
magnósque príncipes, regésque complúres sacro fonte expiávit.
Et cum tam magna pro Deo ágeret, ea erat humilitáte, ut
sancto Ignátio, tunc præpósito suo, flexis génibus scríberet.
Hunc dilatándi Evangélii ardórem multitúdine et excelléntia
miraculórum Dóminus roborávit. Cæco visum réddidit. Tantum
marínæ aquæ signo crucis convértit in dulcem, quantum
quingéntis vectóribus, qui siti adigebántur ad mortem, diu
suffécit: qua in várias quoque regiónes asportáta, ægri
plúrimi súbito curáti sunt. Plures mórtuos revocávit ad
vitam, inter quos prídie sepúltum érui jussum e túmulo
suscitávit, duósque álios, dum efferréntur, apprehénsa
eórum manu, paréntibus e féretro vivos restituit Prophetíæ
spíritu passim afflátus, plúrima et loco et témpore
remotíssima enuntiávit. Demum in Sanciáno, Sinárum ínsula,
die secúnda Decémbris, óbiit plenus méritis, laboribúsque
conféctus. Demórtui cadáver viva calce per multos menses bis
óbrutum, sed pénitus incorrúptum, odóre et sánguine manávit;
et ubi Málacam delátum est, pestem sævíssimam conféstim
exstínxit. Dénique ubíque terrárum novis maximísque fulgéntem
miráculis Gregórius décimus quintus Sanctis adscrípsit. Pius
autem décimus ipsum sodalitáti et óperi Propagándæ Fídei
cæléstem patrónum elégit atque constítuit.
en: >-
Francis was of noble family, and was born in the castle of
Xavier, in the diocese of Pampeluna, (in the year of our Lord
1506.) He was a companion of St. Ignatius at Paris, and one
of his earliest disciples. Under his teaching, he learnt to
become so wrapt in the contemplation of divine things, that
he was sometimes lifted in ecstasy off the ground, which
happened to him several times when he was saying Mass in
public before large congregations. He earned these
refreshments of the soul by the sharpest punishment of the
body. He gave up the use not only of meat and wine, but also
of wheaten bread; he lived on the vilest food, and ate only
once every two or three days. He used an iron scourge till
his blood ran freely; he shortened the hours of his rest, and
lay only on the ground.
The hardness and holiness of his life had made him meet to be
called to be an Apostle, and when John III, King of Portugal,
asked Pope Paul III to send to the Indies some members of the
then new Society of Jesus, the Pontiff, by the advice of St.
Ignatius, sent Francis to enter on that vast field of labour
with the powers of Apostolic Nuncio. He arrived (in India on
the 6th day of May, in the year 1542.) When he began his
work, it seemed as though God Himself taught him the many and
difficult languages of the natives. It even happened that
when he preached in one language to a mixed congregation of
different nationalities, each one heard him in his own
tongue wherein he was born. He travelled over countless
districts, always walking, and often bare-footed. He
introduced the faith into Japan, and six other countries. In
India he turned many hundred thousands to Christ, and
regenerated many chiefs and kings in the holy font. And
notwithstanding that he was doing all these great things for
God's service, so deep was his lowliness that when he wrote
to St. Ignatius, the General of the Society, he did so on his
knees.
God was pleased to support his zeal for spreading the Gospel
with many and great miracles. He gave sight to a blind man.
On one occasion the supply of fresh water failed when he was
at sea, and five hundred sailors were in danger of perishing
by thirst, but the servant of God, by the sign of the Cross,
turned salt water into fresh, and they used it for a
considerable time. Some of this water was also carried into
different countries, and a great number of sick persons were
instantaneously cured by it. He called several dead men to
life, among whom was one who had been buried the day before,
and who was disinterred by command of the saint; and likewise
two others who were being carried to the grave, and whom he
took by the hand and restored living to their parents. He had
the spirit of prophecy, and foretold many things, remote both
in place and time. Utterly worn out with his labours, he died
full of good works in the island of San-Chan in the Canton
River, (upon the 2nd day of December, in the year of our Lord
1552.) His body was buried in quick lime, and, being again
taken up, was again buried in the same, but at the end of
many months it was found entirely incorrupt, and sweet, and,
when cut, blood flowed freely from it. From China it was
carried to Malacca, and, as soon as it reached that place, a
plague, which was raging there, ceased. At length, when he
had become famous throughout the whole world for new and
wonderful miracles, Gregory XV added his name to the list of
the Saints.
status: { la: verified, en: verified }
- nocturn: 3
isGospel: false
source: "Pope St. Gregory the Great, Homily 29 on the Gospels (Mark 16:15-18)"
text:
la: >-
Potest omnis creaturæ nómine omnis natio Géntium designari.
Ante enim dictum fuerat: In viam Géntium ne abieritis; nunc
autem dícitur: Prædicate omni creaturæ: ut scilicet prius a
Judǽa Apostolórum repulsa prædicátio tunc nobis in adjutórium
fieret, cum hanc illa ad damnatiónis suæ testimónium superba
repulísset. Sed cum discipulos ad prædicándum Véritas mittit,
quid aliud in mundo facit, nisi grana seminis spargit? Et
pauca grana mittit in semine, ut multárum messium fruges
recipiat ex nostra fide.
Neque étenim in universo mundo tanta fidelium messis
exsúrgeret, si de manu Dómini super rationalem terram illa
electa grana prædicántium non venissent. Sequitur: Qui
crediderit et baptizátus fúerit, salvus erit: qui vero non
crediderit, condemnábitur. Fortasse unusquísque apud
semetípsum dicat: Ego jam credidi, salvus ero. Verum dicit,
si fidem opéribus tenet. Vera étenim fides est, quæ in hoc,
quod verbis dicit, móribus non contradicit. Hinc est enim
quod de quibusdam falsis fidelibus Paulus dicit: Qui
confiténtur se nosse Deum, factis autem negant.
Signa autem eos qui credituri sunt, hæc sequéntur: In nómine
meo dæmónia ejícient, linguis loquéntur novis, serpéntes
tollent: et si mortiferum quid biberint, non eis nocébit:
super ægros manus impónent, et bene habébunt. Numquidnam,
fratres mei, quia ista signa non fácitis, minime creditis?
Sed hæc necessaria in exordio Ecclésiæ fuérunt. Ut enim ad
fidem cresceret multitúdo credéntium, miraculis fuerat
nutriénda: quia et nos, cum arbústa plantamus, tamdiu eis
aquam infúndimus, quoúsque ea in terra jam coaluisse
videámus: et si semel radícem fixerint, irrigátio cessabit.
Hinc est enim quod Paulus dicit: Linguæ in signum sunt non
fidelibus, sed infidelibus.
en: >-
By the words every creature we may understand every tribe of
the Gentiles. Of aforetime it had been said, Go not into the
way of the Gentiles, (Matth. x. 5,) but now, Preach the
Gospel to every creature, that, since the Jews had proudly
rejected the preaching of the Apostles, that might become our
gain which was the seal of their condemnation. But when the
Eternal Truth sendeth forth His disciples to preach, what
doth He but scatter seed over the field of the world? He
scattereth abroad a few grains for seed, that He may
afterward reap an abundant harvest in our faith.
The great harvest of faithful souls throughout the whole
world would never have sprung up, if the hand of the Lord had
not first scattered those chosen grains of preachers over the
reasonable soil of men's minds. Then is written, He that
believeth and is baptized shall be saved but he that
believeth not, shall be damned. Now, perchance, thou sayest
in thine heart I believe, and therefore I shall be saved.
True, if to thy faith thou dost add works. He only hath a
living faith whose life doth not give the lie to his
profession. It is of this that Paul speaketh, where he saith
of certain vain believers, They profess that they know God;
but in works they deny Him. (Tit. i. 16.)
And these signs shall follow them that believe In My name
they shall cast out devils, they shall speak with new
tongues, they shall take up serpents; and if they drink any
deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on
the sick, and they shall recover. My brethren, these signs do
not follow us. Do we, then, not believe? Nay. The truth is,
these things were needful when the Church was young. That she
might grow by the increase of the faithful, she needed to be
nourished with miracles. So we, when we plant a young tree,
continually water and tend it, till we see that it hath taken
firm root in the earth but when once it hath taken firm root,
it can grow of itself. Hence Paul saith of tongues Tongues
are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that
believe not. ~(i Cor. xiv. 22.)
status: { la: verified, en: verified }