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Continues the full-year sanctoral import: Ss. Tiburtius and Susanna, Ss.
Hippolytus and Cassian, the Vigil of the Assumption, St. Joachim (Duplex
II Classis, own full proper content), St. Hyacinth, St. John Eudes, St.
Jane Frances de Chantal, the Immaculate Heart of the BVM (Duplex II
Classis, instituted 1942, full proper content), St. Joseph Calasanctius,
and St. Raymond Nonnatus.

Several of the new fixed dates (Aug 16, 17, 21, 22) fall within or
adjacent to St. Lawrence's and the Assumption's overlapping octave
windows and now win outright there under the ordinary-feria/ordinary-
sunday precedence rules, displacing what several existing tests
expected to be bare octave commemorations or ferial fallbacks. Updated:

- august-sanctoral.test.ts: Aug 22 now correctly shows the Immaculate
  Heart of Mary as the winner, with the Assumption's octave still
  commemorated alongside her.
- day-label.test.ts: the two octave-priority tests pinned to Aug 17
  (now St. Hyacinth's own day) moved their "day 8 alone" case to All
  Saints' own octave (Nov 8, still open); the two-octaves-overlap
  comparison can no longer be demonstrated via any real date in this
  app since every day where St. Lawrence's and the Assumption's octaves
  genuinely overlap is now real sanctoral content -- the underlying
  `pickWinningOctave` mechanism itself stays covered by
  tests/calendar/octaves.test.ts's own synthetic-data unit test.
- vespers.test.ts: the Thursday Ps 138 split test moved off Aug 20,
  whose own first Vespers is now claimed by St. Jane Frances de
  Chantal's fixed day (Aug 21).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# Read directly from the reference engine: untagged/default [Rank]
# block of `web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/08-22.txt` -- "Immaculati Cordis
# Beatæ Mariæ Virginis;;Duplex II classis;;5.1;;ex C11". Own real
# [Oratio] and own [Ant 1]. Own Nocturn 2-3 content (Nocturn 3 is St.
# Robert Bellarmine's own homily on the seven words of Christ on the
# Cross, not a cross-reference). Instituted 1942 by Pius XII (see the
# feast's own Lectio6, quoted in nocturn-readings, drawn from
# ecclesiastical documents).
id: immaculate-heart-of-mary
name: "The Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary"
rank: duplex-2-classis
common: common-of-the-bvm
propers: "immaculate-heart-of-mary"
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# Read directly from the reference engine: untagged/default [Rank]
# block of `web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/08-13.txt` -- "Simplex;;1.1;;
# vide C3a-1" (Common of Several Martyrs). Own real proper [Oratio].
# Single simplex-feast lesson (Lectio93), one continuous account
# covering both martyrs, same pattern as
# ss-marcellinus-peter-and-erasmus.yml.
id: ss-hippolytus-and-cassian
name: "Ss. Hippolytus and Cassian, Martyrs"
rank: simplex
common: common-of-several-martyrs
propers: "ss-hippolytus-and-cassian"
minorHoursCommon: common-of-several-martyrs
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# Read directly from the reference engine: untagged/default [Rank]
# block of `web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/08-11.txt` -- "Simplex;;1.1;;
# vide C3a-1" (Common of Several Martyrs). Own real proper [Oratio].
# Single simplex-feast lesson (Lectio93), one continuous account
# covering both martyrs, same pattern as
# ss-marcellinus-peter-and-erasmus.yml.
id: ss-tiburtius-and-susanna
name: "Ss. Tiburtius and Susanna, Martyrs"
rank: simplex
common: common-of-several-martyrs
propers: "ss-tiburtius-and-susanna"
minorHoursCommon: common-of-several-martyrs
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# Read directly from the reference engine: untagged/default [Rank]
# block of `web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/08-17.txt` -- "Duplex;;3;;vide
# C5" (Common of a Confessor Not a Bishop). No [Oratio] of his own at
# all in this file -- falls back to collectCommon/collectName, his own
# [Name] section giving the declined form "Hyacínthi". No Lectio7-9 --
# defers to the Common's own Nocturn 3, not transcribed here.
id: st-hyacinth
name: "St. Hyacinth, Confessor"
rank: duplex
common: common-of-a-confessor
propers: null
collectCommon: collect-c5
collectName:
la: ["Hyacínthi"]
en: ["Hyacinth"]
benedictusCommon: common-of-a-confessor
minorHoursCommon: common-of-a-confessor
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# Read directly from the reference engine: untagged/default [Rank]
# block of `web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/08-21.txt` -- "Duplex;;3;;vide
# C7a" (Commune non Virginum non Martyrum). Own real proper [Oratio].
# benedictusCommon/minorHoursCommon fall back to the Common of a
# Virgin, same C-number-family fallback already established for
# st-monica.yml/st-margaret-of-scotland.yml/st-elizabeth-of-
# portugal.yml (no benedictus-antiphon-common-of-a-widow.yml exists).
# No Lectio7-9 in her own file -- defers to the Common's own Nocturn 3,
# not transcribed here.
id: st-jane-frances-de-chantal
name: "St. Jane Frances de Chantal, Widow"
rank: duplex
common: common-of-a-widow
propers: "st-jane-frances-de-chantal"
benedictusCommon: common-of-a-virgin
minorHoursCommon: common-of-a-virgin
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# Read directly from the reference engine: untagged/default [Rank]
# block of `web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/08-16.txt` -- "Duplex II
# classis;;5.1;;ex C5" (Common of a Confessor Not a Bishop). Own real
# [Oratio] and own [Ant 1]. Own Nocturn 2-3 content (Nocturn 3 is St.
# John of Damascus's own homily on the genealogy of Christ, not a
# cross-reference). Common-of-a-confessor is used for
# benedictusCommon/minorHoursCommon fallback purposes even though her
# own [Ant 1] is real -- see below.
id: st-joachim
name: "St. Joachim, Confessor, Father of the Blessed Virgin Mary"
rank: duplex-2-classis
common: common-of-a-confessor
propers: "st-joachim"
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# Read directly from the reference engine: untagged/default [Rank]
# block of `web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/08-19.txt` -- "Duplex;;3;;vide
# C5" (Common of a Confessor Not a Bishop). Own real proper [Oratio].
# No [Ant 1] of his own -- benedictusCommon/minorHoursCommon fall back
# to the plain Common of a Confessor. No Lectio7-9 in his own file --
# defers to the Common's own Nocturn 3, not transcribed here.
id: st-john-eudes
name: "St. John Eudes, Confessor"
rank: duplex
common: common-of-a-confessor
propers: "st-john-eudes"
benedictusCommon: common-of-a-confessor
minorHoursCommon: common-of-a-confessor
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# Read directly from the reference engine: untagged/default [Rank]
# block of `web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/08-27.txt` -- "Duplex;;3;;vide
# C5" (Common of a Confessor Not a Bishop). Own real proper [Oratio]
# and own Nocturn 2-3 content (Nocturn 3 is St. John Chrysostom's own
# homily, not a cross-reference). No [Ant 1] of his own --
# benedictusCommon/minorHoursCommon fall back to the plain Common of a
# Confessor.
id: st-joseph-calasanctius
name: "St. Joseph Calasanctius, Confessor"
rank: duplex
common: common-of-a-confessor
propers: "st-joseph-calasanctius"
benedictusCommon: common-of-a-confessor
minorHoursCommon: common-of-a-confessor
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# Read directly from the reference engine: untagged/default [Rank]
# block of `web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/08-31.txt` -- "Duplex;;3;;vide
# C5" (Common of a Confessor Not a Bishop). Own real proper [Oratio].
# No [Ant 1] of his own -- benedictusCommon/minorHoursCommon fall back
# to the plain Common of a Confessor. No Lectio7-9 in his own file
# (only an `[Evangelium]` cross-reference to `@Commune/C5`) -- defers
# to the Common's own Nocturn 3, not transcribed here.
id: st-raymond-nonnatus
name: "St. Raymond Nonnatus, Confessor"
rank: duplex
common: common-of-a-confessor
propers: "st-raymond-nonnatus"
benedictusCommon: common-of-a-confessor
minorHoursCommon: common-of-a-confessor
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# Read directly from the reference engine: untagged/default [Rank]
# block of `web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/08-14.txt` -- "In Vigilia
# Assumptionis B.M.V.;;Simplex;;1.5;;". Own real proper [Oratio]. Same
# vigil rank/mechanism as vigil-of-st-lawrence.yml/
# vigil-of-st-john-the-baptist.yml.
id: vigil-of-the-assumption
name: "Vigil of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary"
rank: vigil
common: common-of-a-vigil
propers: "vigil-of-the-assumption"
benedictusCommon: common-of-a-vigil
minorHoursCommon: common-of-a-vigil
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"08-08": [ss-cyriacus-largus-and-smaragdus]
"08-09": [vigil-of-st-lawrence, st-romanus]
"08-10": [st-lawrence]
"08-11": [ss-tiburtius-and-susanna]
"08-12": [st-clare]
"08-13": [ss-hippolytus-and-cassian]
"08-14": [vigil-of-the-assumption]
"08-15": [assumption]
"08-16": [st-joachim]
"08-17": [st-hyacinth]
"08-19": [st-john-eudes]
"08-20": [st-bernard]
"08-21": [st-jane-frances-de-chantal]
"08-22": [immaculate-heart-of-mary]
"08-23": [vigil-of-st-bartholomew]
"08-24": [st-bartholomew]
"08-25": [st-louis]
"08-26": [st-zephyrinus]
"08-27": [st-joseph-calasanctius]
"08-28": [st-augustine, st-hermes]
"08-29": [decollation-of-st-john-baptist, st-sabina]
"08-30": [ss-felix-and-adauctus]
"08-31": [st-raymond-nonnatus]
# September — 9/12 of the pre-1955 pull. Same octave-gap exclusions as
# August, this time around the Nativity of the BVM's own Sep 8-15
# octave: Ss. Gorgonius (Sep 9), Proti and Hyacinthus (Sep 11), and
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# Read directly from web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/08-22.txt's own
# [Ant 1] and its English counterpart -- a real, proper antiphon of
# this feast, not a Common substitution.
id: immaculate-heart-of-mary-antiphon
text:
la: "Exsultávit cor meum * in Dómino, et exaltátum est cornu meum in Deo meo, quia lætáta sum in salutári tuo."
en: "My heart hath rejoiced in the Lord, * and my horn is exalted in my God: because I have joyed in thy salvation."
status:
la: verified
en: verified
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# Read directly from web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/08-22.txt's own
# [Oratio] and its English counterpart.
id: immaculate-heart-of-mary-collect
text:
la: |
Orémus.
Omnípotens sempitérne Deus, qui in Corde beátæ Maríæ Vírginis dignum
Spíritus Sancti habitáculum præparásti: concéde propítius; ut ejúsdem
immaculáti Cordis festivitátem devóta mente recoléntes, secúndum Cor tuum
vívere valeámus.
Per Dóminum ejúsdem Fílii tui: qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus
Sancti, Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
℟. Amen.
en: |
Let us pray.
Almighty everlasting God, who hast prepared in the heart of Blessed Virgin
Mary a worthy dwelling of the Holy Ghost, grant favourably to us that we
may keep the feast of the same Immaculate Heart devoutly, and may be able
to live according to thy heart.
Through the same thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the
unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
℟. Amen.
status:
la: verified
en: verified
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# Read directly from web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/08-13.txt's own
# [Oratio] and its English counterpart.
id: ss-hippolytus-and-cassian-collect
text:
la: |
Orémus.
Da, quǽsumus, omnípotens Deus: ut beatórum Mártyrum tuórum Hippólyti et
Cassiáni veneránda solémnitas, et devotiónem nobis áugeat, et salútem.
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.
Grant, we beseech Thee, O Almighty God, that the worshipful Feast of Thy
blessed Martyrs Hippolytus and Cassian may avail us to the increase both of
godliness toward Thee, and healthfulness to our own souls.
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:
la: verified
en: verified
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# Read directly from web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/08-11.txt's own
# [Oratio] and its English counterpart.
id: ss-tiburtius-and-susanna-collect
text:
la: |
Orémus.
Sanctórum Mártyrum tuórum Tibúrtii et Susánnæ nos, Dómine, fóveant continuáta
præsídia: quia non désinis propítius intuéri; quos tálibus auxíliis
concésseris adjuvári.
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.
Lord, let the constant succour of Thine holy Martyrs Tiburtius and Susanna
continually defend us, for Thou never failest to look in mercy upon all them
unto whom Thou dost grant the aid of such helpers.
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:
la: verified
en: verified
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# Read directly from web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/08-21.txt's own
# [Oratio] and its English counterpart.
id: st-jane-frances-de-chantal-collect
text:
la: |
Orémus.
Omnípotens et miséricors Deus, qui beátam Joánnam Francíscam, tuo amóre
succénsam, admirábili spíritus fortitúdine per omnes vitæ sémitas in via
perfectiónis donásti, quique per illam illustráre Ecclésiam tuam nova prole
voluísti: ejus méritis et précibus concéde; ut, qui infirmitátis nostræ
cónscii de tua virtúte confídimus, cæléstis grátiæ auxílio cuncta nobis
adversántia vincámus.
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 Almighty and merciful God, Who didst enkindle the love of thyself in the
blessed Jeanne Frances, Who didst give unto her the grace to make every
path of life temporal the straight and narrow way which leadeth unto life
eternal, and Who wast pleased to use her as a mean whereby to adorn thy
Church with a new sisterhood, grant unto us for that thine handmaid's sake,
and at her prayers, that we who know that we have no strength as of
ourselves to help ourselves, and therefore do put all our trust in thine
Almighty power, may by the assistance of thy heavenly grace, always
prevail in all things against whatsoever shall arise to fight against us.
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:
la: verified
en: verified
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# Read directly from web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/08-16.txt's own
# [Ant 1] and its English counterpart -- a real, proper antiphon of
# this feast, not a Common substitution.
id: st-joachim-antiphon
text:
la: "Laudémus * virum gloriósum in generatióne sua, quia benedictiónem ómnium géntium dedit illi Dóminus, et testaméntum suum confirmávit super caput ejus."
en: "Let us praise a man * famous in his generation, with whom the Lord didst establish the blessing of all nations, and on whose head He made His covenant to rest."
status:
la: verified
en: verified
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# Read directly from web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/08-16.txt's own
# [Oratio] and its English counterpart.
id: st-joachim-collect
text:
la: |
Orémus.
Deus, qui præ ómnibus Sanctis tuis beátum Jóachim Genetrícis Fílii tui patrem
esse voluísti: concéde, quǽsumus; ut, cujus festa venerámur, ejus quoque
perpétuo patrocínia sentiámus.
Per eúndem 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, out of all thy Saints, didst choose blessed Joachim to be the
father of the mother of thy Son, mercifully grant that as we hold his
Festival in honour, we may ever feel his protection.
Through the same 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:
la: verified
en: verified
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# Read directly from web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/08-19.txt's own
# [Oratio] and its English counterpart.
id: st-john-eudes-collect
text:
la: |
Orémus.
Deus, qui beátum Joánnem, Confessórem tuum, ad cultum sacrórum Córdium Jesu
et Maríæ rite promovéndum, mirabíliter inflammásti, et per eum novas in
Ecclésia tua famílias congregáre voluísti: præsta, quǽsumus; ut, cujus pia
mérita venerámur, virtútum quoque instruámur exémplis.
Per eúndem 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 did wondrously inspire blessed John, thy Confessor, in promoting
veneration to the sacred hearts of Jesus and Mary, and didst will to found
through him new religious families in the Church, grant we pray, that we,
who venerate his holy merits, may be taught also by the example of his
virtues.
Through the same 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:
la: verified
en: verified
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# Read directly from web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/08-27.txt's own
# [Oratio] and its English counterpart.
id: st-joseph-calasanctius-collect
text:
la: |
Orémus.
Deus, qui per sanctum Joséphum Confessórem tuum, ad erudiéndam spíritu
intellegéntiæ ac pietátis juventútem, novum Ecclésiæ tuæ subsídium
providére dignátus es: præsta, quǽsumus; nos, ejus exémplo et
intercessióne, ita fácere et docére, ut prǽmia consequámur ætérna.
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 to provide a new help for thy Church by raising up
thine holy Confessor Joseph to train up the young in the spirit of
understanding and godliness, we beseech thee for his sake, and by his
prayers, to grant us the grace always so to work and so to teach, that we
may finally attain unto thine everlasting joy.
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:
la: verified
en: verified
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# Read directly from web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/08-31.txt's own
# [Oratio] and its English counterpart.
id: st-raymond-nonnatus-collect
text:
la: |
Orémus.
Deus, qui in liberándis fidélibus tuis ab impiórum captivitáte beátum
Raymúndum Confessórem tuum mirábilem effecísti: ejus nobis intercessióne
concéde; ut, a peccatórum vínculis absolúti, quæ tibi sunt plácita, líberis
méntibus exsequámur.
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 didst make thy blessed Confessor Raymond to do a wonderful work
in delivering thy faithful ones from bondage to the unbelievers, grant unto
us at his prayers to be delivered from the chains of sin, and with all
willingness of mind to do those things that are pleasing in thy sight.
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:
la: verified
en: verified
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# Read directly from web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/08-14.txt's own
# [Oratio] and its English counterpart. Doxology "$Qui vivis" spelled
# out per the convention in st-bibiana-collect.yml.
id: vigil-of-the-assumption-collect
text:
la: |
Orémus.
Deus, qui virginálem aulam beátæ Maríæ, in qua habitáres, elígere dignátus es:
da, quǽsumus; ut, sua nos defensióne munítos, jucúndos fácias suæ interésse
festivitáti.
Qui vivis et regnas cum Deo Patre, in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, per ómnia sǽcula
sæculórum.
℟. Amen.
en: |
Let us pray.
O God, Who wast pleased to choose for thy dwelling-place the maiden palace of
Blessed Mary, grant, we beseech thee, that her protection may shield us, and
make us glad in her commemoration.
Who livest and reignest with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God,
world without end.
℟. Amen.
status:
la: verified
en: verified
@@ -0,0 +1,202 @@
# Matins Nocturn 2-3 readings for the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed
# Virgin Mary (Aug 22). Sourced directly from
# web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/08-22.txt, English/Sancti/08-22.txt.
# Nocturn 2: Lectio4-6, a sermon of St. Bernardine of Siena on the
# Visitation and an excerpt from ecclesiastical documents on the
# feast's own institution history (Pius VII, 1801; Pius IX; Pius XII,
# 1942), combined into one reading. Nocturn 3: the Gospel citation ends
# "Et réliqua"/"And so on" with no full pericope given -- per the
# bare-incipit convention, only the homily (Lectio7-9, St. Robert
# Bellarmine) is authored, isGospel: false, no citation field.
id: immaculate-heart-of-mary
readings:
- nocturn: 2
isGospel: false
source: "St. Bernardine of Siena, Sermon 9 on the Visitation; ecclesiastical documents on the feast's institution"
text:
la: >-
Quis mortálium, nisi divíno tutus oráculo, de vera Dei et hóminis
Genetríce quidquam módicum, sive grande præsúmat incircumcísis, immo
pollútis lábiis nomináre, quam Pater ante sǽcula Deus perpétuam
prædestinávit in Vírginem, digníssimam Fílius elégit in Matrem,
Spíritus Sanctus omnis grátiæ domicílium præparávit? Quibus verbis
ego homúnculus sensus altíssimos virgínei Cordis, sanctíssimo ore
prolátos, éfferam, quibus non súfficit lingua ómnium Angelórum?
Dóminus enim ait: Bonus homo de bono thesáuro cordis profert bona;
quod verbum potest étiam esse thesáurus. Quis inter puros hómines
mélior homo potest excogitári, quam illa, quæ méruit éffici Mater
Dei, quæ novem ménsibus in corde et in útero suo ipsum Deum
hospitáta est? Quis thesáurus mélior, quam ipse divínus amor quo
fornáceum cor Vírginis ardens erat?
De hoc ígitur Corde quasi de fornáce divíni ardóris Virgo beáta
prótulit verba bona, id est, verba ardentíssimæ caritátis. Sicut
enim a vase summo et óptimo vino pleno, non potest exíre nisi óptimum
vinum; aut sicut a fornáce summi ardóris non egréditur nisi incéndium
fervens; sic quippe a Christi Matre exíre non pótuit verbum, nisi
summi summéque divíni amóris atque ardóris. Sapiéntis quoque dóminæ
et matrónæ est pauca verba, sólida tamen atque sententiósa habére;
proínde septem vícibus quasi septem verba tantum miræ senténtiæ et
virtútis a Christi benedictíssima Matre legúntur dicta, ut mýstice
ostendátur ipsam fuísse plenam grátia septifórmi. Cum Angelo bis
tantúmmodo est locúta. Cum Elísabeth bis étiam. Cum Fílio étiam bis,
semel in templo, secúndo in núptiis. Cum minístris semel. Et in his
ómnibus semper valde parum locúta est; excépto quod in laude Dei et
gratiárum actióne se ámplius dilatávit, scílicet, quum ait:
Magníficat ánima mea Dóminum. Ubi non cum hómine, sed cum Deo locúta
fuit.
Cultum litúrgicum, quo Cordi Immaculáto Vírginis Maríæ débitus
tribúitur honor, cuíque plures viri sancti ac mulíeres viam
parárunt, ipsa Apostólica Sedes primum approbávit ineúnte sǽculo
undevicésimo, cum Pius Papa séptimus festum Puríssimi Cordis Maríæ
Vírginis instítuit, ab ómnibus diœcésibus et religiósis famíliis,
quæ id petiíssent, pie sanctéque agéndum: quod póstmodum Pius Papa
nonus Offício ac Missa própria auxit. Ardens autem stúdium atque
optátum, jam sǽculo décimo séptimo exórtum et in dies invaléscens,
ut nempe ejúsmodi festum, majóri solemnitáte donátum, totíus
Ecclésiæ commúne efficerétur, Summus Póntifex Pius duodécimus
benígne excípiens anno millésimo nongentésimo quadragésimo secúndo,
bello atrocíssimo per orbem fere totum ingravescénte, infínitas
populórum ærúmnas míserans, pro sua in Matrem cæléstem pietáte ac
fidúcia genus hóminum univérsum illíus Cordi benigníssimo
obsecratióne solémni eníxe commendávit, atque in honórem ejúsdem
Immaculáti Cordis festum cum Offício et Missa própriis in perpétuum
ubíque celebrándum indíxit.
en: >-
What man, unless secure in a divine oracle, may presume to speak with
impure, indeed with polluted lips, anything little or great about the
true Parent of God and of man, whom the Father before all ages
predestined a perpetual Virgin, whom the Son chose as his most
worthy Mother, whom the Holy Ghost prepared as the dwelling place of
every grace? With what words shall I, a lowly man, give expression
to the highest sentiments of the virginal Heart uttered by the
holiest mouth, for which the tongues of all the Angels do not
suffice? For the Lord saith: A good man bringeth forth good things
from the good treasure of his heart; and this word can also be a
treasure. Among pure mortals who can be conceived of as better than
she who was worthy to be the Mother of God, who for nine months had
as a guest in her heart and in her womb God himself? What better
treasure than the divine love itself, which was burning in the Heart
of the Virgin as in a furnace?
And so, from this Heart as from a furnace of divine ardor the
Blessed Virgin brought forth good words, that is, words of the most
ardent charity. For as from a vessel full of the richest and best
wine only good wine can be poured; or as from a furnace of intense
heat only a burning fire is emitted; so indeed from the Mother of
Christ no word can go forth except of the greatest and most intense
divine love and ardor. It is also the mark of a wise woman and
matron to speak few words, but words that are effective and full of
meaning; and so seven times, as it were, seven words of such
wonderful meaning and virtue are read as having been uttered by the
Most Blessed Mother of Christ, that mystically it may be shown she
was full of the sevenfold grace. To the Angel twice only did she
speak; to Elizabeth also twice; with her Son likewise twice, once in
the temple, and a second time at the marriage feast; and once to the
attendants. And on all those occasions she always said very little;
with this one exception that she spake at length in the praise of
God and in thanksgiving, namely, when she said: My soul doth
magnify the Lord. But here she did not speak with man, but with God.
The liturgical worship, through which due honor is given to the
Immaculate Heart of the Virgin Mary, and for which many holy men and
women have prepared the way, the Apostolic See itself first
approved in the beginning of the nineteenth century, when Pope Pius
VII instituted the feast of the Most Pure Heart of the Virgin Mary,
to be piously and reverently celebrated by all the dioceses and
religious families who had asked for it. Afterwards Pope Pius IX
added an Office and a proper Mass to it. But an ardent desire and
longing, which had arisen in the seventeenth century, grew day by
day, that namely, the same Feast, given greater solemnity, might be
spread to the entire Church. In 1942, Pope Pius XII, graciously
acceding to this wish, and during the terrible war then ravaging
almost the entire world, pitying the infinite hardships of men, and
because of his devotion and confidence in our heavenly Mother, in
solemn supplication earnestly entrusted the entire human race to
her most generous Heart, and in honor of the same Immaculate Heart
he ordered a Feast to be kept forever with its proper Office and
Mass.
status: { la: verified, en: verified }
- nocturn: 3
isGospel: false
source: "St. Robert Bellarmine, On the Seven Words of Christ on the Cross, ch. 12"
text:
la: >-
Onus et jugum impósitum a Dómino sancto Joánni, ut Vírginis Matris
curam géreret, vere fuit jugum suáve et onus leve. Quis enim non
libentíssime cohabitáret Matri illi, quæ Verbum incarnátum in útero
novem ménsibus portávit, et illi totos trigínta annos devotíssime
dulcissiméque cohabitávit? Quis non invídeat dilécto Dómini, qui in
abséntia Fílii Dei præséntiam obtínuit Matris Dei? Sed, nisi fallor,
póssumus et nos a benignitáte Verbi nostri causa incarnáti et ex
dilectióne nímia nostri causa crucifíxi, précibus impetráre, ut
dicat et nobis: Ecce Mater tua; et Matri suæ de nobis dicat: Ecce
fílius tuus.
Non est avárus pius Dóminus gratiárum, dúmmodo ad thronum grátiæ
ejus cum fide et fidúcia et non ficto corde, sed vero et sincéro
accedámus. Qui nos coherédes esse vóluit regni Patris sui, non
dedignábitur certe nos coherédes habére amóris Matris suæ. Sed nec
ipsa Virgo benigníssima gravábitur multitúdine filiórum, cum sinum
amplíssimum hábeat et valde cúpiat, nullum períre ex his, quos
Fílius suus tam pretióso sánguine et tam pretiósa morte redémit.
Adeámus ergo cum fidúcia ad thronum grátiæ Christi, et supplíciter
nec sine lácrimis ab eo petámus, ut de unoquóque nostrum Matri suæ
dicat: Ecce fílius tuus; et unicuíque nostrum de Matre sua dicat:
Ecce Mater tua.
Quam bene nobis erit sub præsídio tantæ Matris? Quis nos detráhere
audébit de sinu ejus? Quæ nos tentátio superáre póterit,
confidéntes in patrocínio Matris Dei et nostræ? neque nos primi
érimus in tanti consecutióne benefícii. Multi nos præcessérunt;
multi, inquam, ad singuláre et plane matérnum patrocínium tantæ
Vírginis accessérunt, et nemo confúsus aut tristis dimíssus est, sed
omnes hílares et gaudéntes, freti patrocínio tantæ Matris.
en: >-
The burden and yoke which our Lord imposed on St. John, that he take
care of his Virgin Mother, was indeed a sweet yoke and a light
burden. Who indeed would not esteem it a happiness to dwell under
the same roof with her, who for nine months had borne in her womb
the Incarnate Word, and for thirty years had enjoyed the sweetest
and happiest communication of sentiments with him? Who doth not
envy the chosen disciple of our Lord, who in the absence of the Son
of God, was given the presence of the Mother of God? Yet, if I am
not mistaken, we can obtain by our prayers that our most kind Lord,
who became man for our sakes and was crucified for love of us,
should say to us: Behold thy Mother; and should say to his Mother
for each one of us: Behold thy son.
Our good Lord is not avaricious of his graces, if only we approach
the throne of grace with faith and confidence, with a true and
sincere but not a false heart. He who desireth to have us co-heirs
in the kingdom of his Father, will certainly not disdain to have us
co-heirs in the love of his Mother. Nor will the most benign Virgin
herself take it amiss to have a countless number of children, since
she hath an heart capable of embracing all of us, and ardently
desireth that not even one of those souls should perish whom her
divine Son redeemed with his precious Blood, and his still more
precious death. And so let us approach with confidence the throne
of the grace of Christ, and with tears let us humbly beg of him to
say to his Mother for each of us: Behold thy son; and to each one of
us concerning his Mother: Behold thy Mother.
How secure shall we be under the protection of such a Mother? Who
will dare to drag us from her bosom? What temptation can overcome us
if we confide in the protection of the Mother of God and of our
Mother? Nor will we be the first who have secured such a great
favour. Many have preceded us; many, I say, have placed themselves
under the singular and really maternal protection of so powerful a
Virgin, and no one hath been cast off by her with his soul in a
perplexed and sad state, but all who confide in the patronage of
such a Mother are happy and contented.
status: { la: verified, en: verified }
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# Matins reading for Ss. Hippolytus and Cassian, Martyrs (Aug 13).
# Sourced directly from web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/08-13.txt,
# English/Sancti/08-13.txt. Single simplex-feast lesson (Lectio93),
# one continuous account covering both martyrs, pooled into the
# nocturn: 2 slot per the established vigil/simplex convention (see
# vigil-of-st-lawrence.yml's own note).
id: ss-hippolytus-and-cassian
readings:
- nocturn: 2
isGospel: false
text:
la: >-
Hippolytus, a sancto Lauréntio baptizatus, domi suæ, dum Eucharistiam
sumeret, comprehénsus, et ad Valerianum imperatórem adductus, ab eo de
suæ religiónis professióne interrogátus, líbere se Christianum proféssus
est. Quam ob rem fustibus cæditur; quibus in verbéribus cum ejus fides
constantior invenirétur, munéribus et honórum promissis tentátur. Quæ
cum ómnia frustra diceréntur, præfecto occidendus traditur. Qui, domum
Hippolyti veniens, ut ejus facultates publicaret, totam familiam
christianam esse cognoscit; atque, iis a christiana fide frustra
deterritis, primum plumbátis cæsa Concordia, Hippolyti nutríce, quæ
ceteros confirmábat, réliquos extra portam Tiburtinam occídi jubet.
Hippolytus, indómitis equis raptátus per loca tríbulis et cárduis
cónsita, lacerato corpore, spíritum Deo réddidit, unáque cum réliquis a
Justino presbytero ad agrum Veranum sepúltus est. Eadem die, ad Forum
Syllæ, crudelíssimo supplicio afféctus est Cassianus Martyr; qui,
vinctis post terga mánibus, puerórum, quos erudiebat, férreis stylis
configendus excarnificandúsque traditur. Quorum quanto erat infirmior
vis, tanto ejus pœna martyrii gravior ac diuturnior, pálmaque
illustrior.
en: >-
Hippolytus was one of those baptized by St. Lawrence. He was arrested in
his own house while he was taking the Holy Communion. He was brought
before the Emperor Valerian, and, when he was asked by him touching his
religious profession, he freely confessed that he was a Christian.
Wherefore he was beaten with clubs, but when his faith was found only
the bolder under the blows, he was tempted with promises of gifts and
honours. Then when words were found only to be thrown away upon him, he
was given over to the Prefect to be put to death. The Praefect went to
the house of Hippolytus to take possession of his goods, and there
found that all the household were Christians. He strove in vain to awe
them into the denial of their faith, and then ordered Concordia, the
nurse of Hippolytus, who was encouraging the rest, to be beaten to
death with whips loaded with lead, and afterwards the others to be
slain outside the gate that leadeth toward Tivoli. Hippolytus was tied
to wild horses which dragged him through rough places full of briars
and thistles, until with a mangled body he resigned his soul to God.
Justin the Priest buried him along with the others. On the same day,
at Imola, the martyr Cassian was put to a most cruel death. He was a
schoolmaster, and was given up to his scholars, with his hands bound
behind his back, to be stabbed and torn to death with steel pens.
Owing to the weakness of the means, the suffering of his martyrdom was
very grievous and long, and his palm all the more glorious.
status: { la: verified, en: verified }
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# Matins reading for Ss. Tiburtius and Susanna, Martyrs (Aug 11).
# Sourced directly from web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/08-11.txt,
# English/Sancti/08-11.txt. Single simplex-feast lesson (Lectio93),
# one continuous account covering both martyrs, pooled into the
# nocturn: 2 slot per the established vigil/simplex convention (see
# vigil-of-st-lawrence.yml's own note).
id: ss-tiburtius-and-susanna
readings:
- nocturn: 2
isGospel: false
text:
la: >-
Tiburtius, Chromátii præfecti Urbis fílius, sancti Sebastiáni ópera
Christianus, cum ob eam causam ad Fabianum judicem adductus esset múltaque
apud illum de Christi fide prædicáret, excandéscens judex paviméntum
candéntibus carbónibus sterni jubet. Mox, Tiburti, inquit, vel diis nostris
sacrífices oportet, vel per istos carbónes nudis pédibus tibi incedéndum
est. At ille, crucis signo se muniens fidentérque ámbulans in pruna, Disce,
inquit, ex hoc solum esse Deum, quem Christiáni colunt; prunæ enim mihi
flores vidéntur. Quod cum magicis artibus tribuerétur, extra Urbem ductus
Tiburtius, ac via Lavicana tertio ab Urbe lápide gládio percússus, ibi a
Christiánis sepelítur. Quo die Susanna virgo nobilíssima, quod Galerii
Maximiáni, fílii Diocletiáni imperatóris, conjúgium recusaret, ut quæ
virginitátem Deo vóverat; post multa tormentórum genera, quibus varie
tentátum est sanctum Vírginis propositum, domi suæ, jussu imperatóris,
gládio percússa, ad duplex virginitátis et martyrii præmium migrávit in
cælum.
en: >-
Tibutrius was son to Chromatius, Praefect of the city of Rome, and was
converted to Christianity by holy Sebastian. On this account he was
brought before Fabian the judge, and spake boldly in his presence many
things concerning belief in Christ. Then Fabian broke out in anger and
caused the pavement to be spread with live coals. Now, Tiburtius, said he,
thou must either sacrifice to our gods, or walk barefoot on these coals.
Tiburtius armed himself with the sign of the Cross and walked boldly on
the coals. Learn from this, said he, that there is no God but He whom the
Christians worship; for the coals are to me like flowers. For this he was
credited with art magic, led forth without the city and smitten with the
sword at the third milestone on the Lavican Road, where he was buried by
the Christians. On the same day, the noble maiden Susanna, having refused
the offer of marriage of Galerius Maximianus, son to the Emperor
Diocletian, because she had made a vow of her virginity to God, after
diverse torments wherewith her holy resolution was tried, was smitten
with the sword, in her own house, by order of the Emperor, and passed to
heaven to receive the double reward of virginity and martyrdom.
status: { la: verified, en: verified }
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# Matins Nocturn 2 reading for St. Hyacinth, Confessor (Aug 17).
# Sourced directly from web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/08-17.txt,
# English/Sancti/08-17.txt. Lectio4-6 combined into one reading, one
# continuous vita. No Lectio7-9 in his own file (his `[Rule]` is `vide
# C5`) -- defers to the Common's own Nocturn 3, not transcribed here.
id: st-hyacinth
readings:
- nocturn: 2
isGospel: false
text:
la: >-
Hyacínthus Polónus, nobílibus et christiánis paréntibus, in Camiénsi
villa episcopátus Vratislaviénsis natus est. A puerítia litteris
instructus, post datam jurisprudéntiæ et sacris litteris operam, inter
canonicos Cracovienses adscitus, insígni morum pietáte et summa
eruditióne ceteros antecelluit. Romæ in Prædicatórum ordinem ab ipso
institutore sancto Dominico adscriptus, perféctam vivéndi ratiónem,
quam ab ipso didicerat, usque ad finem vitæ sanctíssime retinuit.
Virginitátem perpetuo coluit; modestiam, patiéntiam, humilitátem,
abstinéntiam ceterasque virtútes, ut certum reliogiosæ vitæ
patrimónium, adamávit.
Caritáte in Deum fervens, integras sæpe noctes fundéndis précibus
castigandóque córpori insúmens, nullum eidem levaméntum, nisi lapidi
innixus sive humi cubans, adhibebat. Remissus in pátriam, Frisaci
primum in itinere amplíssimum sui ordinis monastérium, mox Cracoviæ
álterum eréxit. Inde per alias Poloniæ regni provincias aliis quatuor
exædificatis, incredibile dictu est quantum verbi Dei prædicatióne et
vitæ innocéntia apud omnes profécerit. Nullum diem prætermisit, quo
non præclára aliqua fidei, pietátis atque innocéntiæ arguménta
præstiterit.
Sanctíssime viri studium erga proximórum salútem maximis Deus
miraculis illustrávit. Inter quæ illud insigne, quod Vándalum fluvium
prope Visogradum aquis redundántem, nullo navigio usus, trajecit,
sociis quoque expanso super undas pallio traductis. Admirábili vitæ
genere ad quadragínta prope annos post professiónem perducto, mortis
die suis frátribus prænuntiáto, ipso assumptæ Vírginis festo, Horis
canonicis persolutis, sacramentis ecclesiásticis summa cum
veneratióne perceptis, iis verbis: In manus tuas, Dómine; spíritum
Deo réddidit, anno salútis millesimo ducentésimo quinquagesimo
septimo. Quem miraculis, étiam post óbitum, illustrem, Clemens Papa
octavus in Sanctórum númerum rétulit.
en: >-
Hyacinth was a Pole, and was born of the noble and Christian family in
the town of Camien, in the diocese of Wratislaw. He was trained up in
learning from his youth, and after studying law and theology, became
a Canon of Crakow, where he was eminent above his fellows by the
singular godliness of his life and the depth of his learning. Being
at Rome, he was received into the Order of Friars Preachers by the
Founder, St. Dominic, himself, and kept in holiness to the end of his
life the rule of perfect living which he had learnt from him. He
remained always a virgin, and loved modesty, long-suffering,
lowliness, self-restraint, and all other good graces as his heritage
in the life of a Friar.
In the heat of his love for God, he sometimes passed whole nights in
pouring forth prayers and chastising his body, to which he never gave
rest but in leaning against a stone or lying upon the ground. He was
sent back to his own country, and, on the way, founded a very large
house of his Order at Friesach and soon afterwards another at
Crakow. In other provinces of the kingdom of Poland he founded four
others, and it passeth belief what success he had with all kinds of
men, by his preaching of the Word of God, and the innocency of his
life. Not a day passed wherein he did not display some bright gift of
faith, godliness, or innocency.
The zeal of this most holy man for the salvation of his neighbors was
that which God marked by His greatest miracles. Among these is
famous the time when coming to the River Vistula near Wisgrade, and
finding it in flood, he crossed it without a boat, drawing over also
his three companions standing upon the waves upon his outspread
mantle. He led a wonderful life for nearly forty years after his
profession, and then foretold to his brethren the day of his death.
Upon the very day of the Feast of the Assumption of the Virgin, he
finished the recitation of the Office of the Church, received the
Sacraments with the utmost reverence, and then with the words, Into
thy hands, O Lord, gave up his soul to God in the year of salvation
1257. He was illustrious for miracles even after his death, and Pope
Clement VIII. numbered him among the saints.
status: { la: verified, en: verified }
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# Matins Nocturn 2 reading for St. Jane Frances de Chantal, Widow
# (Aug 21). Sourced directly from web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/08-21.txt,
# English/Sancti/08-21.txt. Lectio4-6 combined into one reading, one
# continuous vita. No Lectio7-9 in her own file (her `[Rule]` is `vide
# C7a`) -- defers to the Common's own Nocturn 3, not transcribed here.
id: st-jane-frances-de-chantal
readings:
- nocturn: 2
isGospel: false
text:
la: >-
Joanna Francisca Frémiot de Chantal, Divione in Burgundia clarissimis
orta natalibus, ab ineunte ætate eximiæ sanctitatis non obscuras
edidit significationes. Eam enim vix quinquennem nobilem quemdam
Calvinistam solida supra ætatem argumentatione perstrinxisse ferunt,
collatumque ab eo munusculum flammis illico tradidisse, in hæc verba:
En quomodo hæretici apud inferos comburentur, qui loquenti Christo
fidem detrectant. Matre orbata, Deiparæ Virginis tutelæ se
commendavit, et famulam, quæ ad mundi amórem eam alliciebat, ab se
rejecit. Nihil puerile in moribus exprimens, a sæculi deliciis
abhorrens, martyriumque anhelans, religioni ac pietati impense
studebat. Baroni de Chantal nuptui a patre tradita, virtutibus
omnibus excolendis operam dedit, liberos famulos, aliosque sibi
subjectos in fidei doctrina, bonisque moribus imbuere satagens.
Profusa liberalitate pauperum inopiam sublevabat, annona divinitus
non raro multiplicata: quo factum est, ut nemini se umquam Christi
nomine roganti stipem abnegaturam spoponderit.
Viro in venatione interempto, perfectioris vitæ consilium iniens,
continentiæ voto se obstrinxit. Viri necem non solum æquo animo
tulit, sed, in publicum indultæ veniæ testimonium, occisoris filium e
sacro fonte suscipere sui victrix elegit. Modica familia, tenui
victu atque vestitu contenta, pretiosas vestes in pios usus
convertit. Quidquid a domesticis curis supererat temporis, precibus,
piis lectionibus, laborique impendebat. Numquam adduci potuit ut
alteras nuptias, quamvis utiles et honorificas, iniret. Ne autem a
proposito castimoniæ observandæ in posterum dimoveretur, illius voto
innovato, sanctissimum Jesu Christi nomen candenti ferro pectori
insculpsit. Ardentius in dies caritate fervescens, pauperes,
derelictos, ægros, teterrimisque morbis infectos ad se adducendos
curabat; eosque non hospitio tantum excipiebat, solabatur, fovebat,
verum étiam sordidas eorumdem vestes depurgabat, laceras reficiebat,
et manantibus fœtido pure ulceribus labia admovere non exhorrebat.
A sancto Francisco Salesio, quo spiritus moderatore usa fuit,
divinam voluntatem edocta, proprium parentem, socerum, filium
denique ipsum, quem étiam vocationi obsistentem, sua e domo
egrediens, pedibus calcare non dubitavit, invicta constantia
deseruit, et sacri instituti Visitationis sanctæ Mariæ fundamenta
jecit. Ejus instituti leges integerrime custodivit, et adeo
paupertatis fuit amans, ut vel necessaria sibi deesse gauderet.
Christianæ vero animi demissionis et obedientiæ, virtutum denique
omnium perfectissimum exemplar se præbuit. Altiores in corde suo
ascensiones disponens, arduissimo efficiendi semper id quod
perfectius esse intelligeret, voto se obstrinxit. Denique, sacro
Visitationis instituto ejus potissimum opera longe lateque diffuso,
verbo, exemplo, et scriptis étiam divina sapientia refertis, ad
pietatem et caritatem sororibus excitatis, meritis referta, et
sacramentis rite susceptis, Molinis, anno millesimo sexcentesimo
quadragesimo primo, die decima tertia Decembris, migravit ad
Dominum, ejusque animam, occurrente sancto Francisco Salesio, in
cælos deferri sanctus Vincentius a Paulo procul distans aspexit.
Ejus corpus postea Annecium translatum fuit: eamque miraculis ante
et post obitum claram Benedictus decimus quartus beatorum, Clemens
vero decimus tertius Pontifex Maximus albo sanctorum adjecit.
en: >-
Jeanne Frances Fremiot de Chantal was born of parents of the highest
rank, at Dijon in Burgundy. From her earliest childhood she gave no
dark promise of a life of eminent holiness. It is said that when she
was scarcely fifteen years of age she confuted with precocious
acuteness a Presbyterian nobleman, and when he gave her a little
present she put it in the fire, saying: That is how heretics will
burn in hell for not believing Christ when He speaketh. On the death
of her mother, she placed herself under the keeping of the Virgin
Mother of God, and discharged a maid who strove to beguile her into
loving the world. She had nothing youthful about her ways. She
shrank from the pleasures of life. She had a strong wish that she
might die a martyr. She devoted herself unweariedly to religion and
godliness. Her father gave her in marriage to the Baron de Chantal,
and she strove to excel in all the duties and graces of a wife. She
made it her work to see that her children, her servants, and all
others under her authority were taught the doctrines of the faith
and the practice of good living. She relieved the sufferings of the
poor by plentiful almsgiving, for which purposes God not
unfrequently miraculously multiplied her money. And so it came to
pass that no one ever asked her for food in Christ's name and was
refused it.
When her husband was accidentally killed out shooting, and in her
widowhood she determined to embrace the more excellent way, and
took a vow not to marry again. She bore her bereavement with
resignation to the Will of God, and so far overcame her horror of
the gentleman who had fired the shot, that, to show she attributed
no blame to him, she stood god-mother to his little boy. She was
quite content with few servants and plain cookery and dress, and
sold her rich wardrobe for the benefit of charities. She received
offers of second marriage which would have been both politic and
honourable, but never was induced to accept one of them, and to
harden herself in her intention of remaining in her widowhood, she
renewed her vow to that effect, and branded on her chest with a hot
iron the most holy name of Jesus Christ. Her love grew tenderer
every day, and she had brought to her the starving, the abandoned,
the diseased, and those who were afflicted with the most sickening
disorders. Them she not only sheltered, comforted, and nursed, but
washed and mended their filthy and ragged garments, and shrank not
from putting her mouth to their sores oozing with disgusting matter.
She used the services of St. Francis de Sales as her spiritual
adviser, and when she learnt from him what was the will of God, she
scrupled not to disregard the wishes of her own father, brother-in-
law, and even of her son, whom she left with calm determination,
went forth from her home, and founded the holy Institution of the
Sisters of the Visitation of St. Mary. She most rigidly kept the
rules of this Institute, and loved so well to be poor, that it made
her glad to lack even the necessaries of life. She showed herself a
model of Christian lowliness, obedience, and all graces. Having
settled in her heart still to go up higher and higher towards the
Temple of the Lord, she bound herself by a most difficult vow always
to do that which she should understand to be best. It was chiefly
through her labour that the holy Institute of the Visitation became
spread far and wide, and she stirred up the sisters to godliness and
love by her words, by her example, and by writings full of Divine
wisdom. She duly received the Sacraments before her death, and then,
at Moulins, departed hence, to be for ever with the Lord. St. Vincent
of Paul, who was far distant, in a vision beheld her soul borne to
heaven, and St. Francis de Sales coming to meet it. Her body was
afterwards taken to Annecy. She was famous for miracles both before
and after her death, and Pope Benedict XIV. enrolled her among the
Blessed, and Pope Clement XIII. among the Saints.
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# Matins Nocturn 2-3 readings for St. Joachim, Confessor, Father of
# the Blessed Virgin Mary (Aug 16). Sourced directly from
# web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/08-16.txt, English/Sancti/08-16.txt.
# Nocturn 2: Lectio4-6, sermons by St. Epiphanius and St. John of
# Damascus on Ss. Joachim and Anne, combined into one reading. Nocturn
# 3: the Gospel citation ends "Et réliqua"/"And so on" with no full
# pericope given -- per the bare-incipit convention, only the homily
# (Lectio7-9, St. John of Damascus on the genealogy of Christ) is
# authored, isGospel: false, no citation field.
id: st-joachim
readings:
- nocturn: 2
isGospel: false
source: "St. Epiphanius, Discourse on the Praises of the Virgin; St. John of Damascus, 1st Sermon on the Birth of the BVM"
text:
la: >-
De radíce Jesse ortus est rex David, et de tribu regis David sancta
Virgo: sancta, inquam, et sanctórum virórum fília, cujus paréntes
fuérunt Jóachim et Anna; qui quidem in vita sua Deo placuérunt, atque
étiam fructum ejúsmodi germinavérunt, sanctam Vírginem Maríam, templum
simul et matrem Dei. Jóachim porro, Anna et María, hi tres Trinitáti
palam sacrifícium laudis offerébant. Jóachim enim interpretátur
Præparátio Dómini, eo quod ex illo præparátum sit templum Dómini,
nempe Virgo. Anna rursus simíliter Grátia interpretátur, proptérea
quod Jóachim et Anna grátiam accepérunt, ut accedéntibus précibus,
talem fructum germinárent, sanctam Vírginem adépti; Jóachim síquidem
precabátur in monte, et Anna in horto suo.
Quóniam futúrum erat ut Dei Génetrix et Virgo ex Anna orirétur, natúra
grátiæ fœtum antevértere mínime ausa est; verum tantísper exspectávit,
dum grátia fructum suum produxísset. Síquidem oportébat eam
primogénitam in lucem edi, quæ rerum ómnium conditárum Primogénitum,
in quo ómnia coagmentáta sunt, paritúra erat. O par beátum Jóachim et
Anna! vobis omnis creatúra obstrícta est. Per vos enim donum, ómnium
donórum præstantíssimum, Creatóri óbtulit, nempe castam matrem, quæ
sola Creatóre digna erat.
Exsúlta, Jóachim, quóniam ex fília tua Fílius natus est nobis; et
vocátur nomen ejus magni consílii, hoc est, salútis totíus mundi
Angelus. Pudóre afficiátur Nestórius, ac manum ori impónat. Puer hic
Deus est. Quonam ígitur modo ea Dei Génetrix non sit, quæ péperit? Si
quis sanctam Dei Genetrícem non confitétur, a Deitáte remótus est. Mea
non est hæc orátio, quamquam alióqui mea; hanc enim diviníssimam
hereditátem a theólogo patre Gregório accépi. O beátum par Jóachim et
Anna! Ac profécto ex ventris vestri fructu immaculáti agnoscímini,
quemádmodum Christus quodam loco dixit: Ex frúctibus eórum
cognoscétis eos. Ut Deo gratum erat ac dignum ea quæ a vobis orta est,
vitæ vestræ ratiónes instituístis. Caste enim ac sancte múnere vestro
functi, virginitátis thesáurum produxístis.
en: >-
From the Root of Jesse sprang King David, and from the stock of King
David, the Holy Virgin. Holy I call her, and the daughter of holy men.
Her father and mother were Joachim and Anne, who pleased God in their
lives, and brought forth an offspring well pleasing to Him, even the
Holy Virgin Mary, at once the Temple and the Mother of God. These
three, Joachim, Anne, and Mary, clearly offered up unto the Trinity a
sacrifice of praise. For the name Joachim being interpreted,
signifieth "the preparation of the Lord," and out of him was prepared
the Temple of the Lord, namely, the Virgin. The name Anne signifieth
grace, and she and Joachim did indeed receive a grace when, in answer
to their prayers, they generated such an offspring, compassing the
Holy Virgin. Joachim prayed upon the mountain and Anne in her garden.
Since it was to be that the Virgin Mother of God should be born of
Anne, nature dared not to produce any other child before this child of
grace, but humbly waited until grace should have produced her's. It
behoved that she should come into the world as a first-born, who was
to bear the First-born of every creature, even Him by Whom all things
were made. O blessed couple, Joachim and Anne, unto you is all
creation laid under debt, since through you creation hath offered to
the Creator this noblest of gifts, namely, that chaste mother, who
alone was worthy of the Creator.
Rejoice, O Joachim, from whose daughter a Child hath unto us been
born, and His name is called The Angel of the Great Counsel, that is,
of the salvation of the whole world. Let Nestorius be ashamed, and put
his hand upon his mouth. Her Child is God. How then can His Mother be
other than Mother of God? Whosoever acknowledgeth not the Holy Mother
of God is far from God. This saying is not mine, although it is mine
in all other senses than that of authority. I have received it as a
most godly legacy from Father Gregory the Divine. O blessed couple,
Joachim and Anne. Christ saith in a certain place: By their fruits ye
shall know them; and ye are known by the fruit of your chaste loins.
That that which should be born of you might be worthy and
well-pleasing in the sight of God, ye ordered your own lives by rule.
In the chaste and holy exercise of your natural gift, ye produced the
treasure of virginity.
status: { la: verified, en: verified }
- nocturn: 3
isGospel: false
source: "St. John of Damascus, Bk. IV on the Orthodox Faith, ch. 15 (on the Lord's genealogy)"
text:
la: >-
Quod Joseph ex davídica tribu oríginem dúxerit, sanctíssimi Evangelístæ
Matthǽus et Lucas líquido demonstrárunt. Verum, hoc inter eos
discríminis est, quod Matthǽus ex Davíde per Salomónem Joséphum
dedúcit; Lucas autem per Nathan. At vero sanctæ Vírginis ortum uterque
siléntio prætériit. Quocírca scire óperæ prétium est, nec apud
Hebrǽos nec apud Scriptúram sacram hoc in more pósitum fuísse, ut
mulíerum genus recenserétur. Verum, hoc demum lege cautum erat ne
tribus ulla uxóres ex áltera tribu accérseret. Ac proínde Joseph, qui
ex tribu davídica ortum trahébat justitiámque colébat, sanctam
Vírginem haudquáquam præter legis præscríptum despondísset, nisi ex
eódem sceptro genus duxísset. Ob idque satis hábuit Evangelísta
demonstrásse, unde Joseph ortum tráxerit.
Igitur ex stirpe Nathan, fílii David, Levi génuit Melchi et
Panthérem. Panther autem génuit Barpanthérem. Barpánther rursus
génuit Jóachim. Jóachim dénique génuit sanctam Dei Genetrícem. Rursus,
ex stirpe Salomónis, fílii David, Mathan ex uxóre sua génuit Jacob.
Mórtuo autem Mathan, Melchi ex tribu Nathan, fílius Levi ac frater
Panthéris, uxórem ipsíus Mathan, quæ étiam Jacóbi mater erat,
matrimónio sibi copulávit, atque ex ea génuit Heli. Ita uteríni
fratres erant Jacob et Heli; ille nimírum ex tribu Salomónis, hic ex
tribu Nathan oriúndus.
Porro Heli, qui ex tribu Nathan erat, nullis líberis suscéptis, e vita
migrávit; eáque de causa Jacob ipsíus frater, qui ex tribu Salomónis
flúxerat, ipsíus uxórem accépit, fratríque suo semen excitávit ac
Joséphum progénuit. Joseph ítaque natúra quidem fílius Jacob erat, a
Salomóne oriúndus; legis autem ratióne patrem habébat Heli, ex Nathan
oriúndum. Quæ cum ita sint, Jóachim lectíssimam illam ac summis
láudibus dignam mulíerem Annam matrimónio sibi copulávit. Verum,
quemádmodum prisca illa Anna, cum sterilitátis morbo laboráret, per
oratiónem ac promissiónem, Samuélem procreávit; eódem modo hæc étiam,
per obsecratiónem et promissiónem, Dei Genetrícem a Deo accépit, ut
ne hic quoque cuíquam ex illústribus matrónis céderet. Itaque grátia
Dóminam parit. Vere étenim rerum ómnium conditárum Dómina facta est,
cum Creatóris Mater éxstitit.
en: >-
That Joseph sprang from the lineage of David, the most holy
Evangelists Matthew and Luke have clearly shown. There is this
difference between them, that Matthew traceth the pedigree from David
through Solomon, and Luke through Nathan. But both of them pass in
silence over the descent of the Holy Virgin. In explanation of this we
shall find on investigation that among the Jews, and in the Holy
Scriptures, it hath never been in use to chronicle the pedigrees of
women. But the Law containeth a warning against the tribes
intermarrying one with another. Joseph was of the same tribe as
David, and since he was a just man, he would not have espoused the
Holy Virgin, unless she had been of the same race, as such an union
would not have been in accordance with the commandment of the law.
For this reason the Evangelist held it enough to have shown the
descent of Joseph.
Therefore, from the stock of Nathan the son of David, Levi begat
Melchi and Panther; and Panther begat Bar-Panther. Bar-Panther begat
Joachim; and Joachim begat the Holy Mother of God. Again, from the
stock of Solomon the son of David, Mathan of his wife begat Jacob.
And after Mathan was dead, Melchi, of the family of Nathan, son to
Levi and brother to Panther, took to him in marriage her that had
been the wife of Mathan, and was mother of Jacob, and begat of her
Heli. So that Jacob and Heli were half-brothers, sons of the same
mother, but one of the stock of Solomon and the other of the stock of
Nathan.
Then Heli, who was the descendant of Nathan, died, having had no
children. Whereupon, Jacob, who was the descendant of Solomon, took
to himself the widow of his half-brother Heli, to raise up seed unto
his brother, and begat of her Joseph. So Joseph was by nature the son
of Jacob the descendant of Solomon, but in the eye of the Law he had
for his father Heli the descendant of Nathan. Things being thus,
Joachim took to wife that most eminent and praiseworthy woman, Anne.
And even as the patient Hannah, being stricken with barrenness, by
prayer and promise became the mother of Samuel, so likewise this
woman also through prayer and promise received from God the Mother of
God, that in fruitfulness she might not be behind any of the famous
matrons. And thus grace is mother of the Lady. And indeed she became
the Lady of every creature, since she hath been mother of the
Creator.
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# Matins Nocturn 2 reading for St. John Eudes, Confessor (Aug 19).
# Sourced directly from web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/08-19.txt,
# English/Sancti/08-19.txt. Lectio4-6 combined into one reading, one
# continuous vita. No Lectio7-9 in his own file (his `[Rule]` is `vide
# C5`) -- defers to the Common's own Nocturn 3, not transcribed here.
id: st-john-eudes
readings:
- nocturn: 2
isGospel: false
text:
la: >-
Joannes, anno millesimo sexcentesimo primo, in pago vulgo Ri, Sagiensis
diœcesis, e piis honestisque parentibus ortus est. Adhuc puer,
Angelorum pane refectus, perpetuam castitatem alacriter vovit. In
Cadomense collegium a patribus Societatis Jesu directum exceptus,
singulari pietate emicuit; et Mariæ Virginis tutelæ sese committens,
speciale fœdus initum cum ea vix adolescens suo sanguine signavit.
Litterarum ac philosophiæ curriculo multa cum laude peracto,
spretisque sibi oblatis nuptiis, Berulliani Oratorii congregationi
nomen dedit, et sacerdotio Parisiis auctus est. Mira caritate erga
proximum flagravit: nam apud plura loca, corporibus, asiatica lue
perculsis, animisque curandis sedulam operam dedit. Domus Oratorianæ
Cadomi rector factus, quum diu cogitaret ad Ecclesiæ ministerium
juvenes idoneos instituere, a sodalibus, quibuscum viginti annos
vixerat, divina ope implorata, licet ægre, forti animo discessit.
Quinque igitur sacerdotes sibi consocians, anno millesimo
sexcentesimo quadragesimo tertio, die festo Annuntiationis beatæ
Mariæ Virginis, congregationem presbyterorum instituit, cui
sanctissima Jesu et Mariæ nomina dedit, et Cadomi primum seminarium
aperuit, quod in Normannia et Britannia minori complura, eodem
auctore, subsecuta sunt. Pro peccatricibus feminis, ad christianam
vitam revocandis, ordinem Dominæ nostræ a Caritate fundavit; cujus
nobilissimæ arboris ramus est congregatio Andegavensis a Bono
Pastore. Insuper societatem a Matris Dei Corde admirabili, et alia
caritatis opera condidit. Scripta plura præclare edidit, et
missionarius Apostolicus tot pagos, oppida et urbes ipsamque regiam
aulam usque ad extremam ætatem, evangelizavit.
Singulare ejus studium emicuit in salutari devotione promovenda erga
sacratissima Corda Jesu et Mariæ, quorum liturgicum cultum eisdem
præstandum non sine aliquo divino afflatu, primus omnium excogitavit
ideoque ejusdem cultus pater, doctor et apostolus habitus est.
Jansenistarum doctrinis fortiter resistens, immutatum erga Petri
cathedram obsequium servavit, et pro suis inimicis, tamquam pro
fratribus, assidue Deum precatus est. Tot laboribus, potius quam
annis fractus, cupiens dissolvi et esse cum Christo, die decima nona
Augusti, anno millesimo sexcentesimo octogesimo, suavia Jesu et
Mariæ nomina sæpius repetens, placide exspiravit. Quem pluribus
miraculis clarum Pius Papa decimus Beatorum albo adscripsit eumque
novis signis fulgentem Pius Papa undecimus, anno sacro, in die
dominica Pentecostes inter Sanctos retulit ejusque Officium ac
Missam ad universam Ecclesiam exendit.
en: >-
John was born in the year 1601, of pious and respectable parents, at
a village commonly known as Ri, in the diocese of Seez. While still a
boy, when he was fed with the bread of Angels, he cheerfully made a
vow of perpetual chastity. Having been received at the College of
Caen, directed by the Fathers of the Society of Jesus, he was
conspicuous for a remarkable piety; and, committing himself to the
protection of the Virgin Mary, when still a youth he signed with his
own blood, the special covenant he had entered into with her. Having
completed his courses of letters and of philosophy with great
distinction, and having spurned opportunities of marriage which had
been arranged for him, he enrolled himself with the Congregation of
the Oratory de Bérulle, and was ordained priest at Paris. He was on
fire with a marvellous love towards his neighbour: for he took the
most constant pains in caring for both the souls and bodies of those
smitten with the Asiatic plague, in many different places. He was
made Rector of the Oratorian house at Caen, but since he had been
thinking for a long time of educating suitable young men for the
ministry of the Church, earnestly asking for the divine assistance,
with a brave spirit he most regretfully departed from the associates
with whom he had lived for twenty years.
Accordingly, associating five priests with himself, in the year 1643,
on the feastday of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, he
founded a Congregation of Priests, to whom he gave the most holy
names of Jesus and Mary, and opened the first seminary at Caen; and a
great many others followed immediately in Normandy and Brittany,
also founded by him. For the recalling of sinful women to a
Christian life, he founded the Order of Our Lady of Charity; of
which most noble tree, the Congregation of the Good Shepherd of
Angers is a branch. Furthermore, he founded the Society of the
Admirable Heart of the Mother of God, and other charitable
institutions. He was the author of many excellent treatises, and
laboured as an Apostolic Missionary to the very end of his life,
preaching the Gospel in very many villages, towns, and cities, and
even in the royal court.
His matchless zeal was very conspicuous in promoting the salutary
devotion towards the most sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, whose
liturgical worship he was the first of all to devise, although not
without some divine inspiration. He is therefore held to be the
father, the teacher, and the apostle of that worship. Courageously
withstanding the doctrines of the Jansenists, he preserved
unalterable obedience towards the Chair of Peter, and he constantly
prayed to God, both for his enemies as well as for his brethren.
Broken by so many labours, rather than by years, desiring to be
freed and to be with Christ, on the 19th day of August, 1680,
frequently repeating the sweet names of Jesus and Mary, he died in
peace. As he became illustrious by many miracles, Pope Pius X added
him to the list of the Blessed, and as he still shone forth with new
signs and wonders, Pope Pius XI, in the holy year and on the day of
Pentecost, placed him among the Saints, and extended his Office and
Mass to the universal Church.
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# Matins Nocturn 2-3 readings for St. Joseph Calasanctius, Confessor
# (Aug 27). Sourced directly from web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/08-27.txt,
# English/Sancti/08-27.txt. Nocturn 2: Lectio4-6 combined into one
# reading, one continuous vita. Nocturn 3: his own Gospel citation ends
# "Et réliqua"/"And so on" with no full pericope given -- per the
# bare-incipit convention, only the homily (Lectio7-9, St. John
# Chrysostom) is authored, isGospel: false, no citation field.
id: st-joseph-calasanctius
readings:
- nocturn: 2
isGospel: false
text:
la: >-
Josephus Calasanctius a Matre Dei, Petraltæ in Aragonia nobili genere
natus, a teneris annis futuræ in pueros caritatis et eorum
institutionis indicia præbuit. Nam adhuc parvulus eos ad se
convocatos in mysteriis fidei et sacris precibus erudiebat. Humanis
divinisque litteris egregie doctus cum studiis theologicis Valentiæ
operam daret, nobilis potentisque feminæ illecebris fortiter
superatis, virginitatem, quam Deo voverat, inoffensam insigni
victoria servavit. Sacerdos ex voto factus, a compluribus episcopis
in Castellæ Novæ, Aragoniæ et Catalauniæ regnis in partem laboris
ascitus, exspectationem omnium vicit, pravis ubique moribus
emendatis, ecclesiastica disciplina restituta, inimicitiis
cruentisque factionibus mirifice exstinctis. At cælesti visione et
Dei voce frequenter admonitus, Romam profectus est.
In Urbe summa vitæ asperitate, vigiliis et jejuniis corpus
affligens, in orationibus et cælestium rerum contemplatione dies
noctesque versabatur, septem ejusdem Urbis ecclesias singulis fere
noctibus obire solitus: quem inde morem complures annos servavit.
Dato piis sodalitatibus nomine, mirum quanto ardore pauperes,
infirmos potissimum, aut carceribus detentos eleemosynis omnique
pietatis officio sublevaret. Lue Urbem depopulante, una cum sancto
Camillo, tanto fuit actus impetu caritatis, ut præter subsidia
ægrotis pauperibus large collata, ipsa étiam defunctorum cadavera
suis humeris tumulanda transferret. Verum cum divinitus accepisset,
se ad informandos intelligentiæ ac pietatis spiritu adolescentulos
præcipue pauperes, destinari, ordinem Clericorum regularium
pauperum Matris Dei scholarum piarum fundavit, qui peculiarem curam
circa puerorum eruditionem ex proprio instituto profiterentur:
ipsumque ordinem a Clemente octavo, a Paulo quinto aliusque summis
Pontificibus magnopere probatum, brevi tempore per plurimas Europæ
provincias et regna mirabiliter propagavit.
Quamvis ordini universo præesset, totisque viribus ad animarum
salutem incumberet, numquam tamen intermisit pueros, præsertim
pauperiores, erudire, quorum scholas verrere, eosque domum
comitari consuevit. In eo summæ patientiæ et humilitatis munere,
valetudine étiam infirma, duos et quinquaginta annos perseveravit:
dignus propterea, quem crebris Deus miraculis coram discipulis
illustraret, et cui beatissima Virgo cum puero Jesu, illis
orantibus benedicente, appareret. Cum obitus sui diem, et ordinis
tunc prope eversi restitutionem atque incrementum prænuntiasset,
secundum et nonagesimum annum agens, Romæ obdormivit in Domino,
octavo Kalendas Septembris, anno millesimo sexcentesimo
quadragesimo octavo. Ejus cor et lingua post sæculum integra et
incorrupta reperta sunt. Ipse vero multis post obitum quoque
signis a Deo illustratus, primum a Benedicto decimo quarto
beatorum cultu decoratus fuit, ac deínde a Clemente decimo tertio
inter sanctos solemniter est relatus.
en: >-
Joseph Calasanz, called of the Mother of God, was born of a noble
family at Petralta in Aragon. From his tender years he began to show
that fondness for children, and that gift of instructing them for
which he was afterwards distinguished. He called them around him
when he was still but a child himself, and taught them the
mysteries of the faith and godly prayers. He was deeply learned in
profane and sacred letters, and it was while he was studying
theology at Valencia that he bravely overcame the wiles of a noble
and powerful lady and, by a brilliant victory, kept untarnished
that virginity which he had vowed to God. He became a Priest in
consequence of a vow, and was summoned by many Bishops in the
kingdoms of New Castile, Aragon, and Catalonia to help them in
their work, wherein he surpassed the hopes of all, correcting
depraved manners, restoring the discipline of the Church, and
marvellously putting an end to hatreds and bloody feuds. But in
obedience to a vision from heaven and many warnings from the voice
of God, he left Spain and went to Rome.
In Rome he afflicted his body with extraordinary hardness of
living, with watching, and with fasting, and so passed his days
and nights in prayer, and in the contemplation of heavenly things.
He was used to visit the Seven Churches almost every night, a
custom which he kept for many years. Having joined several godly
Brotherhoods, it was strange how eagerly he relieved the poor by
alms and every sort of kindness, choosing especially the sick and
the imprisoned. When the city was ravaged by a pestilence, such
was the charitable zeal with which he joined in the labours of
St. Camillus de' Lelli, that besides the great help which he
brought to the sick poor, he would even carry the bodies of the
dead on his own shoulders to burial. Having understood from God
that his call was to bring up children in godliness and good
learning, he founded the Order of the Poor Regular Clerks of the
Pious Schools of the Mother of God, who profess as the special
object of their Institute a singular care for the teaching of the
poor. This Institute received the warm approval of Clement VIII.,
Paul V., and other Popes, and in a short time obtained a
marvellous extension through many provinces and kingdoms of
Europe.
Then when he was at the head of his whole Order, and toiling with
all his might for the salvation of souls, he never ceased to teach
children, especially the poor, to sweep out the school-rooms, and
to accompany the scholars home. Thus in spite of broken health he
worked on for two and fifty years, with the greatest longsuffering
and lowliness. He won that God should glorify him by many miracles
worked in the presence of his disciples, and that the Most Blessed
Virgin should appear to him, with the Child Jesus in her arms,
blessing them as they prayed. He foretold the day of his own
death, and the restoration and growth of his Order, which seemed
at that time to be almost entirely destroyed. He fell asleep in
the Lord at Rome, upon the 25th day of August, in the year of
salvation 1648, and of his own age the 92nd. An hundred years
after his death his heart and tongue were found whole and
incorrupt. God glorified him by many miracles even after his
death, and he was first crowned by Benedict XIV. with the honours
paid to the Blessed, and then solemnly enrolled by Clement XIII.
among the Saints.
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- nocturn: 3
isGospel: false
source: "St. John Chrysostom, Homily 60 on Matthew, ch. 18"
text:
la: >-
Videte ne aliquem istorum contempseritis parvulorum, quia eorum
Angeli Patris mei faciem semper aspiciunt, et quia ego propter eos
veni, et hæc Patris mei voluntas est. Ad tuendos conservandosque
pusilios diligentiores nos reddit. Perspicis quam ingentia in
tutelam tenujum mœnia erexerit, et quantum studium curamque
habeat, ne perdantur tum quia supremas despicientibus eos pœnas
statuit, tum quia summam pollicetur mercedem his, qui curam eorum
suscipiunt; idque tam suo, quam Patris exemplo corroborat.
Dominum igitur étiam nos imitemur, et nihil pro fratribus
omittamus, étiam eorum quæ humilia viliaque nimium videntur; sed si
administratione nostra étiam opus fuerit, quamvis tenuis atque
abjectus quidem, cui administrandum sit, fuerit, quamvis ardua
nobis res atque laboris plena esse videatur, omnia hæc pro fratris
salute tolerabiliora facilioraque, oro, videantur: tanto enim
studio tantaque cura Deus dignam esse animam ostendit, ut neque
Filio suo pepercerit.
Si non est nobis satis ad salutem, quod virtuose ipsi vivamus, sed
oportet aliorum salutem re ipsa desiderare; cum neque nos recte
vivamus, neque alios hortemur, quid respondebimus? Quæ nobis spes
salutis reliqua erit? Quid majus, quam animis moderari, quam
adolescentulorum fingere mores? Omni certe pictore, omni certe
statuario, ceterisque hujusmodi omnibus excellentiorem hunc duco,
qui juvenum animos fingere non ignoret.
en: >-
Take heed, saith Jesus, that ye despise not one of these little
ones, for I say unto you, that in heaven their angels do always
behold the face of My Father; and that for their sake am I come,
and this is the will of My Father. Hereby the Lord stirreth us up
to guard and save these little ones. Thou seest how mighty are the
walls which He raiseth to protect little children, and how great
thought and care He hath lest they should be lost, threatening on
the one hand the uttermost punishment against whosoever shall
offend one of these little ones which believe in Him, and promising
on the other hand, the highest reward to whosoever shall receive
one such little child in His Name, and this His teaching He giveth
both in His Own, and in His Father's Name.
Let us therefore take example by the Lord, and let us leave nothing
undone for the good of any of our brethren, even for such as seem
to us the least and lowliest, but if there be any need that we
should serve any, low and outcast though he be, let us serve him
though the thing look hard to us and calling for a great deal of
work, let such things, I pray, be looked on as light and easy if
they be required for our neighbour's salvation, for of such price
and such care did God count his soul to be worth, that He spared
not to purchase it, even His Own Son.
If it be not enough for our salvation that we should ourselves
live well, but we must also seek the salvation of others, what
shall we answer, if we neither live well ourselves, nor exhort
others? What hope that we shall be saved is then left to us? What
more important task is there than to train up minds, and teach to
the young how to live? He that is skilled to mould well the minds
of children I reckon a nobler workman than any painter or
sculptor, or such like artist.
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# Matins Nocturn 2 reading for St. Raymond Nonnatus, Confessor
# (Aug 31). Sourced directly from web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/08-31.txt,
# English/Sancti/08-31.txt. Lectio4-6 combined into one reading, one
# continuous vita. No Lectio7-9 in his own file (only an
# `[Evangelium]` cross-reference) -- defers to the Common's own
# Nocturn 3, not transcribed here.
id: st-raymond-nonnatus
readings:
- nocturn: 2
isGospel: false
text:
la: >-
Raymundus, Nonnatus cognomento dictus, quia præter communem naturæ
legem e mortuæ matris dissecto latere in lucem eductus fuit,
Portelli in Catalaunia piis et nobilibus parentibus ortus, ab ipsa
infantia futuræ sanctitatis indicia dedit. Nam puerilia
oblectamenta, mundique illecebras respuens, ita pietati operam
dabat, ut omnes in puero adultam virtutem admirarentur. Cresconte
vero ætate, litterarum studiis incubuit: sed mox jubente patre vitam
ruri agens, sacellum sancti Nicolai in Portelli finibus situm crebro
adibat, ut sacram Deiparæ imaginem, quæ in eo summa fidelium
veneratione étiam nunc colitur, visitaret. Ibi effusus in preces,
ipsam Dei parentem, ut se in filium adoptare viamque salutis ac
scientiam sanctorum edocere dignaretur, enixe deprecabatur.
Nec defuit votis ejus benignissima Virgo. Ab ipsa enim intellexit
gratissimum sibi fore, si religionem sub titulo de Mercede, seu de
Misericordia redemptionis captivorum, ea suggerante nuper fundatam,
ingrederetur. Qua monitione percepta, Barcinonem statim profectus,
illud tam præcellentis erga proximum caritatis institutum amplexus
est. Regulari igitur militiæ adscriptus, virginitatem, quam pridem
beatæ Virgini consecraverat, perpetuo coluit, ceterisque virtutibus
enituit, caritate præsertim erga Christianos, qui sub potestate
paganorum miseram in captivitate vitam degebant. Hos ut redimeret,
in Africam missus, cum jam multos a servitute liberasset, ne,
consumpta pecunia, aliis item in proximo abnegandæ fidei discrimine
constitutis deesset, se ipsum pignori dedit; sed cum ardentissimo
salutis animarum desiderio succensus, plures Mahometanos suis
concionibus ad Christum converteret, in arctam custodiam a barbaris
conjectus, variisque suppliciis cruciatus, mox labiis perforatis et
sera ferrea clausis, crudele martyrium diu sustinuit.
Ob hæc et alia fortiter gesta sanctitatis ejus fama longe lateque
diffúsa est. Qua permotus Gregorius nonus, in amplissimum sanctæ
Romanæ Ecclesiæ Cardinalium collegium Raymundum adscripsit: sed vir
Dei in ea dignitate ab omni pompa abhorrens, religiosæ humilitatis
tenacissimus semper fuit. Romam vero pergens, statim ac Cardonam
pervenit, extremo morbo confectus, ecclesiasticis sacramentis
muniri summis precibus postulavit. Cumque morbus ingravesceret, et
sacerdos diutius tardaret, Angelorum ministerio, sub specie
religiosorum sui ordinis apparentium, salutari viatico refectus
fuit. Quo sumpto, et gratiis Deo peractis, migravit ad Dominum
Dominica ultima Augusti, anno millesimo ducentesimo quadragesimo.
en: >-
This Raymond is commonly called the Unborn, because his was one of
the rare cases in which the child is not brought into the world in
the course of nature, but by a surgical operation after the death
of the mother. He was the son of godly and noble parents, at
Portel, in Catalonia. The tokens of his holy after-life appeared
even in his childhood. The things that delight children, and the
attractions of the world, had no charm for him. He was so earnest
in godliness that all men marvelled at his habits of premature old
age. As he grew older, he gave himself to the study of letters,
but, at the command of his father, turned to farming. He went
often to the Chapel of St. Nicolas, in the suburbs of Portel, to
visit the sacred image of the Mother of God, which is still sought
with great tenderness by the faithful. There he poured forth his
soul in prayer, and earnestly entreated the Mother of God herself
to be pleased to take him for her son, to show him the way wherein
it should be safe for him to walk, and to teach him the science of
the Saints.
And the most gracious Maiden was not deaf to his prayers. From her
he understood that it would please her right well, if he would
join the Religious Order which had just been founded at her own
inspiration, styled of Ransom or of Mercy, for buying up and
freeing slaves. As soon as he had received this intimation from
her, he went to Barcelona, and entered the Institute so nobly
dedicated to love for our neighbour. Once enlisted in the Regular
Army, he guarded unspotted for ever the virginity which he had
already consecrated to the Blessed Virgin for ever. But he was a
bright and shining light of all other good words and works,
especially of tender compassion for Christians who were passing a
life of grievous bondage in the possession of unbelieving masters.
To free such he was sent into Africa, and delivered many. But his
money ran short, and as there were still many in imminent danger of
denying the faith, he pawned himself. He was enkindled with a most
vehement longing for the salvation of souls, and by his
exhortations brought diverse Mohammedans to Christ. The Moors
therefore threw him into close prison, and put him to diverse
tortures, at last making holes through his lips and locking them
together with an iron padlock, which horrid cruelty he long bore.
The account of these, and other brave things that he did, he got
the name of a Saint far and wide. Gregory IX. was moved thereby to
make Raymond a Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church, but in this place
of honour the man of God shrank from all outward show, and clung
ever tightly to the lowliness that beseemeth a Religious man. He
had started for Rome, but had only got as far as Cardona, when he
was seized with his last illness, and earnestly called for the
strengthening Sacraments of the Church. But his position became
critical, and the Priest had not arrived. Then Angels came unto
him, clad in the habit of his own Order, and ministered unto him
the wholesome Provision for the last journey. When he had taken
It, he gave God thanks, and departed hence to be ever with the
Lord. It was the last Lord's Day in August, 1240.
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# Matins reading for the Vigil of the Assumption (Aug 14). Sourced
# directly from web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/08-14.txt,
# English/Sancti/08-14.txt. A Vigil's own office is a single, simpler
# nocturn of just 3 lessons (`Lectio1-3`), pooled into the nocturn: 2
# slot per the established convention (see vigil-of-st-lawrence.yml's
# own note). Lectio1's Gospel citation (Luke 11:27-28) is a bare
# incipit ("Et réliqua") with no full pericope text given, so only the
# homily portion is authored, isGospel: false. The untagged block's own
# homilist is St. John Chrysostom (Lectio1 + Lectio2-3 combined, one
# continuous piece); a separate `(sed rubrica tridentina)` variant
# swaps in a different homily by St. Augustine on the same Gospel
# verse -- not used here, per the untagged-block convention.
id: vigil-of-the-assumption
readings:
- nocturn: 2
isGospel: false
source: "St. John Chrysostom, Homily 20 on John, ch. 2 (toward the end)"
text:
la: >-
Cum audíeris mulíerem illam dicéntem: Beátus venter qui te portávit, et
úbera quæ tu suxísti; deínde Dóminum respondéntem: Quinímmo beáti qui
áudiunt verbum Dei et custódiunt illud; ea senténtia dictum exístima, non
quod Matrem neglégeret, sed nihil ei utilitátis matris nomen allatúrum
osténderet, nisi bonitáte et fide præstáret. Quod si Maríæ nihil, sine
virtúte, matérna cáritas erat profutúra; longe minus nobis patris,
fratris, matris, fílii bónitas, nisi áliquid nostrum afferámus.
In nullo namque álio, nisi in solis sui ipsíus virtútibus, post divínam
grátiam, de salúte cuípiam sperándum est. Nam, si id profutúrum erat per
se Maríæ, profuísset étiam Judǽis, quorum consanguíneus Christus secúndum
carnem; profuísset civitáti, in qua natus est; profuísset frátribus.
Atqui, dum fratres rerum suárum curam habuérunt, nihil eis propinquitátis
nomen prófuit, sed cum réliquo mundo damnáti erant.
Tunc autem admiratióni esse cœpérunt, quando própria claruérunt virtúte.
Pátria vero nihil inde consecúta cécidit, et incéndio absúmpta est;
concíves mísere interémpti periére; consanguínei secúndum carnem nil ad
salútem lucráti sunt, deficiénte virtútis patrocínio. Verum Apóstoli ante
omnes claríssimi evasérunt, cum se ad veram et expeténdam ejus
familiaritátem consuetudinémque per obediéntiam contulérunt. Hinc
intellégimus, fide semper nobis opus esse, et vita quæ virtútibus
lúceat: hæc dumtáxat salvos nos fácere póterit.
en: >-
When you give ear to the saying of that woman: Blessed is the womb that
bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked: and to the Lord's reply:
Yea, rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God and keep it:
think not that he made this observation as slighting his Mother, but as
wishing to shew that it would profit her nothing to be called his
Mother, unless she excelled in goodness and faith. Now, if a mother's
love would avail Mary nothing without virtue, much less will it avail us
to be a good father, brother, mother, or son, unless we are good in
ourselves.
For indeed, salvation for anyone, apart from the divine grace, is to be
hoped for in nothing else but his own virtues. For if her kinship in
itself could have profited Mary, it would also have profited the Jews,
for Christ was their kinsman according to the flesh; it would have
profited the city in which he was born; it would have profited his
brethren. Yet as long as his brethren cared only for their own
interests, their relationship to Christ profited them nothing, but they
were condemned with the rest of the world.
Then only did they begin to be worthy of admiration, when they shone by
their own virtue. His native land, indeed, having gained nothing from
its own connection with him, fell and was burnt by fire; his
fellow-citizens were put to death and perished miserably; his kindred
according to the flesh gained nothing towards their salvation; insofar
as all these lacked the protection of virtue. But of them all, the
Apostles became the most renowned, since by obedience they joined
themselves to him in a right and desirable friendship and companionship.
From this we learn, that we always have need of faith, and a life
shining with virtues; since this alone will have power to save us.
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