# Matins Nocturn 2-3 readings for St. John Capistrano, Confessor # (Mar 28). Sourced directly from web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/03-28.txt, # English/Sancti/03-28.txt. # # Nocturn 2: Lectio4-6 combined into one reading, one continuous vita. # Nocturn 3: Lectio7's Gospel citation (Luke 9:1-6) is a bare incipit # ("Et réliqua"), so only the homily is authored (not marked isGospel), # St. Bonaventure's homily (Lectio7's homily + Lectio8-9 combined). id: st-john-capistrano readings: - nocturn: 2 isGospel: false text: la: >- Joannes, Capistrani in Pelignis ortus et Perusium studiorum causa missus, in christianis et liberalibus disciplinis adeo profecit, ut ob egregiam juris scientiam aliquot civitatibus a Neapolis rege Ladislao præfectus fuerit. Dum autem earum rempublicam sanctissime gerens perturbatis rebus tranquillitatem revocare studet capitur ipse et in vincula conjicitur; quibus mirabiliter ereptus, Francisci Assisiensis regulam inter fratres Minores profitetur. Ad divinarum litterarum studium progressus præceptorem nactus est sanctum Bernardinum Senensem, cujus et virtutis exempla, in cultu potissimum sanctissimi nominis Jesu ac Deiparæ propagando, egregie est imitatus. Aquilanum episcopatum recusavit, et severiore disciplina atque scriptis quæ plurima edidit ad mores reformandos, maxime enituit. Prædicationi verbi Dei sedulo incumbens, Italiam fere universam lustravit; quo in munere et virtute sermonis et miraculorum frequentia innumeras prope animas in viam salutis reduxit. Eum Martinus quintus ad exstinguendam Fraticellorum sectam inquisitorem instituit. A Nicolao quinto contra Judæos et Saracenos generalis inquisitor in Italia constitutus, plurimos ad Christi fidem convertit. In Oriente multa optime constituit, et in concilio Florentino, ubi veluti sol quidam fulsit, Armenos Ecclesiæ catholicæ restituit. Idem Pontifex, postulante Friderico tertio imperatore, illum apostolicæ Sedis nuntium in Germaniam legavit, ut hæreticos ad catholicam fidem et principum animos ad concordiam revocaret. In Germania aliisque provinciis Dei gloriam sexennali ministerio mirifice auxit, Hussitis, Adamitis, Thaboritis, Hebræisque innumeris doctrinæ veritate ac miraculorum luce ad Ecclesiæ sinum traductis. Cum Callistus tertius, ipso potissimum deprecante, cruce signatos mittere decrevisset, Joannes per Pannoniam aliasque provincias volitavit, qua verbo, qua litteris principum animos ita ad bellum accendit, ut brevi millia Christianorum septuaginta conscripta sint. Ejus consilio et virtute potissimum Taurunensis victoria relata est, centum ac viginti Turcarum millibus partim cæsis, partim fugatis. Cujus victoriæ cum Romam nuntius venisset octavo Idus Augusti, idem Callistus ejus diei memoriæ solemnia Transfigurationis Christi Domini perpetuo consecravit. Lethali morbo ægrotum et Villacum delatum viri principes plures visitarunt; quos ipse ad tuendam religionem hortatus, animam Deo sancte reddidit anno salutis millesimo quadringentesimo quinquagesimo sexto. Ejus gloriam post mortem Deus multis miraculis confirmavit: quibus rite probatis, Alexander octavus anno millesimo sexcentesimo nonagesimo Joánnem in Sanctorum numerum retulit; ejusque Officium ac Missam Leo decimus tertius, altero ab ejus canonizatione sæculo, ad universam extendit Ecclesiam. en: >- This John was born at Capistrano, in the Abruzzi. He was educated at Perugia, and became so expert in letters, both sacred and profane, that on account of his eminent knowledge of law, Ladislaus, King of Naples, set him over several cities. He was seeking in righteousness to bring the affairs of these places out of trouble into peace, when he himself was kidnapped and put in chains. From this captivity he marvellously escaped, and then professed himself a Friar Minor under the rule of Francis of Assisi. Here he went forward in the study of divinity, and had as a teacher the holy Bernardine of Sienna, of whom he was one of the most marked followers, especially in spreading abroad the honour paid to the Most Holy Name of Jesus, and to the Mother of God. The bishopric of Aquila was offered to him, but he refused it. He was chiefly known by the hardship of his self-denial, and by the writings which he published in large numbers for the reform of manners. He devoted himself without ceasing to the preaching of the Word of God, in the which work he travelled throughout nearly all Italy, and by the power of eloquence and of miracles not a few, he recalled souls almost countless into the path of salvation. Martin V. appointed him Inquisitor to stamp out the sect of the Fraticelli. Nicolas V. appointed him Inquisitor-General in Italy against Judaism and Mohammadanism, and he brought many such misbelievers to believe in Christ. He did much good work in the affairs of the Eastern Church, and at the Council of Florence, wherein he shone like a sun, he brought back the Armenians to the Catholic church. The same Pope Nicolas V., at the request of the Emperor Frederick III., sent him into Germany as Nuncio of the Apostolic See, in order that he might bring back the heretics to the Catholic faith and the minds of the princes to peace and agreement. He did a wonderful work for God's glory during the six years that he laboured in Germany and other countries, and by his teaching of the truth and the striking evidence of his miracles brought back to the bosom of the Church almost countless numbers of Hussites, Adamites, Taborites, and Jews. It was mainly at the entreaty of John that Calistus III. proclaimed a Crusade, and John hastened about through Pannonia and other provinces, where by his words and his letters he so roused the minds of princes to that holy war, that in a short while seventy thousand Christian soldiers were enrolled. It was mainly through his advice and by his power that victory was gained at Belgrade, when one hundred and twenty thousand Turks were either slain or put to flight. The news of this victory reached Rome upon the sixth day of August, and Pope Calistus thereupon consecrated that day for ever to the solemn commemoration of the transfiguration of the Lord Christ. As John lay sick unto death at Illak, many princes came to see him, and he exhorted them to protect religion. He gave up his soul in holiness to God, in the year of salvation 1456. God confirmed his glory by many miracles after his death, and when these had been duly proved Alexander VIII. enrolled his name with those of the saints in the year 1690, and two hundred years after his canonization Leo XIII. extended his Office and Mass to the whole Church. status: { la: verified, en: verified } - nocturn: 3 isGospel: false source: "St. Bonaventure, Commentary on Luke 9 (on Luke 9:1-6)" text: la: >- Apostoli ideo nominati sunt, ut eorum commendaretur auctoritas. Apostolus enim missus interpretatur: missi autem fuerunt ad prædicandum, secundum illud: Non misit me Christus baptizare, sed evangelizare. Fuerunt ad prædicandum missi, non rem parvam, sed magnam scilicet regnum Dei, per quod potest intelligi doctrina veritatis, juxta illud: Auferetur a vobis regnum Dei, et dabitur genti facienti fructus ejus. Potest étiam dici gratia Spiritus Sancti, secundum illud: Non est regnum Dei esca et potus, sed justitia et pax, et gaudium in Spiritu Sancto; et infra: Ecce regnum Dei intra vos est. Potest étiam dici gloria æterna, juxta illud: Amen dico vobis, nisi quis renatus fuerit ex aqua et Spiritu Sancto, non potest introire in regnum Dei. Omnibus his modis Apostoli sunt missi prædicare regnum Dei, scilicet veram doctrinam, divinam gratiam, et ætérnam gloriam. Et quia propter auctoritatem prædicationis concesserat potestatem curationis, ideo subdit: Et sanare infirmos; scilicet misit ad confirmationem veritatis prædicatæ secundum illud: Illi autem profecti, prædicaverunt ubique, Domino cooperante et sermonem confirmante sequentibus signis. Unde signum missionis spiritualis ad prædicandum est sanatio audientium a morbis vitiorum. Tria autem sunt signa evidentia, quibus probatur utrum prædicator a Domino sit missus ad Evangelium prædicandum. Primum est auctoritas mittentis, cujusmodi est pontificis, et Maxime Pontificis summi, qui est loco Petri, immo Jesu Christi; unde qui ab eo mittitur, a Christo mittitur. Secundum est zelus animarum in persona quæ mittitur, quando scilicet principaliter quæsierit Dei honorem et animarum salutem. Tertium est fructificatio et conversio auditorum. Per primum sunt nuntii Patris, per secundum Filii, per tertium Spiritus Sancti. De primo: pro patribus tuis nati sunt tibi filii. De secundo: Non enim nosmetipsos prædicamus, sed Jesus Christum Dominum nostrum. De tertio: Posui vos ut eatis, et fructum afferatis, et fructus vester maneat. Et qui sic mittitur, potest dicere illud: Spiritus Domini super me, eo quod unxerit me. en: >- Apostles are so called as a mark of their authority, for this word Apostle signifieth sent, and they were sent out to preach, as it is written: Christ sent me not to baptize but to preach the gospel. They were sent to preach not any small thing but a very great thing, even the Kingdom of God, whereby we may understand the teaching of the truth, as it is said, The Kingdom of God should be taken from you and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof. The Kingdom of God may also be understood to signify the grace of the Holy Ghost, as it is written: The Kingdom of God is not meat and drink, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost; as also it was said: The Kingdom of God is within you. The Kingdom of God may also be understood to signify eternal glory, as it is said: Amen, I say unto thee, except a man be born again of water and of the Holy Ghost he cannot enter into the Kingdom of God. The Apostles were sent to preach the Kingdom of God in all these three senses, that is to say, as the true teaching, as the grace of God, and as eternal glory. In order to invest their teaching with authority He gave them the power to cure diseases, whence where it is written And He sent them to preach the Kingdom of God it is also said And to heal the sick. This power He gave in order to confirm the truth of their preaching, as it is written: And they went forth, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the Word with signs following. The sign that a preacher is indeed sent forth by the Spirit of God is that they that hear him should be cured of the disease of sin. There are three manifest signs which show whether a preacher hath been sent by the Lord to preach the gospel. The first is that he should be sent by one having authority to do so, such as is a bishop, and above all the Pope, who is in the place of Peter, yea of Jesus Christ. So that he who is sent by him is sent by Christ. The second sign is a love for souls in the person who is sent, so that he seeketh mainly the honour of God and the salvation of souls. The third sign is that his hearers should bring forth fruit and should be converted. By the first sign a preacher is known as being sent by the Father, by the second he is known as being sent by the Son, by the third he is known as being sent by the Holy Ghost. Of the first sign it may be said: Instead of Thy Father shall be Thy children; of the second sign it may be said: We preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus our Lord; of the third sign it may be said, I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain. And he who is thus sent forth can say: The Spirit of the Lord is upon me because He hath anointed me to preach the gospel. status: { la: verified, en: verified }