Add St. Francis de Sales, St. Martina, St. John Bosco (Jan 29-31)

Per direct instruction to import all available sanctoral content regardless of rubric-era markers: these three had real, complete Matins content in the reference engine and were simply never added during the earlier month-by-month sanctoral pulls (no exclusion comment, no placeholder -- just never reached). First of a broader sweep across the whole calendar. New shared Common template: benedictus-antiphon-common-of-a-confessor.yml (Commune/C5's own Ant 1) -- the first common-of-a-confessor saint that needed one; st-alexius.yml (the only prior user of this category) had used a Cistercian-specific alternate instead. npm test (365 tests) and tsc --noEmit both pass. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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 # Read directly from the reference engine (`../divinum-officium-reference`,
 # per memory vu-reference-engine-file-layout, not a live query): untagged/
 # default [Rank] block of `web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/01-29.txt` --
 # "vide C4a;;Duplex;;3;;". Own proper [Oratio]; no [Ant 1] of its own, so
 # the Benedictus antiphon falls back to Common of a Confessor Bishop
 # (C4a), the same family already live-query-verified for
 # common-of-a-confessor-bishop.yml.
 id: st-francis-de-sales
 name: "St. Francis de Sales, Bishop, Confessor and Doctor of the Church"
 rank: duplex
 common: common-of-a-confessor-bishop
 propers: "st-francis-de-sales"
 minorHoursCommon: common-of-a-confessor-bishop
 benedictusCommon: common-of-a-confessor-bishop
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 # Read directly from the reference engine (`../divinum-officium-reference`,
 # per memory vu-reference-engine-file-layout, not a live query): untagged/
 # default [Rank] block of `web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/01-31.txt` --
 # "vide C5;;Duplex;;3;;". Own proper [Oratio]; no [Ant 1] of its own, so
 # the Benedictus antiphon falls back to Common of a Confessor (C5), the
 # same family already live-query-verified for st-alexius.yml.
 id: st-john-bosco
 name: "St. John Bosco, Confessor"
 rank: duplex
 common: common-of-a-confessor
 propers: "st-john-bosco"
 minorHoursCommon: common-of-a-confessor
 benedictusCommon: common-of-a-confessor
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 # Read directly from the reference engine (`../divinum-officium-reference`,
 # per memory vu-reference-engine-file-layout, not a live query): untagged/
 # default [Rank] block of `web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/01-30.txt` --
 # "vide C6;;Semiduplex;;2.2;;". No [Oratio]/[Ant 1] of her own in the
 # source -- both fall back to Common of a Virgin Martyr (C6), the same
 # family already live-query-verified for st-barbara.yml.
 id: st-martina
 name: "St. Martina, Virgin and Martyr"
 rank: semiduplex
 common: common-of-a-virgin-martyr
 propers: null
 collectCommon: collect-c6
 collectName:
  la: ["Martínæ"]
  en: ["Martina"]
 minorHoursCommon: common-of-a-virgin
 benedictusCommon: common-of-a-virgin
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ days:
  "01-26": [st-polycarp]
  "01-27": [st-john-chrysostom]
  "01-28": [st-agnes-secunda]
  "01-29": [st-francis-de-sales]
  "01-30": [st-martina]
  "01-31": [st-john-bosco]
  # February — 2/12 of the pre-1955 pull. Same exclusions as January (pure
  # octave/temporal continuations, fixed Lord/BVM feasts: Purification
  # Feb 2), plus two new ones found this month: the generic, non-saint
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 # Read directly from the reference engine's own source data files:
 # web/www/horas/Latin/Commune/C5.txt ("Commune Confessoris non
 # pontificis") and its English counterpart — matches this project's own
 # `common-of-a-confessor` category label (see collect-c5.yml's own
 # header). First saint to need this Common's own Benedictus antiphon
 # (st-alexius.yml, the only prior `common-of-a-confessor` saint, used a
 # Cistercian-specific alternate for his minor hours instead and had no
 # Benedictus antiphon recorded at all).
 id: benedictus-antiphon-common-of-a-confessor
 text:
  la: "Similábo eum * viro sapiénti, qui ædificávit domum suam supra petram."
  en: "I will liken him unto a wise man, * which built his house upon a rock."
 status:
  la: verified
  en: verified
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 # Read directly from web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/01-29.txt's own [Oratio]
 # and its English counterpart.
 id: st-francis-de-sales-collect
 text:
  la: |
    Orémus.
    Deus, qui ad animárum salútem beátum Francíscum Confessórem tuum atque Pontíficem
    ómnibus ómnia factum esse voluísti: concéde propítius; ut caritátis tuæ dulcédine
    perfúsi, ejus dirigéntibus mónitis ac suffragántibus méritis, ætérna gáudia consequámur.
    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 will that thy Blessed Confessor and Bishop Francis should become all
    things to all men, mercifully grant unto us, that we being filled with the sweetness of
    thy heavenly love, may so take to ourselves his admonitions and be succoured by his
    prayers, that in the end we may with him 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/01-31.txt's own [Oratio]
 # and its English counterpart.
 id: st-john-bosco-collect
 text:
  la: |
    Orémus.
    Deus, qui sanctum Joánnem Confessórem tuum adolescéntium patrem et magístrum excitásti,
    ac per eum, auxiliatríce Vírgine María, novas in Ecclésia tua famílias floréscere
    voluísti: concéde, quǽsumus; ut eódem caritátis igne succénsi, ánimas quǽrere, tibíque
    soli servíre valeámus.
    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 raise up thy blessed Confessor John, to be a father and teacher of
    youth, and didst will that through him, with the help of the Virgin Mary, new families
    should flourish in the Church, grant we pray that enkindled with the same fire of
    charity we may be strong to seek after souls and to serve thee alone.
    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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 # Matins Nocturn 2 reading for St. Francis de Sales, Bishop, Confessor,
 # Doctor of the Church (Jan 29). Sourced directly from
 # web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/01-29.txt, English/Sancti/01-29.txt.
 # Lectio4-6 combined into one reading, one continuous vita, no genuine
 # source break. No Lectio7-9 in the source at all (a 6-lesson, not
 # 9-lesson, office for this feast).
 id: st-francis-de-sales
 readings:
  - nocturn: 2
    isGospel: false
    text:
      la: >-
        Franciscus in oppido Salesio, unde famíliæ cognomen, piis et nobílibus paréntibus
        natus, a téneris annis futuræ sanctitátis indícia præbuit, morum innocéntia et
        gravitáte. Adoléscens liberálibus disciplinis eruditus, mox philosophíæ ac theologíæ
        Parisiis operam dedit; et, ne quid sibi deésset ad animi culturam, juris utriusque
        lauream summa cum laude Patavii obtinuit. In sacra æde Lauretana perpetuæ
        virginitátis votum, quo pridem Parisiis se obstrinxerat, innovávit; a cujus virtútis
        proposito nullis umquam dæmonum fraudibus, nullis sensuum illécebris pótuit
        dimoveri.
        Recusáta in Sabáudiæ senatu amplíssima dignitate, clericali milítiæ nomen dedit. Tum
        sacerdotio initiátus et Genevénsis ecclésiæ præposituram adeptus, ejus muneris
        partes adeo perfecte explevit, ut eum Granerius epíscopus vindicándis ab hæresi
        Calviniana Chaballicensibus aliisque Genevæ finitimis pópulis, divini verbi
        præcónem destinarit. Quam expeditiónem álacri animo suscípiens, asperrima quæque
        perpéssus est, sæpe ab hæréticis conquisítus ad necem, variisque calumniis et
        insídiis vexatus. Sed inter tot discrímina et agones, insuperábilis ejus constántia
        semper enituit; Deique ope protectus, septuagínta duo míllia hæreticórum ad
        catholicam fidem reduxísse dícitur, inter quos multi nobilitate et doctrina
        insignes numerántur.
        Mortuo Granerio, qui eum sibi coadjutórem decerni curáverat, epíscopus consecratus,
        sanctitátis suæ radios circumquaque diffudit, zelo ecclesiásticæ disciplinæ, pacis
        studio, misericórdia in páuperes, omnique virtúte conspicuus. Ad divini cultus
        augméntum novum ordinem sanctimoniálium instituit, a Visitatióne beátæ Vírginis
        nuncupátum, sub regula sancti Augustíni; cui addidit constitutiónes sapiéntia,
        discretióne et suavitáte mirábiles. Suis étiam scriptis cælésti doctrina refertis
        Ecclésiam illustrávit, quibus iter ad christianam perfectiónem tutum et planum
        demonstrat. Annum denique agens quinquagesimum quintum, dum e Gállia Annesium
        regréditur, post Sacrum in die sancti Joánnis Evangelistæ Lugduni celebrátum, gravi
        morbo correptus, sequénti die migrávit in cælum, anno Dómini millesimo sexcentésimo
        vigesimo secundo. Ejus corpus Annesium delátum, in ecclésia moniálium dicti ordinis
        honorifice cónditum fuit, cœpitque statis miraculis claréscere. Quibus rite
        probátis, ab Alexandro septimo Pontifice máximo in Sanctórum númerum relátus est,
        assignáta ejus festivitáti die vigesima nona Januarii; et a summo Pontifice Pio
        nono, ex sacrórum Rituum Congregatiónis consulto, universalis Ecclésiæ Doctor fuit
        declaratus.
      en: >-
        Francis was born of godly and noble parents, in the town of Sales, from which his
        family take their name of de Sales. In his childish years his staid and godly
        demeanour gave promise of his future sanctity. He received a liberal education as he
        grew up, and afterwards studied Philosophy and Theology at Paris. In order to the
        complete furnishing of his mind, he took the degree of Doctor of Laws, both Civil and
        Ecclesiastical, at Padua, with much distinction. He had already bound himself with a
        vow of perpetual virginity at Paris, and he renewed the same in the Holy House of
        Loreto. From this path of virtue, neither the temptations of the devil nor the
        allurements of the world ever induced him to depart.
        He refused to be made Counsellor of the Parliament of Chambery, for which his family
        had obtained for him patents from the Duke of Savoy, and determined to become a
        clergyman. He was appointed to the Provostship of the Church of Geneva, and, being
        shortly afterwards ordained Priest, discharged so admirably the duties of his
        position, that he was sent by Granier, his Bishop, to preach the word of God in
        Chablais, and other places in the outskirts of the diocese, where the inhabitants had
        embraced the heresy of Calvin. He joyfully undertook this mission, in which he
        suffered much, being often hunted by the Protestants to murder him, and assailed by
        many calumnies and plots. Amid all these dangers and struggles his constancy remained
        invincible, and under the blessing and care of God he is said to have recalled
        seventy-two thousand of these heretics to the Faith of Christ's Universal Church,
        among whom were many distinguished by rank and learning.
        After the death of Bishop Granier, who had procured his appointment as Coadjutor, he
        was consecrated Bishop. In that office he was truly a burning and a shining light,
        showing all around a bright example of godliness, zeal for the discipline of the
        Church, ardent love of peace, tenderness to the poor, and, indeed, of all graces. For
        the greater ornament of God's worship he established a new Order of Nuns, which is
        named from the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin. These nuns follow the Rule of St.
        Augustine, but Francis added thereto several additional constitutions distinguished by
        wisdom, prudence, and tenderness. He enlightened the Church by writings full of
        heavenly teaching, and pointing out a safe and simple road to Christian perfection. In
        the 55th year of his age, while on his way from France to Annecy, after saying mass at
        Lyons on the Feast of St. John the Evangelist, he was seized with fatal illness, and on
        the next day passed from earth to heaven, in the year of our Lord 1622. His body was
        carried to Annecy and honourably buried in the Church of the nuns of the Visitation,
        where it soon began to be distinguished for miracles. The truth of these having been
        proved, the Supreme Pontiff, Alexander VII., enrolled his name among those of the
        Saints, and appointed for his Feast-day the 29th of January. And the Supreme Pontiff,
        Pius IX., on the advice of the Congregation of Sacred Rites, declared him a Doctor of
        the Universal Church.
    status: { la: verified, en: verified }
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 # Matins Nocturn 2-3 readings for St. John Bosco, Confessor (Jan 31).
 # Sourced directly from web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/01-31.txt,
 # English/Sancti/01-31.txt.
 #
 # Nocturn 2: Lectio4-6 combined into one reading, one continuous vita.
 # Nocturn 3: Lectio7's Gospel citation (Matt 18:1-5) is a bare incipit
 # ("Et réliqua") with no full pericope text given, so — per the
 # established convention of not transcribing bare incipits — only the
 # homily portion is authored (not marked isGospel), St. John
 # Chrysostom's homily (Lectio7's homily + Lectio8-9 combined, one
 # continuous piece).
 id: st-john-bosco
 readings:
  - nocturn: 2
    isGospel: false
    text:
      la: >-
        Joánnes Bosco, humili loco natus apud Castum Novum in Astensibus atque sanctíssime,
        patre amisso, disciplína materna institútus, mira de se vel a prima ætate
        portendit. Ingenio enim mitis atque ad pietátem pronus, singulari se gerebat
        auctoritate inter æquales, quorum lites dirímere, faciles rixas compónere, turpia
        verba jocosque lascivos compéscere mature cœpit. Tum verbis eos jucundis ad se
        advocare, ludis preces insérere, quæ sacra elóquia in templo audivísset mirábili
        sermónis copia ac dulcédine referre, ad Pœniténtiæ et Eucharistiæ sacraménta rite
        suscipienda puerulos quam primum quamque creberrime inducere sategit. Oris quoque
        decor verecundus, morum suávitas, atque innocentíssimæ vitæ candor ómnium animos ad
        eum pertrahebant. Licet vero, familiáris rei angustia pressus labórum ærumnarúmque
        plenam adolescéntiam égerit, in id tamen unum hílaris ac Deo fidens contendit, ut
        sacerdotio augerétur.
        Voti tandem compos effectus, Cheriensem civitátem primum, ac dein Augustam
        Taurinórum pétiit, quo acrius, beato Josepho Cafasso magistro, et in sciéntia
        sanctórum profíceret et ad sacram morum doctrinam addiscéndam ánimum adjungeret.
        Ibi autem, cum voluntátis inclinatióne tum superno instinctu incitatus, suum in
        adolescéntulos ánimum convértit, ut prima iis christianæ sapiéntiæ traderet
        rudimenta. Quorum cum fieret in dies major numerus, sedem ad eos coadunándos
        stábilem ac firmam, haud sine cælésti afflatu, ásperis et diuturnis difficultátibus
        superatis, in illa urbis parte collocávit, quæ vulgo Valdocco appellátur, in eamque
        rem totus incúbuit. Paulo vero post, Vírgine Deípara auxiliante, quæ ei puérulo per
        visum in somnis futura innúerat, Joánnes Salesianórum Societátem institúere
        decrevit, cujus esset præsertim juveníles ánimas Christo lucrifácere; item novam
        familiam suscépit constituéndam sacrárum vírginum, quæ, ab Auxiliatrice Dei Matre
        nuncupátæ, adolescéntulas dirígerent in vias Dómini; quibus demum pium
        Cooperatórum cœtum adjecit ad Salesianórum ópera studio ac pietáte fovenda. Itaque
        brevi factum est, ut permagnam et christianæ et civíli societáti utilitátem
        afferret.
        Animárum enim studio flagrans, nulli pepércit labori nullique impensæ, ut festórum
        diérum asceteria pro adolescentulis, pupillórum hospitia, pusiónum operariórum
        scholas, ædes púeris alendis, instituéndis, templa Deo longe lateque per orbem
        excitaret. Simul Christi fidem in Subalpinis verbo et exemplo fovére, per totam
        Italiam optimos libros conficiendo, edendo, divulgando tutari, Evangélii præcones
        ad gentes infidéles sæpius mitténdo propagare non desiit. Simplex ac rectus homo
        Dei, ad omne opus bonum instructus, omnígenis virtútibus flóruit, quas incensíssimæ
        caritátis ardor alebat. Mente in Deum constanter erecta ac supernis charismátibus
        cumulátus, nullis sanctíssimus vir, nec minis terreri, nec labóribus fatigari, nec
        curis ópprimi, neque rebus adversis perturbari videbátur. Tria autem pietátis
        offícia suis maxime commendávit: ut quam sæpíssime ad sacram exhomologésim
        sacramque synáxim accederent, ut Mariam Auxiliatricem peramanter cólerent, ut
        Pontifici máximo ceu fílii addictíssimi obsequeréntur. Vitæ cursum, tot tantisque
        opéribus ac labóribus refertum, confecit pridie Kalendas Februarias anno salútis
        millesimo octingentésimo octogesimo octavo, ætátis septuagesimo tertio. Quem
        multis clarum miraculis Pius undecimus, Pontifex maximus, anno millesimo
        nongentésimo vigesimo nono Beatórum, quinquennio post, die solemni Paschæ, décimo
        nono exeunte sæculo a peracta humani generis Redemptióne, géntibus ex orbe
        universo in Urbem confluéntibus, Sanctórum ordínibus adserebat.
      en: >-
        John Bosco, born in the poor town of Castelnuovo d'Asti, and having lost his father
        at the age of two, was raised by his mother in a most saintly manner, and from his
        earliest years gave evidence of an extraordinary future. Docile and pious, he had a
        remarkable influence over those of his own age, whose fights he soon began to settle,
        and whose indecent words and improper jokes he stopped. Then he busied himself with
        drawing them to him by good stories, by including prayers in their games, by
        repeating in an attractive way the complete sermons he had heard in church, and with
        persuading them to receive the sacraments of Penance and of the Holy Eucharist
        without delay and frequently. His unassuming manner, his affability, and his
        innocence drew everyone to him. Although pressed with difficulties at home, and
        forced to work hard in his youth, he ardently desired with trust in God to become a
        priest.
        His wish was fulfilled, and he went first to Chieri, and then to Turin, where under
        the direction of Blessed Joseph Cafasso, he made rapid progress in the science of
        the Saints and in the learning of moral theology. There moved by divine grace and
        personal liking he began to take an interest in the youths, whom he taught the
        rudiments of the Christian religion. Their number increased day by day, and
        notwithstanding great and persistent difficulties, under divine inspiration he made
        a foundation for them in that section of the city called the Valdocco, on which he
        began to spend all his energy. Shortly after, with the help of the Blessed Virgin,
        who in a vision to him when a boy had revealed his future, John founded the Society
        of the Salesians, whose principal purpose was to be the saving of youthful souls for
        Christ. In like manner he founded a new family of nuns, who were called the
        daughters of St. Mary Auxiliatrix, and who would do for poor girls what the
        Salesians were doing for boys. To these he finally attached the Third Order of
        Salesian Cooperators, who by their piety and zeal were to assist in the educational
        work of the Salesians. And so in a short time he made great contributions both to
        the Church and to the State.
        Filled with zeal for souls, he spared himself no labour and no expense to build
        recreational centres for the young, orphanages, schools for working children,
        schools and homes for the training of the young, and churches far and wide
        throughout the world. At the same time he did not stop spreading the Faith
        throughout the Subalpine country by word and by example, and throughout the whole of
        Italy, by writing and editing good books and by distributing the same, and in the
        foreign missions to which he sent numerous preachers. A simple and upright man, bent
        on every good work, he shone with all manner of virtue, which was fostered by his
        intense and ardent charity. With his mind always on God, and showered with heavenly
        gifts, this holy man of God was not disturbed by threats, nor tired by work, nor
        overwhelmed by care, nor upset by adversity. He recommended three works of piety to
        his followers: to receive as frequently as possible the sacraments of Penance and of
        Holy Eucharist, to cultivate a devotion to St. Mary Auxiliatrix, and to be the most
        loyal children of the Sovereign Pontiff. With a life of such accomplishments he died
        on the 31st day of January, 1888. Illustrious for his many miracles, the Supreme
        Pontiff, Pius XI, beatified him in 1929. Five years later, in the nineteenth
        centenary of the anniversary of our redemption, he was canonized among a vast
        gathering come to the Eternal City from every part of the world.
    status: { la: verified, en: verified }
  - nocturn: 3
    isGospel: false
    source: "St. John Chrysostom, Homily 60 on Matthew (on Matt 18:1-5)"
    text:
      la: >-
        Vide quot modis nos inducat Dóminus ad curam vel minórum fratrum? Ne ítaque
        dixeris: Ærarius est ille, aut calceórum sutor, agricola, insípiens, ut ideo
        despícias illum. Ne enim in illud mali íncidas, perpende quot modis te inducat, ut
        modeste agas et eórum curam geras. Puerum in médio státuit et ait: Efficiámini ut
        párvuli: et: Quicúmque suscéperit párvulum talem, me suscipit: et: Qui
        scandalizaverit, extrema patiétur. Si ergo Deus ita gaudet de párvulo qui repertus
        est, cur tu despícias eos quos Deus tam sollicite curat, cum oporteret ánimam ipsam
        tradere pro uno ex párvulis istis? Tanta quippe est Deo cura de anima, ut ne Fílio
        quidem suo pepércerit. Quare, óbsecro, primo dilúculo cum a domo exiérimus, hunc
        unum scopum habeámus et hanc præcipue sollicitúdinem, ut periclitántem eripiámus.
        Non loquor hic de sensibili periculo; hoc enim ne periculum quidem est; sed de
        periculo ánimæ, quod homínibus parat diabolus.
        Improbus, inquis, difficile tolerátur. Atque ideo debes illi amóre jungi, ut eum a
        vítio removeas, ut convértas et ad virtútem redúcas. At non obtemperat, inquis,
        neque consílium admittit. Unde hoc nosti? An exhortátus es et emendare studuísti?
        Hortátus sæpe sum, inquies. Quóties? Sæpius: semel et íterum. Idne sæpius vocas?
        Etiamsi per totam vitam id fecisses, nec deficere, nec desperáre oportebat. Non
        vides quómodo nos Deus semper hortátur per Prophétas, per Apóstolos, per
        Evangelistas? Quid ígitur? Num recte operamur? Num in ómnibus obtemperamus? Minime.
        Num ideo finem fecit admonendi?
        Nihil quippe tam pretiósum est quam ánima: quid enim prodest homini, si mundum
        univérsum lucrétur, ánimæ vero suæ detriméntum patiátur? Verum ómnia pervértit et
        dejécit pecuniárum amor, Deique timórem decussit, sicut tyrannus arcem sic ánimas
        occupans. Idcirco et filiórum et nostram neglígimus salútem. Hinc magna insipiéntia;
        hinc líberi servis vilióres fiunt. Ecquid de servis loquor? Mulum si quis habeat,
        multum curat ut agasónem illi optimum provideat, non ímprobum, non furacem, non
        temuléntum, non artis suæ imperítum: si autem fílio pædagogum dare opus sit, casu et
        sine delectu obvium quemque excipimus; etsi hac arte nulla sit major. Quid par illi
        arti, quæ dirigendæ juvenis menti et índoli incumbit? Qui tali instructus est
        facultate, plus diligéntiæ exhibeat oportet, quam quivis pictor aut statuarius.
      en: >-
        Do ye see in how many ways the Lord leadeth us on to the care of our lesser brethren?
        Therefore do not say: He is only a taxpayer, or a shoemaker, or a farmer, or that he
        is foolish, that ye may in that way look down on him. So that ye will not fall into
        such evil, reflect on how many ways he leadeth you to act humbly and take care of
        them. He placed a child in their midst and said: Become like little children; and:
        Whosoever receiveth one such little child for my sake, receiveth me; and: Who
        causeth one to sin, will suffer the severest penalties. If therefore God so
        rejoiceth over a little one that hath been found, why do ye despise those for whom
        God is so solicitous, when ye should trade your own life for one of those little
        ones? So great indeed is God's care for a soul that he did not spare his own Son.
        Wherefore, I entreat you, the first thing in the morning when we go out of the
        house, let us have in mind this purpose and this concern, to save someone in danger.
        I do not speak here of a visible danger, for this is not danger at all, but of danger
        to the soul, which the devil prepareth for men.
        Ye say it is hard to tolerate the bad. Ye should be joined to him in love, to lead
        him away from vice, to convert him and lead him back to virtue. But he doth not
        follow, say ye, nor taketh he advice. How know ye this? Have ye exhorted him and have
        ye tried to correct him? I have often exhorted, ye will say. How often? Once or
        twice. Do ye call that very often? Even if ye were to do it for your whole life, ye
        should neither stop nor despair. Do ye not see how God always encourageth us through
        the Prophets, through the Apostles, and through the Evangelists? What followeth? Do
        we act right? Do we obey in everything? Not at all. Should there be an end, then, to
        admonishing?
        There is indeed nothing as precious as a soul. For what doth it profit a man if he
        gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his soul? But love of money hath
        destroyed and cast down everything, it hath thrust aside the fear of God, taking
        possession of the soul as a tyrant occupieth a fortress. And so we neglect our own
        salvation and that of our children. Great is that folly, and our children are worse
        than servants. Why do I speak of servants? If ye have a mule, ye take care to give it
        the best groom, one who is not worthless, nor a thief, nor a drunk, and one is not
        inexperienced in his work. If, however, it is necessary to have a preceptor for your
        son, ye take anyone ye may meet by chance and ye give no thought to selection,
        although there is no profession greater than this one. What is equal to that
        profession which is concerned with directing the soul and forming the mind and
        character of the young? He who hath such a task should shew more diligence than any
        painter or sculptor.
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 # Matins Nocturn 2 reading for St. Martina, Virgin, Martyr (Jan 30).
 # Sourced directly from web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/01-30.txt,
 # English/Sancti/01-30.txt. Lectio4-6 combined into one reading, one
 # continuous vita, no genuine source break. No Lectio7-9 in the source
 # at all (a 6-lesson, not 9-lesson, office for this feast).
 id: st-martina
 readings:
  - nocturn: 2
    isGospel: false
    text:
      la: >-
        Martina virgo Romana, patre consulari, illustri genere nata, teneris, adhuc annis
        orbáta paréntibus, christianæ pietátis ardore succensa, divítias, quibus affluebat,
        mira in páuperes liberalitate distríbuit. Sub Alexandro príncipe, cum deos inánes
        cólere juberétur, immane fácinus summa libertáte detestátur. Quapropter íterum
        atque íterum affecta verbéribus, uncis, úngulis férreis, testárum fragmentis
        lacerata, acutíssimis gládiis membratim concisa, ádipe fervénti peruncta, demum in
        amphitheatro damnátur ad bestias; a quibus illǽsa divinitus evadens, in ardentem
        rogum injecta, incólumis pari beneficio servátur.
        Ex ejus tortóribus nonnulli, miraculi novitate correpti, Dei aspirante grátia,
        Christi fidem ampléxi, post cruciátus gloriósam martyrii palmam cápitis abscissióne
        promeruére. Ad ejusdem preces nunc terræmótibus exórtis, nunc ignibus e cælo
        tonante delapsis, deórum templa prostráta sunt et simulacra consumpta. Interdum ex
        vulnéribus lac cum sánguine erupit, splendorque nitidíssimus ac suavíssimus odor e
        corpore emanávit: intérdum sublimis regia in sede divinis laudibus una cum
        cælítibus interesse visa est.
        Hisce prodigiis ejusque in primis constantia, acriter permotus judex, caput Virgini
        amputari præcepit: qua perempta, auditáque de cælo voce, qua ad Súperos
        evocabátur, Urbs tota contrémuit, ac multi idolórum cultores ad Christi fidem
        convérsi sunt. Sacrum Martinæ corpus, sedénte sancto Urbano primo, martyrio
        afféctum, Urbano octavo Pontifice máximo, in pervetusta ejusdem ecclésia, ad
        Mamertinum carcerem, in Capitolini clivi radicibus, cum sanctórum Mártyrum
        Concordii, Epiphanii et Sociórum corpóribus repertum, eodem loco in meliórem formam
        redacto, atque decentius ornato, magno pópuli concursu, totius Urbis lætítia,
        solemni ritu ac pompa repósitum est.
      en: >-
        Martina was a maiden of a most illustrious Roman family, daughter of a Consul. She
        lost her parents while still very young, and, being inflamed with Christian zeal, she
        distributed her wealth, whereof she had abundance, with great profusion among the
        poor. Under the Emperor Alexander, she was commanded to sacrifice to the imaginary
        gods, and refused with much boldness to commit this great wickedness. Upon this she
        was again and again scourged, and mangled with iron prongs and hooks, and pieces of
        broken pottery. Her limbs were cut off piece by piece with sharp swords, and boiling
        tallow poured upon the living trunk. Lastly she was sent to be eaten publicly by the
        wild beasts in the amphitheatre, but by the will of God they would not touch her, and
        she was then thrown upon a burning pile, but still remained alive.
        Some of her tormentors were so moved by the spectacle, that they repented, and, by
        the grace of God confessing the faith of Christ, through which she remained constant,
        were themselves tortured and beheaded. Martina herself lay praying, with a brightness
        on her face, while a matter like milk oozed from her body along with the blood,
        emitting a soft, sweet smell. She was as it were unconscious of an earthquake and
        most violent thunderstorm which arose and was raging, and while the lightning struck
        temples, and melted statues, she seemed in spirit rather to be seated above on a
        queenly throne, praising God in heaven among the Blessed.
        The judge being infuriated at what had taken place, and chiefly at her unbending
        firmness, ordered the head of the martyr to be cut off. At the moment this was done,
        a peal which shook the city was heard, like a voice calling her home, and so great was
        the consternation, that it was made the means of conversion to many idolaters. The
        holy body of Martina wherein she had suffered in the Pontificate of Urban I. was
        discovered in the time of Urban VIII., in the very old Church called after her,
        situated at the foot of the Capitoline Hill, near the Mamertine Prison, along with the
        bodies of the holy martyrs Concordius, Epiphanius, and others. The Church was then
        altered and restored and handsomely decorated, and then the body was replaced in it,
        amid public rejoicings, with a solemn ceremony and procession.
    status: { la: verified, en: verified }