Add Ember-day mechanism (privileged feria, not a rank contest) + real content

Researched whether September/Advent Ember days belong in the
movable-feasts.ts table alongside Christ the King/Immaculate Heart of
Mary. Live-verified against the reference engine they don't: Ember days
are privileged ferias (a saint can still win outright against them), not
named feasts contesting the day by rank.

Two smaller pieces instead: calendar/temporal.ts's septemberEmberDayOffset
(Sunday nearest Sept 14, same "nearest" arithmetic adventStart already
used, factored into a shared nearestSunday helper) feeds a new
resolveTemporalCategory check giving those 3 dates privileged-feria-minor
(live-verified correct); calendar/ember-days.ts's applyEmberDay relabels
the day's own temporal id to the Ember day's own (so its real content is
found) when the feria itself wins, or adds a commemoration when a saint
does. Advent Ember days needed no precedence change -- Advent's own
season default already covers them.

Found and fixed a real bug along the way: matins.ts's nocturnReadingIds
only ever pulled a commemorated *sanctoral* id's own readings, never a
commemorated *temporal* one's -- so a commemorated Ember day (the common
case) would never have surfaced its own content. Same root cause as the
day.winner.id gap the IHM relocation fixed earlier, just hiding in the
commemorations loop instead.

Authored all 6 days' real collect + 3 Matins readings each, transcribed
directly from the reference engine (September: Tempora/093-{3,5,6}.txt;
Advent: Tempora/Adv3-{3,5,6}.txt, whose lessons are themselves a
cross-reference to the Annunciation's own Common, followed and
transcribed from there). Kept as 3 separate readings per day rather than
the usual combine-into-one default, since each carries its own
genuinely distinct proper responsory.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01VZSAgRi4QE4XRTqVto93zA

src/calendar/ember-days.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+// Ember days (Quatuor Temporum) are privileged ferias, not named feasts —
+// structurally different from calendar/movable-feasts.ts's rank-contest
+// table. The precedence side (whether an occurring saint outranks the
+// feria) is already handled generically by resolveTemporalCategory
+// (September Ember days get their own `privileged-feria-minor` entry
+// there; Advent Ember days inherit Advent's own season default) feeding
+// the ordinary decideOccurrence contest -- this file ONLY handles content
+// identity: relabeling the day's own temporal id so an Ember day's real,
+// distinct proper content (collect, Matins readings) gets found instead
+// of inheriting whatever Sunday governs that week, the same way
+// applyMarianSaturday/applyChristmasOctaveSunday relabel a feria's own id
+// for the same reason.
+import type { Commemoration, DayWinner } from './types';
+import { septemberEmberDayOffset, adventEmberDayOffset } from './temporal';
+import { activeOctavesFor } from './octaves';
+
+const SEPTEMBER_EMBER_IDS: Record<number, string> = {
+  3: 'ember-september-wednesday',
+  5: 'ember-september-friday',
+  6: 'ember-september-saturday',
+};
+const ADVENT_EMBER_IDS: Record<number, string> = {
+  3: 'ember-advent-wednesday',
+  5: 'ember-advent-friday',
+  6: 'ember-advent-saturday',
+};
+
+function emberIdFor(isoDate: string): string | undefined {
+  const septemberOffset = septemberEmberDayOffset(isoDate);
+  if (septemberOffset !== undefined) {
+    return SEPTEMBER_EMBER_IDS[septemberOffset];
+  }
+  const adventOffset = adventEmberDayOffset(isoDate);
+  if (adventOffset !== undefined) {
+    return ADVENT_EMBER_IDS[adventOffset];
+  }
+  return undefined;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Run after applyOctaves, same gate that function's own doc comment and
+ * applyMarianSaturday both rely on: an active octave (the Nativity of the
+ * BVM's, Sep 8-15, can genuinely overlap a late-anchored September Ember
+ * week in some years) already has real standing of its own and shouldn't
+ * be silently relabeled out from under it.
+ *
+ * Two cases, mirroring how a "Commemoratio ad Laudes tantum" reads
+ * live against the reference engine: if the feria itself is what's
+ * winning (`winner.kind === 'temporal'`, i.e. resolveTemporalCategory's
+ * `privileged-feria-minor` threshold already beat whatever saint was
+ * there, or nothing was there at all), its id is swapped for the Ember
+ * day's own — real content gets found where it wouldn't otherwise be. If
+ * a saint won outright instead (strong enough to clear that threshold),
+ * the winner is left alone but the Ember day is still commemorated
+ * alongside it, so its own collect/readings still surface (this app
+ * doesn't model the "Laudes only" hour-scoping nuance — same simplification
+ * level as every other commemoration here, not a new gap).
+ */
+export function applyEmberDay(isoDate: string, winner: DayWinner, commemorations: Commemoration[]): DayWinner {
+  if (activeOctavesFor(isoDate).length > 0) {
+    return winner;
+  }
+  const emberId = emberIdFor(isoDate);
+  if (!emberId) {
+    return winner;
+  }
+  if (winner.kind === 'temporal') {
+    return { kind: 'temporal', id: emberId };
+  }
+  commemorations.push({ kind: 'temporal', id: emberId });
+  return winner;
+}

src/calendar/index.ts

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { addDays, toIsoDate } from './date-math';
 import { easterSunday } from './easter';
 import { activeOctavesFor, strictestThreshold } from './octaves';
 import { applyMovableFeasts } from './movable-feasts';
+import { applyEmberDay } from './ember-days';
 
 /**
  * A day's occurrence considered on its own — no awareness of what an
@@ -103,6 +104,7 @@ export function resolveDay(isoDate: string): LiturgicalDay {
   }
 
   winner = applyOctaves(isoDate, winner, commemorations);
+  winner = applyEmberDay(isoDate, winner, commemorations);
   winner = applyMarianSaturday(isoDate, weekday, temporalCategory, winner, commemorations);
   winner = applyChristmasOctaveSunday(isoDate, weekday, winner, commemorations);
   winner = applyMovableFeasts(isoDate, winner, commemorations);

src/calendar/temporal.ts

@@ -42,12 +42,21 @@ function fixedDateFor(id: string): { month: number; day: number } {
 const CHRISTMAS = fixedDateFor('christmas-day');
 const EPIPHANY = fixedDateFor('epiphany');
 
+/** The Sunday nearest `isoDate` — ties (exactly 3-4 days either way can't
+ * happen; a week has one middle point, Wednesday, which is always closer
+ * to one side or the other) resolved the usual "nearest" way: on or
+ * before if `isoDate` is Sun-Wed, the next one if Thu-Sat. Shared by
+ * `adventStart` (nearest Nov 30) and calendar/ember-days.ts's own
+ * September Ember anchor (nearest Sept 14). */
+export function nearestSunday(isoDate: string): string {
+  const dow = dayOfWeek(isoDate);
+  const delta = dow <= 3 ? -dow : 7 - dow;
+  return addDays(isoDate, delta);
+}
+
 /** The Sunday nearest Nov 30 (St. Andrew's Day) — Advent's real start rule. */
 export function adventStart(year: number): string {
-  const nov30 = `${year}-11-30`;
-  const dow = dayOfWeek(nov30);
-  const delta = dow <= 3 ? -dow : 7 - dow;
-  return addDays(nov30, delta);
+  return nearestSunday(`${year}-11-30`);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -147,6 +156,41 @@ export function isInTriduum(isoDate: string): boolean {
   return offset >= -3 && offset <= -1;
 }
 
+const SEPTEMBER_EMBER_OFFSETS = [3, 5, 6]; // Wed, Fri, Sat after the anchor Sunday
+const ADVENT_EMBER_OFFSETS = [3, 5, 6]; // Wed, Fri, Sat after the 3rd Sunday of Advent
+
+/** The Sunday nearest Sept 14 (Exaltation of the Holy Cross) — anchors
+ * September's Ember days, same "nearest" rule as Advent's own start.
+ * Live-verified (2026, 2019) against the reference engine: genuinely
+ * "nearest," not "3rd Sunday of the calendar month" — those two
+ * computations disagree in some years (e.g. 2025). */
+export function septemberEmberAnchor(year: number): string {
+  return nearestSunday(`${year}-09-14`);
+}
+
+/** Which of September's 3 Ember-day offsets (3/5/6 = Wed/Fri/Sat)
+ * `isoDate` is, if any — shared by resolveTemporalCategory below (the
+ * precedence side: these get `privileged-feria-minor`) and
+ * calendar/ember-days.ts (the content-id side: each gets its own proper
+ * collect/readings instead of inheriting the governing Sunday's). */
+export function septemberEmberDayOffset(isoDate: string): number | undefined {
+  const year = Number(isoDate.slice(0, 4));
+  const anchor = septemberEmberAnchor(year);
+  return SEPTEMBER_EMBER_OFFSETS.find((offset) => addDays(anchor, offset) === isoDate);
+}
+
+/** Which of Advent's 3 Ember-day offsets `isoDate` is, if any. Unlike
+ * September's, this doesn't need its own resolveTemporalCategory entry —
+ * Advent's ordinary `privileged-feria-minor` season default already
+ * covers it (no live evidence found that Advent Ember days need a
+ * stronger tier) — but it still needs its own content id, same as
+ * September's, hence still exported for calendar/ember-days.ts. */
+export function adventEmberDayOffset(isoDate: string): number | undefined {
+  const year = Number(isoDate.slice(0, 4));
+  const thirdAdventSunday = addDays(adventStart(year), 14);
+  return ADVENT_EMBER_OFFSETS.find((offset) => addDays(thirdAdventSunday, offset) === isoDate);
+}
+
 /**
  * A day's precedence category under the temporal cycle alone — see
  * calendar/types.ts's TemporalCategory doc comment and
@@ -172,6 +216,15 @@ export function resolveTemporalCategory(isoDate: string, season: Season, weekday
     return fixedOverride;
   }
 
+  // September Ember days: live-verified privileged-feria-minor (Ss.
+  // Cornelius & Cyprian, Semiduplex, won outright there with the feria
+  // demoted to a commemoration) — see septemberEmberDayOffset's own doc
+  // comment for why this can't be expressed as a plain Easter offset or
+  // fixed MM-DD the way every other override in this function is.
+  if (septemberEmberDayOffset(isoDate) !== undefined) {
+    return 'privileged-feria-minor';
+  }
+
   const offset = easterOffsetOf(isoDate);
 
   const singleOverride = temporalCategories.offsets?.[String(offset)];

src/data/calendar/temporal-categories.yml

@@ -29,10 +29,20 @@
 # no longer classified via this table at all — see the offsetRanges
 # section below and calendar/octaves.ts.
 #
-# Known gap: Advent Ember days (Wed/Fri/Sat after Dec 13) and September
-# Ember days (Wed/Fri/Sat near the Exaltation of the Cross, Sept 14) are
-# NOT modeled here — both are fixed-calendar "nearest such-and-such a date"
-# rules, not a plain offset, and weren't worth guessing at without a source.
+# September Ember days (Wed/Fri/Sat nearest the Exaltation of the Cross,
+# Sept 14) are now modeled too, live-verified `privileged-feria-minor` —
+# see calendar/temporal.ts's septemberEmberDayOffset, called directly from
+# resolveTemporalCategory below (can't be expressed as a plain
+# offset/fixedDate entry in this table: the anchor is "nearest Sept 14,"
+# a fixed-calendar-date rule with its own year-dependent Sunday-finding
+# math, same shape as adventStart's "nearest Nov 30"). Advent Ember days
+# don't need any entry here at all — Advent's own `privileged-feria-minor`
+# season default below already covers them, no live evidence found that
+# they need a stronger tier (see calendar/temporal.ts's
+# adventEmberDayOffset, used only for their own content id, not
+# precedence). Both get their own distinct proper content
+# (collect/Matins readings) via calendar/ember-days.ts, separate from this
+# precedence-only table.
 # Lent's Ember days *are* modeled (clean Easter offsets, directly
 # verified). Pentecost's own Ember days share this same offset-based
 # fixability but currently fall to the plain `ordinary-feria` default

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

@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+# Matins Nocturn content for Advent Ember Friday (Feria VI Quattuor
+# Temporum Adventus) — read directly from
+# web/www/horas/Latin/Tempora/Adv3-5.txt and English/Tempora/Adv3-5.txt.
+# No Monastic-track override file exists for this day — confirms the
+# Monastic 1617 track uses this same text.
+#
+# Lectio1's Gospel citation (Luke 1:39-47, the Visitation) is a bare
+# incipit with no full pericope text given, so only the homily portion is
+# authored, same convention as the September Ember days. Kept as 3
+# separate readings, each with its own genuinely distinct proper
+# responsory.
+id: ember-advent-friday
+readings:
+  - nocturn: 1
+    isGospel: false
+    source: "St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, Commentary on Luke, Book 2, on Luke 1:39-47"
+    text:
+      la: >-
+        Morále est ómnibus, ut qui fidem éxigunt, fidem ástruant. Et ídeo Angelus, cum abscóndita nuntiáret, ut
+        fidem astrúeret exémplo, senióris féminæ sterilísque concéptum Vírgini Maríæ nuntiávit: ut possíbile Deo
+        omne, quod ei placúerit, asséreret. Ubi audívit hoc María, non quasi incrédula de oráculo, nec quasi
+        incérta de núntio, nec quasi dúbitans de exémplo, sed quasi læta pro voto, religiósa pro offício, festína
+        pro gáudio, in montána perréxit. Quo enim jam Deo plena, nisi ad superióra cum festinatióne conténderet?
+        Nescit tarda molímina Sancti Spíritus grátia.
+      en: >-
+        When any one asketh another for credence, he is bound to give some reasonable ground. And so the Angel,
+        when he announced to Mary the counsel of God, gave, as a proof, the conception of Elizabeth, then aged and
+        barren, that Mary might perceive, by this example, that with God nothing is impossible. When the holy
+        Virgin had heard it, she arose and went to visit her cousin. She did not go to see if what she had heard
+        was true, because she did not believe God, or because she knew not who the messenger had been, or yet
+        because she doubted the fact adduced in proof. She went joyfully as one who hath received a mercy in
+        answer to his vow goeth to pay the same. She went with devotion, as a godly person goeth to execute a
+        religious duty. She went into the hill country in joyful haste. And is it not something that she went up
+        into the hills? God was already in her womb, and her feeling bore her continually upward. The grace of the
+        Holy Spirit knoweth no slow working.
+    responsory:
+      la: "Emítte Agnum, Dómine, Dominatórem terræ, * De Petra desérti ad montem fíliæ Sion.\nV. Osténde nobis, Dómine, misericórdiam tuam, et salutáre tuum da nobis.\nR. De Petra desérti ad montem fíliæ Sion."
+      en: "Send forth the Lamb, O Lord, the Ruler of the land; * From the rock in the wilderness unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.\nV. Show us thy mercy, O Lord, and grant us thy salvation.\nR. From the rock in the wilderness unto the mount of the daughter of Zion."
+    status: { la: verified, en: verified }
+
+  - nocturn: 2
+    isGospel: false
+    source: "St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, Commentary on Luke, Book 2, on Luke 1:39-47"
+    text:
+      la: >-
+        Díscite et vos, sanctæ mulíeres, sedulitátem, quam prægnántibus debeátis exhibére cognátis. Maríam, quæ
+        ante sola in íntimis penetrálibus versabátur, non a público virginitátis pudor, non ab stúdio aspéritas
+        móntium, non ab offício prolíxitas itíneris retardávit. In montána Virgo cum festinatióne, Virgo offícii
+        memor, injúriæ ímmemor, afféctu urgénte non sexu, relícta perréxit domo. Díscite, vírgines, non circumcursáre
+        per aliénas ædes, non demorári in platéis, non áliquos in público miscére sermónes. María in domo sera,
+        festína in público, mansit apud cognátam suam tribus ménsibus.
+      en: >-
+        Godly women will learn from the example of the Mother of God to take a tender care of their kinswomen who
+        are with child. In pursuance of this charity, Mary, who had hitherto remained alone at home, was not
+        deterred by her maidenly shyness from entering on a public journey; she faced for this end the hardships
+        of mountain travelling; and encountered with a sense of duty the weary length of the way. The Virgin left
+        her home, and went into the hill country with haste, unmindful of the trouble, and remembering only the
+        office to which her cousinly love prompted her, in spite of the delicacy of her sex. Maidens will learn
+        from her not to idle about from house to house, to loiter in the streets, nor to take part in
+        conversations in public. Mary, as she was hasteful to pass through the public roads, so was she slow again
+        to enter on them she abode with her cousin about three months.
+    responsory:
+      la: "Roráte, cæli, désuper, et nubes pluant justum: * Aperiátur terra, et gérminet Salvatórem.\nV. Emítte Agnum, Dómine, Dominatórem terræ, de Petra desérti ad montem fíliæ Sion.\nR. Aperiátur terra, et gérminet Salvatórem."
+      en: "Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down the Righteous One. * Let the earth open, and let her bring forth the Saviour.\nV. Send forth the Lamb, O Lord, the Ruler of the land, from the rock in the wilderness unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.\nR. Let the earth open, and let her bring forth the Saviour."
+    status: { la: verified, en: verified }
+
+  - nocturn: 3
+    isGospel: false
+    source: "St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, Commentary on Luke, Book 2, on Luke 1:39-47"
+    text:
+      la: >-
+        Didicístis, vírgines, pudórem Maríæ: díscite humilitátem. Venit propínqua ad próximam, júnior ad seniórem:
+        nec solum venit, sed étiam prior salutávit. Decet enim, ut quanto cástior virgo, tanto humílior sit.
+        Nóverit deférre senióribus. Sit magístra humilitátis, in qua est proféssio castitátis. Est et causa
+        pietátis, est étiam norma doctrínæ. Contuéndum est enim, quia supérior venit ad inferiórem, ut inférior
+        adjuvétur: María ad Elísabeth, Christus ad Joánnem.
+      en: >-
+        As the modesty of Mary is a pattern for the imitation of all maidens, so also is her humility. She went to
+        see Elizabeth, like one cousin going to visit another, and as the younger to the elder. Not only did she
+        first go, but she first saluted Elizabeth. Now, the purer a virgin is, the humbler ought she to be. She
+        will know how to submit herself to her elders. She that professeth chastity ought to be a very mistress of
+        humility. Lowly-mindedness is at once the very ground in which devotion groweth, and the first and
+        principal rule of its teaching. In this act of the Virgin then we see the greater going to visit and to
+        succour the lesser: Mary to Elizabeth, Christ to John.
+    responsory:
+      la: "Germinavérunt campi erémi germen odóris Israël: quia ecce Deus noster cum virtúte véniet, * Et splendor ejus cum eo.\nV. Ex Sion spécies decóris ejus: Deus noster maniféste véniet.\nR. Et splendor ejus cum eo."
+      en: "The waste places have brought forth sweet-smelling buds for Israel; for, behold, our God will come with power. * And His brightness is with Him.\nV. Out of Zion the perfection of beauty, our God shall come manifestly.\nR. And His brightness is with Him."
+    status: { la: verified, en: verified }

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

@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Matins Nocturn content for Advent Ember Saturday (Sabbato Quattuor
+# Temporum Adventus) — read directly from
+# web/www/horas/Latin/Tempora/Adv3-6.txt and English/Tempora/Adv3-6.txt.
+# No Monastic-track override file exists for this day — confirms the
+# Monastic 1617 track uses this same text.
+#
+# Lectio1's Gospel citation (Luke 3:1-6, the preaching of St. John the
+# Baptist) is a bare incipit with no full pericope text given, so only
+# the homily portion is authored, same convention as the other Ember
+# days. Kept as 3 separate readings, each with its own genuinely
+# distinct proper responsory.
+id: ember-advent-saturday
+readings:
+  - nocturn: 1
+    isGospel: false
+    source: "Pope St. Gregory the Great, Homily 20 on the Gospels, on Luke 3:1-6"
+    text:
+      la: >-
+        Redemptóris nostri Præcúrsor, quo témpore prædicatiónis offícium accéperit, memoráto Románæ reipúblicæ
+        príncipe, et Judǽæ régibus, designátur. Quia enim illum prædicáre veniébat, qui et ex Judǽa quosdam, et
+        multos ex géntibus redemptúrus erat: per regem géntium et príncipes Judæórum prædicatiónis ejus témpora
+        designántur. Quia autem gentílitas colligénda erat, et Judǽa pro culpa perfídiæ dispergénda, ipsa quoque
+        descríptio terréni principátus osténdit: quóniam et in Romána república unus præfuísse descríbitur, et in
+        Judǽæ regno per quartam partem plúrimi principabántur.
+      en: >-
+        The date, at which the Fore-runner of our Redeemer entered on his public office of preaching, is indicated
+        to us by the name of the ruler of the Roman Commonwealth, and by those of the princes of Palestine. The
+        time of his preaching is indicated by these names, because he came as the Fore-runner of Him Who was to be
+        the Redeemer of some Jews and many Gentiles. Moreover in the enumeration of these worldly monarchs there
+        is a foreshadowing of the fact, that the Gentiles were about to be gathered into one, and the Jews to be
+        scattered abroad in punishment of their unbelief; in the whole heathen Commonwealth we find the title of
+        one Emperor, but in the small kingdom of Judaea are mentioned four masters.
+    responsory:
+      la: "Egrediétur virga de radíce Jesse, et flos de radíce ejus ascéndet: * Et erit justítia cíngulum lumbórum ejus, et fides cinctórium renum ejus.\nV. Et requiéscet super eum spíritus Dómini: spíritus sapiéntiæ, et intelléctus: spíritus consílii, et fortitúdinis.\nR. Et erit justítia cíngulum lumbórum ejus, et fides cinctórium renum ejus."
+      en: "There shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a flower shall grow out of his roots. * And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.\nV. And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him the spirit of wisdom and understanding the spirit of counsel and might.\nR. And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins."
+    status: { la: verified, en: verified }
+
+  - nocturn: 2
+    isGospel: false
+    source: "Pope St. Gregory the Great, Homily 20 on the Gospels, on Luke 3:1-6"
+    text:
+      la: >-
+        Voce étenim nostri Redemptóris dícitur: Omne regnum in seípsum divisum desolábitur. Liquet ergo, quod ad
+        finem regni Judǽa pervénerat, quæ tot régibus divísa subjacébat. Apte quoque non solum quibus régibus, sed
+        étiam quibus sacerdótibus actum sit, demonstrátur: et quia illum Joánnes Baptísta prædicáret, qui simul Rex
+        et Sacérdos exsísteret, Lucas Evangelísta prædicatiónis ejus témpora per regnum et sacerdótium designávit.
+      en: >-
+        The blessed voice of the Saviour itself hath said, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to
+        desolation. And we may well look for the ruin of the Jewish state when we see it divided among so many
+        rulers. We observe likewise that the names of the reigning priests as well as kings are given. The
+        Evangelist Luke hath left on record the chiefs both of the monarchy and of the priesthood who held office
+        when John the Baptist began to preach, because John preached Him Who is at once our Priest and our King.
+    responsory:
+      la: "Radix Jesse, qui exsúrget judicáre gentes, in eum gentes sperábunt: * Et erit nomen ejus benedíctum in sǽcula.\nV. Super ipsum continébunt reges os suum, ipsum gentes deprecabúntur.\nR. Et erit nomen ejus benedíctum in sǽcula."
+      en: "Behold, the root of Jesse that shall arise to bring forth judgment to the Gentiles, in him shall the Gentiles trust. * And his name shall be blessed for ever.\nV. The Kings shall shut their mouths at him, to him shall the Gentiles seek.\nR. And his name shall be blessed for ever."
+    status: { la: verified, en: verified }
+
+  - nocturn: 3
+    isGospel: false
+    source: "Pope St. Gregory the Great, Homily 20 on the Gospels, on Luke 3:1-6"
+    text:
+      la: >-
+        Et venit in omnem regiónem Jordánis, prǽdicans baptísmum pœniténtiæ in remissiónem peccatórum. Cunctis
+        legéntibus liquet, quia Joánnes non solum baptísmum pœniténtiæ prædicávit, verum étiam quibúsdam dedit: sed
+        tamen baptísmum suum in remissiónem peccatórum dare non pótuit. Remíssio étenim peccatórum in solo nobis
+        baptísmo Christi tribúitur. Notándum ítaque, quod dícitur: Prǽdicans baptísmum pœniténtiæ in remissiónem
+        peccatórum: quóniam baptísmum, quod peccáta sólveret, quia dare non póterat, prædicábat: ut sicut
+        incarnátum Verbum Patris præcurrébat verbo prædicatiónis, ita baptísmum pœniténtiæ, quo peccáta solvúntur,
+        præcúrreret suo baptísmate, quo peccáta solvi non possunt.
+      en: >-
+        And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of
+        sins. It is evident from these words that John the Baptist not only preached, but also administered the
+        baptism of repentance, and yet that baptism of repentance which he gave, was not really a baptism for the
+        remission of sins. For there is only one baptism for the remission of sins, and that is our Christian
+        baptism. It is worthy of note here that the words used are, preaching the baptism of repentance for the
+        remission of sins, for he himself owned that his baptism was not the true baptism that washes away sin.
+        Even as the Eternal Word of God made Flesh was greater than the preacher that went before Him, so was His
+        holy baptism, by which our sins are washed away, far greater than that baptism of repentance which the
+        Fore-runner preached, and which could never wash away sin.
+    responsory:
+      la: "Veni, Dómine, et noli tardáre: reláxa facínora plebi tuæ, * Et révoca dispérsos in terram suam.\nV. Excíta, Dómine, poténtiam tuam, et veni, ut salvos fácias nos.\nR. Et révoca dispérsos in terram suam."
+      en: "O Lord, come, and make no tarrying loosen the bonds of thy people. * And gather together into their own land them that are scattered abroad.\nV. Stir up, O Lord, thy power, and come among us, to save us.\nR. And gather together into their own land them that are scattered abroad."
+    status: { la: verified, en: verified }

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

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

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

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+# Matins Nocturn content for September Ember Friday (Feria VI Quattuor
+# Temporum Septembris) — read directly from
+# web/www/horas/Latin/Tempora/093-5.txt and English/Tempora/093-5.txt.
+# No Monastic-track override exists for this day's responsories (unlike
+# Wednesday/Saturday) — identical in both tracks.
+#
+# Lectio1's Gospel citation (Luke 7:36-50) is a bare incipit with no full
+# pericope text given, so only the homily portion is authored, same
+# convention as ember-september-wednesday.yml. Kept as 3 separate
+# readings, each with its own genuinely distinct proper responsory — see
+# that file's own doc comment for why this departs from the usual
+# combine-into-one default.
+id: ember-september-friday
+readings:
+  - nocturn: 1
+    isGospel: false
+    source: "Pope St. Gregory the Great, Homily 33 on the Gospels, on Luke 7:36-50"
+    text:
+      la: >-
+        Quem pharisǽus de falsa justítia præsúmens, nisi Judáicum pópulum; quem peccátrix múlier ad vestígia Dómini
+        véniens et plorans, nisi convérsam gentilitátem desígnat? Quæ cum alabástro venit, unguéntum fudit, retro
+        secus pedes Dómini stetit, lácrimis pedes rigávit, capíllis tersit, eosdémque quos infundébat et tergébat
+        pedes osculári non désiit. Nos ergo, nos illa múlier expréssit, si toto corde ad Dóminum post peccáta
+        redeámus, si ejus pœniténtiæ luctus imitémur. Quid namque unguénto, nisi bonæ odor opiniónis exprímitur?
+        Unde et Paulus dicit: Christi bonus odor sumus Deo in omni loco.
+      en: >-
+        Of what is the Pharisee that was exalted by self-righteousness a type, but of the Jewish people? And of
+        what the woman which was a sinner and came and wept at the Lord's feet, but of the conversion of the
+        Gentiles? She brought an alabaster box of ointment, and stood at His feet behind Him weeping, and began to
+        wash His Feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed His Feet, and anointed
+        them with the ointment. Of us, therefore, even of us, was that woman a type, if after our sins we turn unto
+        the Lord with all our heart, and imitate the example of her repentant grief. And of what is the ointment a
+        type, but of the sweet savour of a good reputation? Whence also Paul saith: In every place we are unto God
+        a sweet savour of Christ.
+    responsory:
+      la: "Sufficiébat nobis paupértas nostra, ut divítiæ computaréntur: numquam fuísset pecúnia ipsa, pro qua misísti fílium nostrum, * Báculum senectútis nostræ!\nV. Heu me, fili mi, ut quid te mísimus peregrinári, lumen oculórum nostrórum?\nR. Báculum senectútis nostræ!"
+      en: "Our poverty was enough for us, that it might have been accounted riches. O that the money had never been, for which thou hast sent away our son, * The staff of our old age.\nV. Alas, my son, wherefore have we sent thee wandering, even thee, the light of our eyes?\nR. The staff of our old age."
+    status: { la: verified, en: verified }
+
+  - nocturn: 2
+    isGospel: false
+    source: "Pope St. Gregory the Great, Homily 33 on the Gospels, on Luke 7:36-50"
+    text:
+      la: >-
+        Si ergo recta ópera ágimus, quibus opiniónis bonæ odóre Ecclésiam respergámus, quid in Dómini córpore, nisi
+        unguéntum fúndimus? Sed secus pedes Jesu múlier stetit: contra pedes enim dómini stétimus, cum in peccátis
+        pósiti ejus itinéribus renitebámur. Sed si ad veram pœniténtiam post peccáta convértimur, jam retro secus
+        pedes stamus; quia ejus vestígia séquimur, quem impugnabámus. Lácrimis múlier pedes ejus rigat: quod nos
+        quoque veráciter ágimus, si quibúslibet últimis membris Dómini per compassiónis afféctum inclinámur, si
+        sanctis ejus in tribulatióne compátimur, si eórum tristítiam, nostram putámus.
+      en: >-
+        If therefore we do good works, whereby we gain for the Church the savour of good reputation, what do we
+        but pour ointment upon the body of the Lord? But the woman stood at the Feet of Jesus, behind Him we stood
+        opposite to the Feet of the Lord, what time we were in sin, and went contrary unto His ways. But when we
+        turn again, and truly repent us of our sins, we stand behind His Feet, for we follow His footsteps against
+        Whom we once contended. The woman washed His Feet with her tears and we do in very deed the same when we
+        show the tenderness of sympathy to any of His humbler members, when we feel with His Saints in their
+        tribulations, when we make their woes our own.
+    responsory:
+      la: "Benedícite Deum cæli et coram ómnibus vivéntibus confitémini ei, * Quia fecit vobíscum misericórdiam suam.\nV. Ipsum benedícite et cantáte illi: et enarráte ómnia mirabília ejus.\nR. Quia fecit vobíscum misericórdiam suam."
+      en: "Bless the God of heaven, and confess Him before all living: * For He hath had mercy upon you.\nV. Bless Him, and sing praises unto Him, and tell of all His marvelous works.\nR. For He hath had mercy upon you."
+    status: { la: verified, en: verified }
+
+  - nocturn: 3
+    isGospel: false
+    source: "Pope St. Gregory the Great, Homily 33 on the Gospels, on Luke 7:36-50"
+    text:
+      la: >-
+        Capíllis ergo pedes Dómini térgimus, quando sanctis ejus, quibus ex caritáte compátimur, étiam ex his quæ
+        nobis supérfluunt, miserémur: quátenus sic mens per compassiónem dóleat, ut étiam larga manus afféctum
+        dolóris osténdat. Rigat namque lácrimis Redemptóris pedes, sed capíllis suis non tergit, qui utcúmque
+        proximórum dolóri compátitur, sed tamen eis ex his, quæ sibi supérfluunt, non miserétur. Plorat, et non
+        tergit, qui verba quidem dolóris tríbuit, sed non ministrándo quæ desunt, vim dolóris mínime abscíndit.
+        Osculátur múlier pedes, quos tergit: quod nos quoque plene ágimus, si studióse dilígimus, quos ex
+        largitáte continémus: ne gravis nobis sit necéssitas próximi; ne ipsa nobis ejus indigéntia, quæ
+        sustentátur, fiat onerósa: et cum manus necessária tríbuit, ánimus a dilectióne torpéscat.
+      en: >-
+        She wipes the Lord's Feet with our hair when we give charity, even out of such things as we have ourselves
+        no need of, to His holy ones, with whom we feel in their trials, in as far as our heart so sympathizeth,
+        that the bounty of our hand showeth the truth of our compassion. He washeth the Feet of the Redeemer, but
+        wipeth them not with his hair, who feeleth for the sufferings of his neighbours, but nevertheless,
+        relieveth them not, even out of such things as he himself hath no need for. He weepeth, but wipeth not, who
+        offereth words of tenderness, but sootheth not sorrow by giving such things as be lacking. The woman
+        kissed the Feet and we do fully the same, if we warmly love those whom out of bounty we support, so that
+        the neediness of our neighbour is not grievous unto us, nor the penury which we relieve a weariness to us,
+        nor, when the hand is giving what is needful, the heart is untouched by compassion.
+    responsory:
+      la: "Tempus est ut revértar ad eum qui misit me; * Vos autem benedícite Deum, et enarráte ómnia mirabília ejus.\nV. Confitémini ei coram ómnibus vivéntibus, quia fecit vobíscum misericórdiam suam.\nR. Vos autem benedícite Deum, et enarráte ómnia mirabília ejus."
+      en: "It is time for me to return unto Him That sent me; * But bless ye God, and tell of all His marvelous works.\nV. Confess Him before all living, for He hath had mercy upon you.\nR. But bless ye God, and tell of all His marvelous works."
+    status: { la: verified, en: verified }

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

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+# Matins Nocturn content for September Ember Saturday (Sabbato Quattuor
+# Temporum Septembris) — read directly from
+# web/www/horas/Latin/Tempora/093-6.txt, English/Tempora/093-6.txt, and
+# their Monastic-track override web/www/horas/Latin/TemporaM/093-6.txt
+# (substitutes its own Responsory2/3, same Tobias-sermon texts as
+# ember-september-wednesday.yml's own Monastic override — used here per
+# this project's Monastic 1617-first structure preference; Responsory1 is
+# identical in both tracks, and is itself the same text as
+# ember-september-wednesday.yml's Responsory1).
+#
+# Lectio1's Gospel citation (Luke 13:6-17) is a bare incipit with no full
+# pericope text given, so only the homily portion is authored, same
+# convention as the other two September Ember days. Kept as 3 separate
+# readings, each with its own genuinely distinct proper responsory.
+id: ember-september-saturday
+readings:
+  - nocturn: 1
+    isGospel: false
+    source: "Pope St. Gregory the Great, Homily 31 on the Gospels, on Luke 13:6-17"
+    text:
+      la: >-
+        Dóminus ac Redémptor noster per Evangélium suum aliquándo verbis, aliquándo rebus lóquitur: aliquándo áliud
+        verbis, atque áliud rebus; aliquándo autem hoc verbis, quod rebus. Duas étenim res ex Evangélio, fratres,
+        audístis: ficúlneam infructuósam, et mulíerem curvam; et utríque rei est píetas impénsa. Illud autem dixit
+        per similitúdinem: istud egit per exhibitiónem. Sed hoc signíficat ficúlnea infructuósa, quod múlier
+        inclináta; et hoc ficúlnea reserváta, quod múlier erécta.
+      en: >-
+        Our Lord and Redeemer speaketh unto us sometimes by words, and sometimes by deeds, sometimes one thing by
+        words, and another by deeds, and sometimes the same thing both by word and deed. In the portion of the
+        Gospel which hath this day been read, ye have heard, my brethren, two things, the parable of the fig-tree
+        and the history of the woman which was bowed together. In both is a manifestation of the Lord's mercy, but
+        in the one by a parable, in the other by an example. But the barren fig-tree signifieth the same thing as
+        doth the woman bowed together, and the patience shown to the fig-tree the same thing as doth the healing
+        of the woman bowed together.
+    responsory:
+      la: "Tribulatiónes civitátum audívimus, quas passæ sunt, et defécimus: timor et hebetúdo mentis cécidit super nos et super líberos nostros: ipsi montes nolunt recípere fugam nostram: * Dómine, miserére.\nV. Peccávimus cum pátribus nostris, injúste égimus, iniquitátem fécimus.\nR. Dómine, miserére."
+      en: "We have heard of the tribulation of those cities, which they have suffered, and we have fainted. Fear and confusion of mind are fallen upon us. Even the mountains will not give us a refuge. * Lord, have mercy.\nV. We have sinned like our forefathers, we have done unjustly, and wrought iniquity.\nR. Lord, have mercy."
+    status: { la: verified, en: verified }
+
+  - nocturn: 2
+    isGospel: false
+    source: "Pope St. Gregory the Great, Homily 31 on the Gospels, on Luke 13:6-17"
+    text:
+      la: >-
+        Quid arbor fici, nisi humánam natúram desígnat? Quid múlier inclináta, nisi eámdem natúram significándo
+        denúntiat? Quæ et bene plantáta est sicut ficus, et bene creáta sicut múlier; sed in culpam própria sponte
+        lapsa, neque fructum servat operatiónis, neque statum rectitúdinis. Ad peccátum quippe ex voluntáte
+        córruens, quia fructum obediéntiæ ferre nóluit, statum rectitúdinis amísit. Quæ ad Dei similitúdinem
+        cóndita, dum in sua dignitáte non pérstitit, quod plantáta vel creáta fúerat, serváre contémpsit. Tértio
+        dóminus víneæ ad ficúlneam venit, quia natúram géneris humáni ante legem, sub lege, sub grátia, exspéctando,
+        admonéndo, visitándo requisívit.
+      en: >-
+        What is the fig-tree a type, but of mankind? Of what is the woman bowed together by a spirit of infirmity a
+        type, but of the same mankind? Man was originally placed in a garden like the fig-tree, and created upright
+        like the woman, but man fell away by his own willful fault like the fig-tree he brought forth no fruit like
+        the woman he ceased to stand straight. When he willfully went into sin, because he would not bring forth
+        the fruit of obedience, he lost his uprightness. The nature which had been created in the image of God,
+        continued not in honour, but cast aside the state wherein it had been placed and made. The lord of the
+        vineyard came thrice to the fig-tree, for God hath come in hope, and in warning, seeking fruit from mankind
+        under three successive dispensations, that is to say, before the law, under the law, and under grace.
+    responsory:
+      la: "Audíte, fílii mei, patrem vestrum: † servíte Dómino in veritáte, et inquírite ut faciátis quæ plácita sunt illi: et fíliis vestris mandáte * Ut fáciant justítias et eleemósynas.\nV. Ut sint mémores Dei, et benedícant eum in omni témpore † in veritáte, et in tota virtúte sua.\nR. Ut fáciant justítias et eleemósynas."
+      en: "Hearken my children, to your father: serve the Lord in truth, and seek to do the things that please him: and command your children: * That they do justice and almsdeeds.\nV. That they be mindful of God, and bless him at all times in truth, and with all their power.\nR. That they do justice and almsdeeds."
+    status: { la: verified, en: verified }
+
+  - nocturn: 3
+    isGospel: false
+    source: "Pope St. Gregory the Great, Homily 31 on the Gospels, on Luke 13:6-17"
+    text:
+      la: >-
+        Venit ante legem, quia per naturálem intelléctum quid unusquísque exémplo sui, quáliter erga próximum ágere
+        debuísset, innótuit. Venit in lege, quia præcipiéndo dócuit. Venit post legem per grátiam, quia pietátis
+        suæ præséntiam exhibéndo monstrávit. Sed tamen in tribus annis fructum se non invenísse conquéritur: quia
+        quorúmdam pravórum mentes nec inspiráta lex naturális córrigit, nec præcépta erúdiunt, nec incarnatiónis
+        ejus mirácula convértunt. Quid vero per cultórem víneæ, nisi præpositórum ordo exprímitur? Qui dum præsunt
+        Ecclésiæ, nimírum Domínicæ víneæ curam gerunt.
+      en: >-
+        It came before the law, in that by natural understanding, He let all know by example of Himself, what and
+        how they should do toward their neighbor. In the law He came teaching. After the law He came by grace,
+        opening, manifesting His merciful Presence. But after all these three years He yet hath to complain that He
+        findeth no fruit upon the fig-tree, for there are still some degraded minds which the inborn voice of the
+        natural law doth not control, which the commandments do not teach, and which the wonders of the
+        Incarnation itself do not convert. Of what is the dresser of the vineyard a type, but of the Episcopacy?
+        For these are they who have the government in the Church, and are therefore truly called the dressers of
+        the Lord's vineyard.
+    responsory:
+      la: "Benedícat te Dóminus in virtúte sua, † qui per te ad níhilum redégit inimícos nostros: * Ut non defíciat laus tua de ore hóminum.\nV. Benedíctus Dóminus qui creávit cælum et terram: † quia hódie nomen tuum ita magnificávit.\nR. Ut non defíciat laus tua de ore hóminum."
+      en: "The Lord bless you by His power, Who hath brought our enemies to nought through you. * And may the praise of you never fail from the mouth of men.\nV. Blessed be the Lord, Who hath created the heaven and the earth, because that He hath so glorified your name this day.\nR. And may the praise of you never fail from the mouth of men."
+    status: { la: verified, en: verified }

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

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+# Matins Nocturn content for September Ember Wednesday (Feria IV Quattuor
+# Temporum Septembris) — read directly from
+# web/www/horas/Latin/Tempora/093-3.txt, English/Tempora/093-3.txt, and
+# their Monastic-track override web/www/horas/Latin/TemporaM/093-3.txt
+# (which inherits Lectio1-3/Oratio/Ant unchanged from the secular file but
+# substitutes its own Responsory2/3, drawn from TemporaM/093-0's own
+# Tobias-sermon responsories — used here per this project's Monastic
+# 1617-first structure preference; Responsory1 is identical in both
+# tracks).
+#
+# Lectio1's Gospel citation (Mark 9:16-28) is a bare incipit ("Et
+# réliqua") with no full pericope text given, so — per this store's own
+# established convention (see st-lawrence.yml/st-andrew.yml) — only the
+# homily portion is authored, not marked isGospel. Kept as 3 separate
+# readings (not combined into one, despite being one continuous homily by
+# Bede) because each carries its own genuinely distinct, proper
+# responsory rather than one reused across a merely-chopped source — see
+# post-pentecost-15.yml's own doc comment for the "recombine only where
+# the source doesn't genuinely change" default this deliberately departs
+# from here, given the real content loss combining would cause.
+id: ember-september-wednesday
+readings:
+  - nocturn: 1
+    isGospel: false
+    source: "The Venerable Bede, Priest, homily on Mark 9:16-28"
+    text:
+      la: >-
+        Dæmoníacum hunc, quem descéndens de monte Dóminus sanávit, Marcus quidem surdum mutúmque, Matthǽus vero
+        lunáticum fuísse commémorat. Signíficat autem eos, de quibus scriptum est: Stultus ut luna mutátur. Qui
+        nunquam in eódem statu permanéntes, nunc ad illa vítia mutáti, crescunt atque decréscunt. Qui muti sunt, non
+        confiténdo fidem; surdi, nec ipsum aliquátenus veritátis audiéndo sermónem. Spumant autem, cum stultítia
+        tabéscunt; stultórum namque et languéntium atque hébetum est, spumas salivárum ex ore dimíttere. Strident
+        déntibus, cum iracúndiæ furóre flamméscunt: aréscunt, cum ótio torpénte languéscunt, et nulla virtútis
+        indústria confortáti enérviter vivunt.
+      en: >-
+        Concerning this possessed person whom the Lord healed, after that He was come down from the mount, Mark
+        saith that he was deaf and dumb, and Matthew that he was lunatic. He was a figure of them of whom it is
+        said: A fool changeth as the moon. These are they who continue never in one stay, but change now to one
+        sin, and now to another, waxing and waning dumb, in that they confess not the faith deaf, in that they have
+        no ears for the word of truth. They foam at the mouth also, and pine away with folly. For it is the way
+        with idiots, and swooners, and stupified, to foam their spittle out at their mouths. They gnash their teeth
+        when they are inflamed with the heat of passion. They wither up in the paralysis of sloth and live nerveless
+        lives unbraced by any strong exercise.
+    responsory:
+      la: "Tribulatiónes civitátum audívimus, quas passæ sunt, et defécimus: timor et hebetúdo mentis cécidit super nos et super líberos nostros: ipsi montes nolunt recípere fugam nostram: * Dómine, miserére.\nV. Peccávimus cum pátribus nostris, injúste égimus, iniquitátem fécimus.\nR. Dómine, miserére."
+      en: "We have heard of the tribulation of those cities, which they have suffered, and we have fainted. Fear and confusion of mind are fallen upon us. Even the mountains will not give us a refuge. * Lord, have mercy.\nV. We have sinned like our forefathers, we have done unjustly, and wrought iniquity.\nR. Lord, have mercy."
+    status: { la: verified, en: verified }
+
+  - nocturn: 2
+    isGospel: false
+    source: "The Venerable Bede, Priest, homily on Mark 9:16-28"
+    text:
+      la: >-
+        Quod autem ait: Et dixi discípulis tuis ut eícerent illum, et non potuérunt; laténter Apóstolos accúsat, cum
+        impossibílitas curándi, intérdum non ad imbecillitátem curántium, sed ad eórum, qui curándi sunt, fidem
+        referátur, dicénte Dómino: Fiat tibi secúndum fidem tuam. Qui respóndens eis, dixit: O generátio incrédula,
+        quámdiu apud vos ero? quámdiu vos pátiar? Non quod tǽdio superátus sit mansuétus ac mitis, qui non apéruit
+        sicut agnus coram tondénte os suum, nec in verba furóris erúpit; sed quo in similitúdinem médici, si ægrótum
+        vídeat contra sua præcépta se gérere, dicat: Usquequo accédam ad domum tuam? quoúsque artis meæ perdam
+        indústriam, me áliud jubénte, et te áliud perpetránte?
+      en: >-
+        The father saith: And I spake to thy disciples, that they should cast him out, and they could not. Here he
+        maketh a sort of accusation against the Apostles. But that cures cannot be wrought is sometimes owing, not
+        to the powerlessness of them that would heal, but to the want of faith in them that are to be healed as
+        saith the Lord: According to your faith be it unto you. He answereth him, and saith: O faithless
+        generation, how long shall I be with you The meek and lowly One, Who, as a lamb before his shearers, is
+        dumb, so opened not His Mouth, was not wearied out of patience, nor did He break out into words of passion,
+        but He spake as a physician might speak, who saw that the sick man did contrary to his commands. Wherefore
+        should I come unto thine house? How long am I to throw away the exercise of my skill, while I order one
+        thing and thou dost another?
+    responsory:
+      la: "Audíte, fílii mei, patrem vestrum: † servíte Dómino in veritáte, et inquírite ut faciátis quæ plácita sunt illi: et fíliis vestris mandáte * Ut fáciant justítias et eleemósynas.\nV. Ut sint mémores Dei, et benedícant eum in omni témpore † in veritáte, et in tota virtúte sua.\nR. Ut fáciant justítias et eleemósynas."
+      en: "Hearken my children, to your father: serve the Lord in truth, and seek to do the things that please him: and command your children: * That they do justice and almsdeeds.\nV. That they be mindful of God, and bless him at all times in truth, and with all their power.\nR. That they do justice and almsdeeds."
+    status: { la: verified, en: verified }
+
+  - nocturn: 3
+    isGospel: false
+    source: "The Venerable Bede, Priest, homily on Mark 9:16-28"
+    text:
+      la: >-
+        Et dixit illis: Hoc genus in nullo potest exíre, nisi in oratióne et jejúnio. Dum docet Apóstolos quómodo
+        dæmon nequíssimus débeat expélli, omnes instítuit ad vitam; ut scílicet novérimus, gravíssima quæque vel
+        immundórum spirítuum, vel hóminum tentaménta jejúniis et oratiónibus esse superánda: iram quoque Dómini,
+        cum in ultiónem nostrórum scélerum fúerit accénsa, hoc remédio singulári posse placári. Jejúnium autem
+        generále est, non solum ab escis, sed et a cunctis illécebris abstinére carnálibus, immo ab ómnibus
+        vitiórum continére se passiónibus. Sic et orátio generális non in verbis solum est, quibus divínam
+        cleméntiam invocámus, verum étiam in ómnibus, quæ in obséquium nostri Conditóris fídei devotióne gérimus.
+      en: >-
+        And He said unto them: This kind can come forth by nothing but by prayer and fasting. While He teacheth the
+        Apostles how the very worst kind of devil must be driven out, He giveth unto all of us an instruction unto
+        life, that we may know that the most grievous trials, either from unclean spirits, or from men, are to be
+        overcome by fasting and prayer. The wrath of the Lord also, when it is kindled to take vengeance of our
+        sins, can be turned away by this remedy only. To fast, in a general sense, is not only to abstain from
+        meats, but to restrain oneself from all the enticements of the flesh, and from all evil passions. So also,
+        to pray, is not only to call in words for the mercy of God, but also, in all things which we do, in
+        earnestness of faith to worship our Maker.
+    responsory:
+      la: "Benedícat te Dóminus in virtúte sua, † qui per te ad níhilum redégit inimícos nostros: * Ut non defíciat laus tua de ore hóminum.\nV. Benedíctus Dóminus qui creávit cælum et terram: † quia hódie nomen tuum ita magnificávit.\nR. Ut non defíciat laus tua de ore hóminum."
+      en: "The Lord bless you by His power, Who hath brought our enemies to nought through you. * And may the praise of you never fail from the mouth of men.\nV. Blessed be the Lord, Who hath created the heaven and the earth, because that He hath so glorified your name this day.\nR. And may the praise of you never fail from the mouth of men."
+    status: { la: verified, en: verified }

src/data/propers/temporal/ember-advent-friday-collect.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Read directly from web/www/horas/Latin/Tempora/Adv3-5.txt's own [Oratio]
+# and its English counterpart. Standard "Qui vivis..." closing spelled
+# out in full (the source abbreviates it), matching the closing formula
+# already used in other collects in this store.
+id: ember-advent-friday-collect
+text:
+  la: |
+    Orémus.
+    Excita, quǽsumus, Dómine, poténtiam tuam, et veni: ut hi, qui in tua pietáte confídunt, ab omni cítius adversitáte liberéntur.
+    Qui vivis et regnas cum Deo Patre in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
+    R. Amen.
+  en: |
+    Let us pray.
+    Stir up, O Lord, we pray thee, thy might, and come among us; that we, trusting only in thy mercy, may by thee be speedily delivered from all adversity.
+    Who livest and reignest with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
+    R. Amen.
+status:
+  la: verified
+  en: verified

src/data/propers/temporal/ember-advent-saturday-collect.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Read directly from web/www/horas/Latin/Tempora/Adv3-6.txt's own [Oratio]
+# and its English counterpart. Standard "Qui vivis..." closing spelled
+# out in full (the source abbreviates it), matching ember-advent-friday-
+# collect.yml's own closing.
+id: ember-advent-saturday-collect
+text:
+  la: |
+    Orémus.
+    Deus, qui cónspicis, quia ex nostra pravitáte afflígimur: concéde propítius; ut ex tua visitatióne consolémur.
+    Qui vivis et regnas cum Deo Patre in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
+    R. Amen.
+  en: |
+    Let us pray.
+    O God, Who seest that by reason of our sins we are sorely afflicted, mercifully grant unto us by thy visitation effectually to be comforted.
+    Who livest and reignest with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
+    R. Amen.
+status:
+  la: verified
+  en: verified

src/data/propers/temporal/ember-advent-wednesday-collect.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Read directly from web/www/horas/Latin/Tempora/Adv3-3.txt's own [Oratio]
+# and its English counterpart. Standard "Per Dóminum..." closing spelled
+# out in full (the source abbreviates it), matching every other collect
+# in this store.
+id: ember-advent-wednesday-collect
+text:
+  la: |
+    Orémus.
+    Præsta, quǽsumus, omnípotens Deus: ut redemptiónis nostræ ventúra solémnitas et præséntis nobis vitæ subsídia cónferat, et ætérnæ beatitúdinis prǽmia largiátur.
+    Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum, Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
+    R. Amen.
+  en: |
+    Let us pray.
+    Grant, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that the solemn Feast of our redemption, which is now at hand, may both help us in the life which now is, and further us toward the attaining of thine eternal joy in that which is to come.
+    Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
+    R. Amen.
+status:
+  la: verified
+  en: verified

src/data/propers/temporal/ember-september-friday-collect.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Read directly from web/www/horas/Latin/Tempora/093-5.txt's own [Oratio]
+# and its English counterpart. Standard "Per Dóminum..." closing spelled
+# out in full (the source abbreviates it), matching every other collect
+# in this store.
+id: ember-september-friday-collect
+text:
+  la: |
+    Orémus.
+    Præsta, quǽsumus, omnípotens Deus: ut observatiónes sacras ánnua devotióne recoléntes, et córpore tibi placeámus, et mente.
+    Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum, Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
+    R. Amen.
+  en: |
+    Let us pray.
+    Grant, we beseech thee, O Almighty God, that we who every year do earnestly renew the sacred observance of this Fast, may please thee both in body and in soul.
+    Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
+    R. Amen.
+status:
+  la: verified
+  en: verified

src/data/propers/temporal/ember-september-saturday-collect.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Read directly from web/www/horas/Latin/Tempora/093-6.txt's own [Oratio]
+# and its English counterpart. Standard "Per Dóminum..." closing spelled
+# out in full (the source abbreviates it), matching every other collect
+# in this store.
+id: ember-september-saturday-collect
+text:
+  la: |
+    Orémus.
+    Omnípotens sempitérne Deus, qui per continéntiam salutárem corpóribus medéris et méntibus: majestátem tuam súpplices exorámus; ut pia jejunántium deprecatióne placátus, et præséntia nobis subsídia tríbuas, et futúra.
+    Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum, Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
+    R. Amen.
+  en: |
+    Let us pray.
+    O God, Who hast chosen healthy fasting, as a mean to do good both to bodies and to souls, we humbly implore thy Majesty, that the godly prayer of such as be fasting this day may turn away thy wrath, and may be effectual to gain for us thy blessing in time and in eternity.
+    Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
+    R. Amen.
+status:
+  la: verified
+  en: verified

src/data/propers/temporal/ember-september-wednesday-collect.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Read directly from web/www/horas/Latin/Tempora/093-3.txt's own [Oratio]
+# and its English counterpart. Standard "Per Dóminum..." closing spelled
+# out in full (the source abbreviates it), matching every other collect
+# in this store.
+id: ember-september-wednesday-collect
+text:
+  la: |
+    Orémus.
+    Misericórdiæ tuæ remédiis, quǽsumus, Dómine, fragílitas nostra subsístat: ut, quæ sua conditióne attéritur, tua cleméntia reparétur.
+    Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum, Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
+    R. Amen.
+  en: |
+    Let us pray.
+    We pray thee, O Lord, that the healing power of thy mercy may give strength to our weakness, that those things which do pass away by their own frailty, may be renewed again by thy clemency.
+    Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
+    R. Amen.
+status:
+  la: verified
+  en: verified

src/hours/matins.ts

@@ -329,7 +329,11 @@ function nocturnReadingIds(day: LiturgicalDay, temporalId: string): string[] {
   // already equals `temporalId`, so the Set just dedupes.
   ids.add(day.winner.id);
   for (const c of day.commemorations) {
-    if (c.kind === 'sanctoral') ids.add(c.id);
+    // Same reasoning as day.winner.id just above: a commemorated *temporal*
+    // identity (an Ember day merely commemorated under a stronger-ranked
+    // saint, e.g. calendar/ember-days.ts's applyEmberDay) has its own real
+    // nocturn-readings content too, not just a commemorated sanctoral one.
+    if (c.kind === 'sanctoral' || c.kind === 'temporal') ids.add(c.id);
   }
   ids.add(temporalId);
   return [...ids];