St. Charles Borromeo (11-04), the Octave Day of All Saints (11-08, own real Cyprian/Augustine Nocturn 2-3 content, collect reused from All Saints via cross-id propers), St. Albert the Great (11-15), St. Gertrude (11-16), St. Felix of Valois (11-20). All Souls' Day (11-02) deliberately skipped -- a Requiem office, not a normal saint's office, a genuine mechanism gap. Several new fixed-date Duplex+ saints displaced existing test fixtures that had assumed particular dates were clean/ferial/ plain-Sunday: prime.test.ts's MONDAY constant, weekday.test.ts's clean-Sunday case, and day-label.test.ts's post-Epiphany-overflow and open-octave-day cases. Fixed by finding genuinely clean alternate dates/years, never by weakening assertions. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# [Oratio] and its English counterpart. Doxology "$Per Dominum"
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id: st-albert-the-great-collect
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text:
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Orémus.
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Deus, qui beátum Albértum Pontíficem tuum atque Doctórem in humána
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sapiéntia divínæ fídei subiciénda magnum effecísti: da nobis,
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quǽsumus; ita ejus magistérii inhærére vestígiis, ut luce perfécta
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fruámur in cælis.
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Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum, Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit et
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regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
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℟. Amen.
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en: |
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Let us pray.
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O God, Who made blessed Albert, thy Bishop and Doctor, eminent in
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the submission of human wisdom to divine faith, grant us, we
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beseech thee, so to follow the path of his teaching, that we may
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enjoy perfect light in heaven.
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Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with
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thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
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℟. Amen.
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# Read directly from web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/11-04.txt's own
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# [Oratio] and its English counterpart. Doxology "$Per Dominum"
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# spelled out per the convention in st-bibiana-collect.yml.
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id: st-charles-borromeo-collect
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text:
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la: |
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Orémus.
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Da, quǽsumus, Ecclésiæ tuæ, omnípotens Deus: ut sanctum Cárolum,
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Confessórem tuum atque Pontíficem, et vigilántem custódem habére
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mereátur, et pium sédulæ sollicitúdinis intercessórem.
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Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum, Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit et
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regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
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℟. Amen.
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en: |
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Let us pray.
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Grant, we beseech thee, almighty God, unto thy Church, that she may
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have thy holy Confessor and Bishop Charles both for a watchful
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guardian upon earth, and a loving intercessor of pleading
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faithfulness before thee.
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Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with
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thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
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℟. Amen.
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status:
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la: verified
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en: verified
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# Read directly from web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/11-20.txt's own
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# [Oratio] and its English counterpart. Doxology "$Per Dominum"
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# spelled out per the convention in st-bibiana-collect.yml.
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id: st-felix-of-valois-collect
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text:
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Orémus.
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Deus, qui beátum Felícem Confessórem tuum ex erémo ad munus
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rediméndi captívos cǽlitus vocáre dignátus es: præsta, quǽsumus; ut
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per grátiam tuam ex peccatórum nostrórum captivitáte, ejus
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intercessióne, liberáti, ad cæléstem pátriam perducámur.
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Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum, Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit et
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regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
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℟. Amen.
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en: |
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Let us pray.
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O God, Who by a sign from heaven didst call thy blessed Confessor
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Felix out of the desert to become a redeemer of bondsmen, grant, we
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beseech thee, unto his prayers, that thy grace may deliver us from
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the bondage of sin, and bring us home unto our very fatherland,
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which is in heaven.
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Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with
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thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
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℟. Amen.
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status:
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la: verified
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en: verified
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# Read directly from web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/11-16.txt's own
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# [Oratio] and its English counterpart. Doxology "$Per Dominum"
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# spelled out per the convention in st-bibiana-collect.yml.
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id: st-gertrude-collect
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text:
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la: |
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Orémus.
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Deus, qui in corde beátæ Gertrúdis Vírginis jucúndam tibi mansiónem
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præparásti: ipsíus méritis et intercessióne; cordis nostri máculas
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cleménter abstérge, et ejúsdem tríbue gaudére consórtio.
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Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum, Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit et
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regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
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℟. Amen.
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en: |
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Let us pray.
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O God, Who didst make unto thyself a pleasant dwelling-place in the
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heart of thy blessed hand-maiden Gertrude, be Thou entreated for the
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same thy servant's sake, and by her prayers, to purge away in thy
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mercy all defilement from our hearts, and to grant us one day to
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rejoice with her in thy presence.
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Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with
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thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
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℟. Amen.
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status:
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la: verified
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en: verified
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# Matins Nocturn 2-3 readings for the Octave Day of All Saints (Nov
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# 8). Sourced directly from web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/11-08.txt,
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# English/Sancti/11-08.txt. Nocturn 2: Lectio4-6, St. Cyprian's "De
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# mortalitate" (in fine), combined into one reading. Nocturn 3: the
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# Gospel citation (Matt 5:1-12) ends "Et réliqua"/"And so on" with no
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# full pericope given -- per the bare-incipit convention, only the
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# homily (Lectio7-8, St. Augustine) is authored, isGospel: false, no
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# citation field.
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id: octave-of-all-saints
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readings:
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- nocturn: 2
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isGospel: false
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source: "St. Cyprian, De mortalitate (in fine)"
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text:
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la: >-
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Considerandum est, fratres dilectissimi, et identidem
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cogitandum, renuntiasse nos mundo, et tamquam hospites et
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peregrinos hic interim degere. Amplectamur diem, qui assignat
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singulos domicilio suo, qui nos istinc ereptos, et laqueis
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sæcularibus exsolutos, paradiso restituit, et regno cælesti.
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Quis non peregre constitutus properaret in patriam regredi?
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Quis non ad suos navigare festinans, ventum prosperum cupidius
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optaret, ut velociter caros liceret amplecti?
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Patriam nostram paradisum computamus, parentes Patriarchas
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habere jam cæpimus: quid non properamus et currimus, ut
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patriam nostram videre, ut parentes salutare possimus? Magnus
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illic nos carorum numerus exspectat, parentum, fratrum,
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filiorum frequens nos et copiosa turba desiderat, jam de sua
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immortalitate secura, et adhuc de nostra salute sollicita. Ad
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horum conspectum et complexum venire, quanta et illis et
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nobis in commune lætitia est! Qualis illic cælestium regnorum
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voluptas sine timore moriendi, et cum æternitate vivendi! Quam
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summa et perpetua felicitas!
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Illic Apostolorum gloriosus chorus, illic Prophetarum
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exsultantium numerus, illic Mártyrum innumerabilis populus,
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ob certaminis et passionis victoria coronatus. Triumphantes
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illic Virgines, quæ concupiscentiam carnis et corporis
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continentiæ robore subegerunt. Remunerati misericordes, qui
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alimentis et largitionibus pauperum justitiæ opera fecerunt,
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qui Dominica præcepta servantes ad cælestes thesauros terrena
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patrimonia transtulerunt. Ad hos, fratres dilectissimi avida
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cupiditate properemus, et cum his cito esse, ut cito ad
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Christum venire contingat, optemus.
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en: >-
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Dearly beloved brethren, we should keep well in our mind and
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thoughts that we are living here meanwhile as strangers and
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pilgrims. Let us hail that day which will see us each at home
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in one of the many mansions, which will see us delivered
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hence, and disentangled from the nets and snares of things
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temporal, and put us back into the Garden of Eden, and into
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the kingdom of heaven. Is there any in a far country but is
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quick to make his way to his Fatherland? Was ever any in haste
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to make his voyage homeward, but longed for a fair wind, that
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he might the sooner embrace his loved ones?
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We reckon Paradise to be our home; already we begin to have
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the Patriarchs for our kinsmen. Why should we not make haste
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and run, to see our home, and to greet our kinsfolk? There are
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a great many of those we love waiting for us there father,
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and mother, and brothers, and children, there in great company
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they await us, they who are sure now never to die any more,
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but not yet sure of us. O, when we come to see them and to
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embrace them, what gladness will it be both for us and for
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them! O, what will be the brightness of life in that heavenly
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kingdom where there is no more fear of death, but the
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certainty of living everlastingly! O, what consummated, O,
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what enduring happiness?
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There is the glorious company of the Apostles, there is the
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jubilant fellowship of the Prophets, there is the countless
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army of Martyrs crowned for victory in strife and in
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suffering. There triumph the virgins who by noble
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self-control have tamed the desires of the flesh and of the
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body. There are repaid with mercy the merciful, who by
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feeding and gifting the needy, have wrought righteousness,
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have kept the commandments of the Lord, and have exchanged
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heritages upon earth for treasures in heaven. Thitherward,
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dearly beloved brethren, let us eagerly run, with such as
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these soon to be, unto Christ soon to come, let us be fain.
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status: { la: verified, en: verified }
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- nocturn: 3
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isGospel: false
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source: "St. Augustine, Bk. i. on the Lord's Sermon (Matt 5:1-12)"
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text:
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la: >-
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Beati eritis, inquit, cum vobis maledicent, et persequentur
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vos, et dicent omne malum adversum vos mentientes, propter me:
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gaudete et exsultate, quoniam merces vestra multa est in
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cælis. Animadvertat quisquis delicias hujus sæculi, et
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facultates rerum temporalium quærit in nomine christiano,
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intrinsecus esse beatitudinem nostram, sicut de anima
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ecclesiastica ore prophetico dicitur: Omnis gloria ejus filiæ
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regis ab intus. Nam extrinsecus maledicta, et persecutiones,
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et detractiones promittuntur de quibus tamen magna merces est
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in cælis, quæ sentitur in corde patientium, eorum qui jam
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possunt dicere: Gloriamur in tribulationibus: scientes quod
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tribulatio patientiam operatur, patientia autem probationem,
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probatio vero spem, spes autem non confundit: quia caritas Dei
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diffúsa est in cordibus nostris per Spiritum sanctum, qui
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datus est nobis.
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Non enim ista perpeti fructuosum est, sed ista pro Christi
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nomine non solum æquo animo, sed étiam cum exsultatione
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tolerare. Nam multi hæretici nomine christiano animas
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decipientes, multa talia patiuntur: sed ideo excluduntur ab
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ista mercede, quia non dictum est tantum: Beati qui
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persecutionem patiuntur, sed additum est: Propter justitiam.
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Ubi autem sana fides non est, non potest esse justitia: quia
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justus ex fide vivit. Neque schismatici aliquid sibi ex ista
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mercede promittant: quia similiter, ubi caritas non est, non
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potest esse justitia. Dilectio enim proximi malum non operatur:
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quam si haberent, non dilaniarent corpus Christi, quod est
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Ecclesia.
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en: >-
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Blessed are ye, saith the Lord, when men shall revile you, and
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persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you
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falsely, for My sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad for great
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is your reward in heaven. If any be seeking under the name of
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a Christian the pleasures of this world and the possession of
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temporal goods, let him bethink him that our blessedness is
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inward, even as the mouth of the Prophet saith concerning the
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soul of the Church The King's daughter is all glorious within.
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(Ps. xliv. 15.) Without, she is reviled, and persecution and
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evil report are her promised portion. And yet for these very
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things, great is her reward in heaven, as indeed is felt in
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the hearts of the sufferers, at least of such as are able
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already to say But we glory in tribulations also; knowing that
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tribulation worketh patience; and patience, experience; and
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experience, hope; and hope maketh not ashamed; because the
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love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost,
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Which is given unto us. ~(Rom. v. 3-5.)
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To suffer such things is not in itself fruitful; what is
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fruitful, is to bear them for Christ's Name's sake not calmly
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only but gladly. There are a great many heretics who mislead
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souls under the name of Christians, and they suffer such
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things plentifully, but they are cut out from the reward, for
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it is not said only Blessed are they which are persecuted, but
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Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake.
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Where there is not sound faith there cannot be righteousness,
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for the just shall live by faith. (Heb. x. 38.) Neither let
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schismatics promise themselves any of that reward, for as
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righteousness cannot exist where there is no faith, so neither
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can it exist where there is no love. And schismatics have no
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love, for love worketh no ill to his neighbour, (Rom. xiii.
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10,) and if they had it, they would not tear the Body of
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Christ, which is the Church.
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# Matins Nocturn 2 reading for St. Albert the Great (Nov 15). Sourced
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# directly from web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/11-15.txt,
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# English/Sancti/11-15.txt. Lectio4-6 combined into one reading, one
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# continuous vita. No [Lectio7] in the source -- no own Nocturn 3.
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id: st-albert-the-great
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readings:
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- nocturn: 2
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isGospel: false
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text:
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la: >-
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Albertus, ob singularem doctrinam cognomento Magnus,
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Lauíngiæ ad Danubium, in Suevia, natus, a púero diligenter
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institútus est. Studiórum causa e pátria discédens, dum
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Patavii morarétur, hortante beato Jordano, generali Magistro
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Ordinis Prædicatórum, Dominicianæ famíliæ, frustra obsisténte
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avunculo, adscribi postulávit. Inter fratres adlectus, in
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ómnibus Deo deditus, religiosa observántia et pietáte enituit,
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filiali ac tenerrima in beátam Mariam Vírginem devotióne
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flagrans. Totam vitæ formam, oratióne studium præveniendo,
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ita dispósuit, ut apostolicam religiónem proféssus, ad
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prædicatiónem verbi Dei et animárum salútem procurandam
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idoneus evaderet administer. Mox ad stúdia explenda Colóniam
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Agrippinam missus, ita profecit, ut omnes fere sæculares
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sciéntias diligentíssime præ ómnibus suis coævis
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investigaverit atque auxerit; et de divinæ legis fonte,
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testante Alexandro quarto, adeo salutifera fluéntia doctrinæ
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potávit, ut ejusdem in suo péctore vigéret plenitudo.
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Ut scientiárum thesáuris alios ditaret, lector Hildeshémii,
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deinceps Friburgi, Ratisbonæ et Argentinæ constitútus est.
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Omnium in se admiratiónem convértens, cum in Parisiénsi
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inclyta universitáte sacræ facultáti docéndo decus adderet,
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magister theologíæ renunciátus est. Doctrinis gentílium
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philosophórum ad rectæ ratiónis dictámina revocatis, eárum
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cum fide cohæréntiam clarius commonstrávit. De divinórum
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intelléctu mira expósuit. Quantum vero univérsas disciplínas,
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præsertim sacras, férvido ingenio atque indefesso studio
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provexerit, plurima ejus scripta in omni fere scientiárum
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génere aperte declarant. Ut studio generali sui Ordinis
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præesset, Colóniam reversus est, eo successu ut ejus in
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scholis auctoritas et doctrinæ fama magis magisque vigúerit.
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Thomam de Aquino discipulum diléctum hábuit, cujus altitúdinem
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mentis ipse primus perspéxit ac prædicávit. Erga Sacrosanctum
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altaris Sacraméntum piíssimo ferebátur afféctu, deque eo
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præclára conscripsit; rei quoque mysticæ ánimis instituéndis
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vias ampliores parávit, adeo ut frúgifer tanti magistri zelus
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quam late in Ecclésia patúerit.
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Tot inter gravíssima munia, religiosæ vitæ exemplis
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præfulgens, a frátribus Prior Teutoníæ provinciæ eléctus est.
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Anágniam vocatus, Gulielmum, Ordines mendicántes ímpio ausu
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impetentem, coram summo Pontifice Alexandro quarto rétudit,
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qui Episcopum Ratisbonensem eum póstea constítuit. Curæ sui
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gregis Albertus se totum impendit, morum humilitate ac
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paupertátis amóre studiosíssime reténtis. Dimisso officio,
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ad episcopalis tamen ordinis labóres promptus atque álacer
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per Germaniam et finítimas regiónes spiritualia ministrávit.
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Consília requiréntibus quam recta ac salutifera sollicite
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præbebat, et in sedandis discordiis tam prudentem se
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osténdit, ut eum non solum Colónia pacis conciliatórem
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noverit, verum étiam ad díssitas regiónes Præláti ac viri
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príncipes árbitrum componéndis dissidiis eum sæpe
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advocáverint. A sancto Ludovíco, Francórum rege, relíquiis
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Christi Passiónis, quam devotíssime Albertus colebat, donatus
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est. In altero Concílio Lugdunénsi negotia gravióra peregit.
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Tandem, senio consumptus, docére déstitit. Contemplatióni
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exínde intentus, in gáudium Dómini sui intrávit anno
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millesimo ducentésimo octogésimo. Sacros honores in
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diœcesibus plúribus atque in Ordine Prædicatórum ei,
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Romanórum Pontificum auctoritate, jam antea tributos, Pius
|
||||
Papa undecimus cumulans, sancti Alberti Magni festum, addito
|
||||
Doctoris titulo, Sacrórum Rituum Congregatiónis votum
|
||||
libentíssime excípiens, ad Ecclésiam universam exténdit; et
|
||||
eum Pius duodecimus cultórum scientiárum naturalium cælestem
|
||||
apud Deum Patronum constítuit.
|
||||
en: >-
|
||||
Albert, called the Great, because of his extraordinary
|
||||
learning, was born in Swabia, at Lauingen on the Danube, and
|
||||
very carefully educated from boyhood. To further his higher
|
||||
studies he left his native country and went to Padua. At the
|
||||
urging of blessed Jordan, Master General of the Order of
|
||||
Preachers, he asked admission into the family of the
|
||||
Dominicans, in spite of the futile protests of his uncle.
|
||||
After his election to membership among the brethren, Albert
|
||||
was dedicated in all things to God, and was conspicuous for
|
||||
his piety, his strict observance of the rule, and especially
|
||||
for his tender and filial devotion to the Blessed Virgin
|
||||
Mary. Always before study he spent some time in prayer. After
|
||||
his profession of apostolic religion, he so regulated his
|
||||
schedule of life that he became an accomplished preacher of
|
||||
the word of God and an efficient instrument for the salvation
|
||||
of souls. Soon the Order sent Albert to complete his studies
|
||||
at Cologne, where he made such progress in every branch of
|
||||
secular science that he surpassed all his contemporaries in
|
||||
scholarship and achievement. In the meantime, as Alexander IV
|
||||
testifieth, he drank so deeply of the health-giving waters of
|
||||
doctrine, sprung forth from the fountain of the divine law,
|
||||
that his soul was flooded with their abundance.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
That others might share the rich treasure of his learning,
|
||||
Albert was appointed professor at Hildesheim, then Freiburg,
|
||||
Ratisbon and Strasbourg successively. He became the marvel of
|
||||
all. During the period when he taught sacred theology in the
|
||||
famous University of Paris, he became world-famous, and
|
||||
received the degree of Master of Theology. Examining the
|
||||
teachings of pagan philosophers in the light of sound reason,
|
||||
he demonstrated clearly that they were in fundamental accord
|
||||
with the tenets of the faith. He expounded most brilliantly
|
||||
the thesis on the extent of the power of human understanding
|
||||
to comprehend divine mysteries. How great was his genius, how
|
||||
brilliant his intellect, how zealously he applied himself to
|
||||
study until he had become learned in every branch of
|
||||
scholarship, especially sacred theology, is best shown by his
|
||||
numerous writings. These encompass every known subject. Albert
|
||||
returned to Cologne to become president of the university
|
||||
conducted by his Order. He was so successful that he became
|
||||
ever more widely acknowledged as an authority by the schools;
|
||||
his reputation for learning increased. Among his pupils was
|
||||
his beloved Thomas Aquinas. Albert was first to recognize and
|
||||
acclaim the greatness of that intellect. He had a deep
|
||||
devotion towards the Blessed Sacrament of the Altar and
|
||||
composed some magnificent works upon it. He also pointed out
|
||||
wider fields for the study of the mystical things of the
|
||||
soul. He succeeded so well that the zeal of this great master
|
||||
spread far and wide in the Church.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
Amid so many very important duties Albert shone as an
|
||||
exemplar of the religious life. His brethren, therefore,
|
||||
selected him to be prior of the German province. He was
|
||||
summoned to Anagni, in the presence of the Supreme Pontiff,
|
||||
Alexander IV to refute that William who had been impiously
|
||||
and arrogantly attacking the mendicant orders. Soon after
|
||||
this the Pope appointed Albert Bishop of Ratisbon. As Bishop,
|
||||
Albert devoted himself almost entirely to the care of his
|
||||
flock. Yet he retained meticulously his humility and love of
|
||||
poverty. Up to the time he resigned his see, Albert was
|
||||
prompt and energetic in fulfilling the duties of his
|
||||
episcopal office. He ministered to the spiritual needs of
|
||||
souls throughout Germany and the neighbouring provinces. He
|
||||
was careful that the advice he gave to those who sought his
|
||||
counsels was wise and salutary. So prudent was he in settling
|
||||
disputes that at Cologne he was called the peacemaker. From
|
||||
far distant places, prelates and princes invited him to act
|
||||
as an arbiter to resolve differences. Saint Louis, King of
|
||||
France, presented him with some relics of the sacred Passion
|
||||
of Christ, and Albert cherished them devoutly all his days.
|
||||
In the second Council of Lyons he was instruméntal in
|
||||
bringing to a successful conclusion several weighty matters.
|
||||
He taught until he was worn out with age. His last days were
|
||||
spent in holy contemplation. In the year 1280 he entered into
|
||||
the joy of his Lord. By the authority of the Roman Pontiffs,
|
||||
the honours of the altar had long since been conferred upon
|
||||
Albert in many dioceses and in the Order of Preachers, when
|
||||
Pius XI, gladly accepting the recommendations of the
|
||||
Congregation of Sacred Rites, extended his Feast to the
|
||||
universal Church, and conferred upon the title of Doctor.
|
||||
Pope Pius XII appointed him the heavenly patron with God of
|
||||
all those who study the natural sciences.
|
||||
status: { la: verified, en: verified }
|
||||
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|
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# Matins Nocturn 2 reading for St. Charles Borromeo (Nov 4). Sourced
|
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# directly from web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/11-04.txt,
|
||||
# English/Sancti/11-04.txt. Lectio4-6 combined into one reading, one
|
||||
# continuous vita. No [Lectio7] in the source -- no own Nocturn 3.
|
||||
id: st-charles-borromeo
|
||||
readings:
|
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- nocturn: 2
|
||||
isGospel: false
|
||||
text:
|
||||
la: >-
|
||||
Cárolus, Mediolani nobili Borromæórum família natus, quanta
|
||||
futurus esset sanctitáte conspicuus, divina lux super
|
||||
pariéntis matris cubiculum noctu coruscans præsignávit. A
|
||||
puerítia clericali milítiæ adscriptus, abbatía postmodum
|
||||
insignítus, patrem admonuit ne réditus in rem familiarem
|
||||
converteréntur; quorum ipse nactus administratiónem, quidquid
|
||||
supérerat, expendebat in páuperes. Adoléscens liberálibus
|
||||
disciplinis Papíæ operam dedit. Castitátem adeo coluit, ut
|
||||
impudícas étiam mulieres, ad labefactándam ejus pudicítiam
|
||||
pluries immissas, invicta constántia fugaverit. Vigesimum
|
||||
tertium ætátis annum agens, a Pio quarto ejus avunculo in
|
||||
sacrum cardinalium collegium cooptatus, insígni pietátis ac
|
||||
virtútum ómnium splendore præluxit. Mox ab eodem Mediolanénsis
|
||||
archiepíscopus creatus, in eo plurimam operam adhibuit, ut,
|
||||
juxta sacrosanctum Tridentinum concílium, quod ejus potíssimum
|
||||
sollicitúdine jam tum fuerat absolutum, ecclésiam sibi
|
||||
commissam compóneret; atque, ut depravatos plebis suæ mores
|
||||
reformaret, præter iteratam sæpius synodórum celebratiónem,
|
||||
seípsum exímiæ sanctitátis præbuit exemplar. In profligandis
|
||||
hæreticis e partibus Rhætórum et Helvetiórum, quorum plurimos
|
||||
ad christianam fidem convértit, maxime laborávit.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
Hujus viri caritas præcipue enituit, cum, Uritano principatu
|
||||
véndito, prétium univérsum, ad quadragínta aureórum millia,
|
||||
una die in páuperes erogávit. Nec minore pietáte viginti
|
||||
millia, quæ sibi fúerant legata, distríbuit. Ecclesiásticos
|
||||
proventus, quibus ab avunculo copiose fuerat cumulátus,
|
||||
dimísit, nonnullis retentis, quibus ad proprios usus et
|
||||
egenórum necessitates utebátur. Quo témpore pestis Mediolani
|
||||
grassabátur, domesticam supellectilem, ne relícto sibi
|
||||
lectulo, in eosdem alendos cóntulit, super nuda in pósterum
|
||||
tábula decumbens; eoque morbo laborántes sédulo invisens,
|
||||
paterno reficiebat afféctu, et Ecclésiæ sacraménta propriis
|
||||
ipse mánibus administrans, mirum in modum solabátur.
|
||||
Humillimis interim precibus reconciliator accédens, publica
|
||||
supplicatióne indicta, fune sibi ad collum alligato, nudis
|
||||
pédibus étiam offendiculo cruentátis, crucem bájulans,
|
||||
semetípsum pro peccátis pópuli hóstiam offerens, divinam
|
||||
indignatiónem avértere satagebat. Ecclesiásticæ libertátis
|
||||
fuit acerrimus propugnator. Disciplinæ vero restituéndæ
|
||||
sollícitus, a seditiosis, dum oratióni insísteret, torménti
|
||||
bellici laxáta rota, igneo glóbulo percússus, divina virtúte
|
||||
servátur illæsus.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
Abstinéntia fuit admirábili; jejunábat sæpíssime, pane tantum
|
||||
et aqua, solis quandoque lupínis contentus. Nocturnis
|
||||
vigiliis, asperrimo cilício, assiduis flagellis corpus
|
||||
domábat. Humilitátis ac mansuetúdinis studiosíssimus fuit.
|
||||
Oratiónem ac verbi Dei prædicatiónem, gravíssimis licet curis
|
||||
occupatus, numquam intermisit. Multas ecclésias, monasteria,
|
||||
collegia ædificávit. Plura scripsit, ad episcopórum præsertim
|
||||
instructiónem utilíssima; cujus étiam ópera parochórum
|
||||
catechismus pródiit. Demum, in solitúdinem Varalli montis, ubi
|
||||
scultpis imagínibus Dominicæ passiónis mysteria ad vivum
|
||||
repræsentántur, secessit; ibique, diébus aliquot voluntária
|
||||
castigatióne asperam, sed Christi dolórum meditatiónibus
|
||||
suavem vitam ducens, in febrim íncidit. Mediolanum reversus,
|
||||
ingravescénte morbo, cínere ac cilício coopertus, et óculis in
|
||||
Crucifixi imáginem defixis, migrávit in cælum, ætátis anno
|
||||
quadragesimo séptimo, Dómini vero millesimo quingentésimo
|
||||
octogesimo quarto, tertio Nonas Novembris. Quem, miraculis
|
||||
clarum, Paulus quintus Pontifex maximus in Sanctórum númerum
|
||||
retulit.
|
||||
en: >-
|
||||
Charles, of the noble family of Borromeo, was born (on the 2nd
|
||||
day of October, in the year of our Lord 1538,) at (the Castle
|
||||
of Arona, fourteen miles from) Milan. In foretoken of his holy
|
||||
life, God caused a bright light to shine by night over the
|
||||
chamber where his mother lay in travail. As soon as his age
|
||||
would allow him, he received the tonsure. When he was twelve
|
||||
years old, he was made Abbot (of the rich Benedictine Abbey of
|
||||
St. Gratinian and St. Felin,) but reminded his father that the
|
||||
revenues thereof were not to be used as mere family property.
|
||||
His father, to whom the administration of these revenues fell
|
||||
during his son's non-age, still gave them forthwith over to
|
||||
him, and whatever was left over, he gave to the poor. While he
|
||||
was young he studied letters at Pavia. He kept his purity
|
||||
thoroughly, so that he scared away the unclean women, of whom
|
||||
many were set upon him, to overthrow his self-control. In the
|
||||
twenty-third year of his age, his uncle Pius IV. made him a
|
||||
Cardinal, in which dignity he was a burning and shining light
|
||||
of godliness and all graces before the whole of the Sacred
|
||||
College. About forty days afterwards the same Pope created him
|
||||
Archbishop of Milan. As such it was his great desire to order
|
||||
the Church committed to his charge in accordance with the
|
||||
requirements of the most holy Council of Trent, which was in
|
||||
great part by his labours brought to a conclusion. To raise up
|
||||
the degraded lives of the people, he oftentimes held Synods,
|
||||
but himself set an example of deep godliness. He worked
|
||||
earnestly to purge the parts about the Alps and borders of
|
||||
Switzerland of heresy, and brought many of the heretics to the
|
||||
Christian faith.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
Charity was the brightest mark of his life. His principality
|
||||
of Oria, (in the kingdom of Naples,) he sold for forty
|
||||
thousand crowns, and gave the whole sum to the poor in one
|
||||
day. Twenty thousand crowns being left him as a legacy (by
|
||||
Virginia, widow of Count Frederick Borromeo,) he gave the
|
||||
whole to the poor. The incomes of the benefices wherewith he
|
||||
had been loaded by his uncle, he spent upon the needs of the
|
||||
poor, except what he used for himself. When the plague
|
||||
grievously raged in Milan, he gave up to the sick poor the
|
||||
furniture of his own house, even to his own bedding, and
|
||||
thenceforward slept upon the boards. He constantly visited the
|
||||
sick, cheered them by his fatherly kindness, and wonderfully
|
||||
comforted them, ministering to them with his own hands the
|
||||
Sacraments of the Church. At the same time he drew near to
|
||||
plead for them with God in lowly entreaty, and ordered a
|
||||
public Procession wherein he walked himself carrying a Cross,
|
||||
with a rope halter round his neck, and his bare feet bleeding
|
||||
from the stones, and fain to turn away the Divine anger by
|
||||
offering himself as a scapegoat for the sins of his people. He
|
||||
was a stout defender of the freedom of the Church. But in the
|
||||
Church he was an earnest reformer of discipline, and once,
|
||||
when he was engaged in prayer, (the paid agent of) some
|
||||
conspirators took a shot at him with a blunderbuss, but,
|
||||
though the ball struck him, the power of God kept him
|
||||
unharmed.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
He was remarkable for his abstinence. He very often fasted
|
||||
upon nothing but bread and water, and sometimes nothing but
|
||||
lupines. He tamed his body by depriving himself of sleep, by
|
||||
very rough haircloth, and by constant scourging. He was an
|
||||
earnest practiser of lowliness and meekness. However much he
|
||||
was taken up with business, he never gave himself relaxation
|
||||
from prayer and from preaching the word of God. He built many
|
||||
Churches, convents, and schools. He wrote much matter, useful
|
||||
more especially for the good of Bishops. The publication of
|
||||
the Parish Priests' Catechism was due to his care. In October,
|
||||
1584, he withdrew himself, for the purpose of making a
|
||||
retreat, to (what is called) the Sacro Monte of Varallo, an
|
||||
hill whereon (many sacred subjects and especially) the
|
||||
incidents of the Lord's sufferings are represented in
|
||||
life-size groups of coloured figures. (On Oct. 24) he was
|
||||
taken ill of a (tertian) ague, ~(but concealed it,) and lived
|
||||
there for some days a life of torture by voluntary suffering,
|
||||
but of sweetness by thoughts of Christ's woes. After his
|
||||
return to Milan, (which he reached in a litter upon All Souls'
|
||||
Day,) his sickness became hopeless, and early in the night
|
||||
between the (3rd and) 4th days of November, in the 47th year
|
||||
of his own age, and in that of our Lord 1584, covered with
|
||||
ashes and sackcloth, and with his eyes fixed upon the image of
|
||||
Christ crucified, he exchanged earth for heaven. He was famous
|
||||
for miracles, and Pope Paul V. numbered him among the Saints.
|
||||
status: { la: verified, en: verified }
|
||||
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|
||||
# Matins Nocturn 2 reading for St. Felix of Valois (Nov 20). Sourced
|
||||
# directly from web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/11-20.txt,
|
||||
# English/Sancti/11-20.txt. Lectio4-6 combined into one reading, one
|
||||
# continuous vita. [Lectio7]-[Lectio9] are bare `@Commune/C5:LectioN
|
||||
# in 2 loco` cross-references -- not transcribed.
|
||||
id: st-felix-of-valois
|
||||
readings:
|
||||
- nocturn: 2
|
||||
isGospel: false
|
||||
text:
|
||||
la: >-
|
||||
Felix, Hugo ántea dictus, ex regali Valesiórum família ortus
|
||||
in Gállia, ab ineunte ætate non lévia dedit futuræ sanctitátis
|
||||
indicia, præsertim misericórdiæ erga páuperes. Nam, adhuc
|
||||
infantulus, manu propria, ac si grandior esset et judícii
|
||||
maturitáte polleret, nummos egenis distríbuit; jam
|
||||
grandiúsculus, solebat ex appositis in mensa dápibus ad
|
||||
ipsos mittere, et ferme eo, quod sapidius erat, obsonio
|
||||
paupérculos púeros recreábat; adoléscens, non semel vestibus
|
||||
se expoliávit, ut inopes cooperíret. Ab avunculo Theobaldo,
|
||||
Xamphánæ et Blesii comite, vitam reo mortis impetrávit,
|
||||
prædicens hunc infamem háctenus sicárium, mox sanctíssimis
|
||||
præditum móribus evasurum: verídicum testimónium monstrávit
|
||||
eventus.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
Post exactam laudabíliter adolescéntiam cœpit ex cæléstis
|
||||
contemplatiónis studio solitúdinem cogitare; prius tamen
|
||||
vóluit Sacris initiari, ut omnem regni, a cujus successióne
|
||||
jure legis Sálicæ non longe distabat, spem sibi præcideret.
|
||||
Sacerdos factus, et prima Missa devotíssime celebrata, non
|
||||
multo post in eremum secessit, ubi, summa abstinéntia
|
||||
víctitans, cæléstium charísmatum abundántia pascebátur. Ibi
|
||||
cum sancto Joánne de Matha Parisiénsi doctore, a quo ex
|
||||
divina inspiratióne quæsítus et invéntus, per aliquot annos
|
||||
sanctíssime vixit; donec ambo per Angelum a Deo admóniti
|
||||
Romam petiérunt, specialem a summo Pontifice vivéndi regulam
|
||||
impetráturi. Facta ígitur Innocentio Papæ tertio inter
|
||||
Missárum solemnia revelatióne religiónis et institúti de
|
||||
rediméndis captivis, ab ipso Pontifice, simul cum socio,
|
||||
cándidis vestibus bicolori cruce signátis induitur, ad eam
|
||||
formam qua Angelus indútus appáruit. Et ínsuper vóluit
|
||||
Pontifex, ut nova religio, juxta tríplicem colórem quo
|
||||
hábitus constat, sanctíssimæ Trinitátis titulo decorarétur.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
Regula propria, ex summi Pontificis Innocentii confirmatióne,
|
||||
accepta, in diœcesi Meldénsi apud locum qui Cervus Frígidus
|
||||
dícitur, primum ordinis paulo ante a se et socio exstructum
|
||||
cœnobium ampliávit, ubi religiosam observantiam et
|
||||
redemptiónis institutum mirifice coluit, ac inde per alumnos
|
||||
in alias provincias diligentíssime propagávit. Illustrem
|
||||
hic a beáta Vírgine Matre favórem accépit; dormiéntibus
|
||||
síquidem cunctis frátribus et ad matutínas preces in
|
||||
pervigílio Nativitátis Deiparæ media nocte recitandas, Deo
|
||||
sic disponente, non surgéntibus, Felix, de more vigilans et
|
||||
horas præveniens, chorum ingréssus, réperit beátam Vírginem
|
||||
in médio chori, hábitu cruce ordinis insigníto indutam, ac
|
||||
Cælítibus simíliter indutis sociátam. Quibus permixtus
|
||||
Felix, præcinénte Deipara, laudes divinas concinuit ríteque
|
||||
persolvit. Et, quasi jam a terrestri ad cælestem chorum
|
||||
evocarétur, instántis mortis ab Angelo certior factus, fílios
|
||||
ad caritátem erga páuperes et captivos adhortans, ánimam Deo
|
||||
réddidit, ætate ac meritis consummatus, anno post Christum
|
||||
natum ducentésimo duodecimo supra millesimum, sub eodem
|
||||
Pontifice Innocentio tertio.
|
||||
en: >-
|
||||
Hugo de Valois, who afterwards took the name of Felix, was born
|
||||
(in the year 1127) of the same family of the de Valois which
|
||||
in after times became Kingly. From his earliest childhood he
|
||||
gave tokens, especially by his pity toward the poor, of the
|
||||
holiness of his coming life. When he was still a little lad he
|
||||
distributed money to the poor with his own hand, with the
|
||||
seriousness of an old man. When he was a little bigger he used
|
||||
to send them dishes from the table, and took especial delight
|
||||
in treating poor children with the most toothsome of the
|
||||
sweetmeats. As a boy he took clothes off his own back more
|
||||
than once, to cover the naked. He begged and obtained from his
|
||||
uncle Theobald, Earl of Champagne and Blois, the life of a
|
||||
felon condemned to death, foretelling to him that this
|
||||
blackguard cut-throat would yet become a man of most holy
|
||||
life which did indeed come to pass as he had said.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
After a praiseworthy boyhood, he began to think of withdrawing
|
||||
from the world in order to be alone with heavenly thoughts.
|
||||
But he first wished to take orders, to the end that he might
|
||||
clear himself of all expectation of succeeding to the crown,
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to which, in consequence of the Salic Law, he was somewhat
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near. He became a Priest, and said his first Mass with deep
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devotion. Then, in a little while, he withdrew himself into
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the wilderness, where he lived in extreme abstinence, fed by
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heavenly grace. Thither, by the inspiration of God, came the
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holy Doctor John de la Mata of Paris, and found him, and they
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led an holy life together for several years, until they were
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both warned of an Angel to go to Rome and seek a special Rule
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of life from the Pope. Pope Innocent III. while he was
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solemnly celebrating the Liturgy (on the 28th day of January,
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1198,) received in a vision the revelation of the Order and
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Institute for the redemption of bondsmen, and he forthwith
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clad Felix and John in white garments marked with a cross of
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red and blue, made after the likeness of the raiment wherein
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the Angel had appeared. This Pope also willed that the new
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Order should bear, as well as the habit of three colours, the
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name of the Most Holy Trinity.
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When they had received the confirmation of their rule from
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Pope Innocent, John and Felix enlarged the first house of
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their Order, which they had built a little while before at
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Cerfroi, in the diocese of Meaux, in France. There Felix
|
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wonderfully devoted himself to the promotion of Regular
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Observance and of the Institute for the redemption of
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bondsmen, and thence he busily spread the same by sending
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forth his disciples into other provinces. Here it was that he
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received an extraordinary favour from the blessed
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Maiden-Mother. On the night of the Nativity of the Mother of
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God, the brethren lay all asleep, and by the Providence of
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God woke not to say Mattins. But Felix was watching, as his
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custom was, and came betimes into the Choir. There he found
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the Blessed Virgin in the midst of the Choir, clad in raiment
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marked with the Cross of his Order, the Cross of red and blue;
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and with her a company of the heavenly host in like garments.
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And Felix was mingled among them. And the Mother of God began
|
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to sing, and they all sang with her and praised God; and
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Felix sang with them; and so they finished the Office. So now
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that he seemed to have been already called away from
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glorifying God on earth, to glorify Him in heaven, an Angel
|
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told Felix that the hour of his death was at hand. When
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therefore he had exhorted his children to be tender to the
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poor and to slaves, he gave up his soul to God (upon the 4th
|
||||
day of November) in the year of Christ 1212, in the time of
|
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the same Pope Innocent III., being four-score-and-five years
|
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old, and full of good works.
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status: { la: verified, en: verified }
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# Matins Nocturn 2 reading for St. Gertrude (Nov 16). Sourced directly
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# from web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/11-16.txt, English/Sancti/11-16.txt.
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# Lectio4-6 combined into one reading, one continuous vita. No
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# [Lectio7] in the source -- no own Nocturn 3.
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id: st-gertrude
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readings:
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- nocturn: 2
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isGospel: false
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text:
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la: >-
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Gertrúdis, Islébii in Saxónia nobili genere nata, quinquénnis
|
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in monastério Rodardénsi, ordinis sancti Benedicti,
|
||||
virginitátem suam ac seipsam Jesu Christo óbtulit. Quo ex
|
||||
témpore a mundanis rebus prorsus aliena, virtútique sedulo
|
||||
intenta, cæléstis vitæ genus instituit. Ad humaniórum
|
||||
litterárum notítiam, rerum divinárum cognitiónem adjunxit;
|
||||
quarum meditatióne vehementius ad virtútem incensa, brevi
|
||||
christianam perfectiónem adepta est. De Christo ejusque vitæ
|
||||
mystériis sæpenúmero pio cum animi sensu loquebátur, unamque
|
||||
Dei glóriam cogitans, ad illam vota sua ómnia et actiónes
|
||||
referebat. Quamvis autem multis exímiis natúræ et gratiæ
|
||||
donis a Deo aucta esset, ita tamen sibi ipsa vilescebat, ut,
|
||||
inter præcipua divinæ bonitátis miracula, hoc item
|
||||
memoráret, quod se indigníssimam misericorditer sustinéret.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
Trigesimum ætátis annum agens, primum Rodardénsis monasterii,
|
||||
ubi religiosam vitam est professa, deínde Elpediáni præses
|
||||
electa, quadragínta annórum spátio, ea caritate, prudéntia,
|
||||
et regularis disciplinæ studio munus obívit, ut cœnobium
|
||||
religiosæ perfectiónis domicílium viderétur. Utrobíque vero,
|
||||
licet esset ómnium mater et magistra, ómnium tamen minima
|
||||
haberi volebat, ac demissióne pari ministram se exhibebat.
|
||||
Quo liberius Deo vacaret, vigiliis, abstinéntia aliisque
|
||||
cruciátibus corpus afflixit; semperque sui símilis, morum
|
||||
innocéntiam, mansuetúdinem ac patiéntiam prætulit
|
||||
singularem. Proximórum salúti omni ope studuit, piæque curæ
|
||||
copiósum fructum rétulit. Divini amoris vi frequéntes
|
||||
patiebátur éxstases, altissimǽque contemplatiónis et divinæ
|
||||
uniónis donum obtinuit.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
Ut meritum acceptíssimæ sibi sponsæ Christus osténderet, in
|
||||
corde Gertrudis jucundam sibi esse mansiónem testátus est.
|
||||
Deiparam Vírginem, véluti matrem et curatricem a Jesu
|
||||
acceptam, pietáte præcipua prosequebátur, ab eáque multa
|
||||
accépit beneficia. Erga diviníssimum Eucharistiæ sacraméntum
|
||||
et passiónem Dómini tanto amóre cum grati animi sensu
|
||||
afficiebátur, ut intérdum ubéribus lácrimis perfunderétur.
|
||||
Justórum ánimas, piacularibus flammis addictas, quotidiánis
|
||||
subsidiis et precibus juvábat. Multa ad confovéndam
|
||||
pietátem scripsit. Divinárum étiam revelatiónum et
|
||||
prophetíæ dono cláruit. Dénique, flagrantíssimo Dei amóre
|
||||
potius quam morbo languéscens, anno Dómini millesimo
|
||||
ducentésimo nonagesimo secundo vita decessit. Miraculis
|
||||
vivens et post mortem a Deo illustráta est.
|
||||
en: >-
|
||||
Gertrude was born of a noble family at Eisleben, in Saxony,
|
||||
(about the year of our Lord 1264.) At five years of age she
|
||||
offered her virginity and herself to Jesus Christ, in the
|
||||
Benedictine nunnery at Rodalsdorf. From that time forth she
|
||||
was utterly estranged from earthly things, ever striving for
|
||||
things higher, and began to lead a kind of heavenly life. To
|
||||
learning in human letters she added knowledge of the things
|
||||
of God. In the thought thereof she earnestly desired, and
|
||||
soon reached, the perfection of a Christian soul. Of Christ,
|
||||
and of the things in His life, she spoke oftentimes with
|
||||
movings of spirit. The glory of God was the one end of all
|
||||
her thoughts, and to that her every longing and her every act
|
||||
were given. Though God had crowned her with so many and so
|
||||
noble gifts both of nature and of grace, her belief regarding
|
||||
herself was so humble that she was used to number as among
|
||||
the greatest of the wonders of His goodness that He had
|
||||
always in His mercy borne with one who was so utterly
|
||||
unworthy.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
In the thirtieth year of her age she was elected Abbess of
|
||||
Rodalsdorf, where she had professed herself in the religious
|
||||
life, and afterwards of Heldelfs. This office she bore for
|
||||
forty years in love, wisdom, and zeal for strict observance,
|
||||
so that the house seemed like an ideal example of a
|
||||
sisterhood of perfect nuns. To each one she was a mother and
|
||||
a teacher, and yet would be as the least of all, being in
|
||||
sooth in all lowliness among them as she that served. That
|
||||
she might be more utterly God's only, she tormented her body
|
||||
with sleeplessness, hunger, and other afflictions, but withal
|
||||
ever true to herself, stood forth a pattern of innocency,
|
||||
gentleness, and long-suffering. The salvation of her
|
||||
neighbours was her constant earnest endeavour, and her godly
|
||||
toil bore abundant fruit. The love of God oftentimes threw
|
||||
her into trances, and she was given the grace of the deepest
|
||||
contemplation, even to union of spirit with God.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
Christ Himself, to show what such a bride was to Him,
|
||||
revealed that He had in the heart of Gertrude a pleasant
|
||||
dwelling-place. The Virgin Mother of God she ever sought with
|
||||
deep reverence as a mother and warden whom she had received
|
||||
from Jesus Himself, and from her she had many benefits.
|
||||
Toward the most Divine Sacrament of the Eucharist, and the
|
||||
sufferings of the Lord, her soul was moved with love and
|
||||
gratitude, so that she sometimes wept abundantly. She helped
|
||||
with daily gifts and prayers the souls of the just condemned
|
||||
to the purifying fire. She wrote much for the fostering of
|
||||
godliness. She was glorified also by revelations from God,
|
||||
and by the gift of prophecy. Her last illness was rather the
|
||||
wasting of a home-sickness to be with God than a decay of the
|
||||
flesh, and she left this life (to live the undying life in
|
||||
Him, upon the 17th day of November,) in the year of our Lord
|
||||
1292. God made her bright with miracles both during her life
|
||||
and after her death.
|
||||
status: { la: verified, en: verified }
|
||||
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