# Matins Nocturn 2-3 readings for St. Pius X, Pope and Confessor # (Sep 3). Sourced directly from web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/09-03.txt, # English/Sancti/09-03.txt. Nocturn 2: Lectio4-6 combined into one # reading, one continuous vita. Nocturn 3: the Gospel citation ends # "Et réliqua"/"And so on" with no full pericope given -- per the # bare-incipit convention, only the homily (Lectio7-9, St. Augustine of # Hippo) is authored, isGospel: false, no citation field. id: st-pius-x readings: - nocturn: 2 isGospel: false text: la: >- Pius Papa décimus, cui nomen ántea Joséphus Sarto, in Venetórum pago natus est, quem Riése vocant, paréntibus quidem humílibus, sed probitáte ac pietáte conspícuus. Inter Seminárii Patavíni alúmnos adscríptus, ita pietáte ac doctrína profécit, ut condiscípulis exémplo, moderatóribus admiratióni esset. Sacerdótio initiátus, in óppido Tómbolo primum, qua vicárius cooperátor, dein Salatiáni qua párochus, per plures annos adlaborávit; quibus in obeúndis munéribus, tanta caritátis effusióne, tanto sacerdotáli zelo et sanctitáte vitæ excélluit, ut Epíscopus Tarvisínus inter canónicos cathedrális ecclésiæ eum cooptáret, eúmque Cúriæ episcopális cancellárium simúlque Seminárii diœcesáni spirituálem moderatórem renuntiáret. Hæc offícia tam egrégie persecútus, a Leóne tértio décimo, cui erat probatíssimus, Mantuánæ ecclésiæ Antístes fuit renuntiátus. Boni pastóris nullam partem déserens, eo máxime conténdit, ut juvéntus in sortem Dómini vocáta rite ad sacra instituerétur, piæ consociatiónes novis augéscerent increméntis, rítibus divíni cultus plus decóris ac pietátis accéderet. Præcépta quibus cívitas christiána nítitur, áltius proclamáre non désiit, et qui vitam ínopem ipse ducébat, paupéribus numquam omísit afférre levámen. Tot ígitur suffragántibus méritis, inter purpurátos Patres adléctus et Venetiárum Patriárcha creátus est. Dénique post Leónis décimi tértii óbitum, cum Patrum Cardinálium suffrágia in eum coaléscerent, cumque ipse supplicatiónibus et lácrimis tantum munus a se avértere frustra conátus esset, suasiónibus tandem cedens, « accépto in crucem », inquit, et Summi Pontificátus ápicem ut crucem a Deo sibi oblátam, demísso sed forti ánimo suscépit. In Petri cáthedra constitútus, nihil de prístina vitæ ratióne remísit. Humilitáte præsértim, simplicitáte ac paupertáte refúlsit, ita ut in suo testaménto scríbere potúerit: « Pauper natus sum, pauper vixi, pauper mori cúpio ». Humílitas vero ánimi fortitúdinem in eo alébat, cum de Dei glória, Ecclésiæ libertáte, animarúmque salúte agerétur. Vir acérrimi ingénii et propósiti tenax, inter vicésimi ineúntis sæculi procéllas, Ecclésiam fírmiter rexit, et præclaríssimis ornávit institútis. Músicam sacram ad prístinum splendórem ac dignitátem revocávit; sacrórum Bibliórum stúdiis príncipem sedem Romæ constítuit; Románam Cúriam sapiénter reformávit; leges de fidélibus per catechísmum instituéndis restítuit; Eucharísticæ mensæ crebriórem, imo et cotidiánam consuetúdinem indúxit, ejúsque accéssum púeris quoque a primo ratiónis usu apéruit; actiónis cathólicæ increménta sédulo promóvit; sólidæ cleri institutióni provídit, ádditis quoque semináriis per regiónes dispósitis; sacerdótes omnes ad interiórem vitam coléndam alléxit; leges Ecclésiæ in unum corpus redégit; erróres perniciosíssimos, modernísmi appellatióne comprehénsos, damnávit atque evéllit; civíle vétitum, quod dicunt, in Pontíficis Máximi electióne rejécit. Tandem labóribus fractus ac mæróre conféctus ob bellum Europæum tunc exórtum, die vicésima mensis Augústi anni millésimi nongentésimi décimi quarti, ad cæléste præmium evolávit. Eum ubíque terrárum sanctitátis fama clarum miraculísque fulgéntem, Pius Papa duodécimus, cuncto plaudénte orbe, in Sanctórum númerum rétulit. en: >- Pope Pius X, whose name previously was Joseph Sarto, was born in the village of Riese in the Venetian province, to humble parents remarkable for their godliness and piety. He enrolled among the students in the seminary of Padua, where he exhibited such piety and learning that he was both an example to his fellow students and the admiration of his teachers. Upon his ordination to the priesthood, he labored for several years first as curate in the town of Tombolo, then as pastor at Salzano. He applied himself to his duties with such a constant flow of charity and such priestly zeal, and was so distinguished by the holiness of his life, that the Bishop of Treviso appointed him as a canon of the cathedral church and made him the chancellor of the bishop's curia, as well as spiritual director of the diocesan seminary. His performance in these duties was so outstanding and so highly impressed Leo XIII, that he made him bishop of the Church of Mantua. Lacking in nothing that makes a good pastor, he labored particularly to teach young men called to the priesthood, as well as fostering the growth of devout associations and the beauty and dignity of divine worship. He would ever affirm and promote the laws upon which Christian civilization depend, and while leading himself a life of poverty, never missed the opportunity to alleviate the burden of poverty in others. Because of his great merits, he was made a cardinal and created Patriarch of Venice. After the death of Pope Leo XIII, when the votes of the College of Cardinals began to increase in his favor, he tried in vain with supplications and tears to be relieved of so heavy a burden. Finally he ceded to their persuasions, saying: I accept the cross. Thus he accepted the crown of the supreme pontificate as a cross, offering himself to God, with a resigned but stedfast spirit. Placed upon the chair of Peter, he gave up nothing of his former way of life. He shone especially in humility, simplicity and poverty, so that he was able to write in his last testament: I was born in poverty, I lived in poverty, and I wish to die in poverty. His humility, however, nourished his soul with strength, when it concerned the glory of God, the liberty of Holy Church, and the salvation of souls. A man of passionate temperament and of firm purpose, he ruled the Church firmly as it entered into the twentieth century, and adorned it with brilliant teachings. He restored the sacred music to its pristine glory and dignity; he established Rome as the principal centre for the study of the Holy Bible; he ordered the reform of the Roman Curia with great wisdom; he restored the laws concerning the faithful for the instruction of the catechism; he introduced the custom of more frequent and even daily reception of the Holy Eucharist, as well as permitting its reception by children as soon as they reach the age of reason; he zealously promoted the growth of Catholic action; he provided for the sound education of clerics and increased the number of seminaries in their diverse regions; he encouraged every priest in the practice of the interior life; he brought the laws of the Church together into one body; he condemned and suppressed those most pernicious errors known collectively as Modernism; he suppressed the custom of civil veto at the election of a Supreme Pontiff. Finally worn out with his labors and overcome with grief at the European war which had just begun, he went to his heavenly reward on the twentieth day of August in the year 1914. Renowned throughout all the world for the fame of his holiness and miracles, Pope Pius XII, with the approbation of the whole world, numbered him among the Saints. status: { la: verified, en: verified } - nocturn: 3 isGospel: false source: "St. Augustine of Hippo, Tractatus 123 on John (in medio)" text: la: >- Rédditur negatióni trinæ trina conféssio, ne minus amóri lingua sérviat, quam timóri: et plus vocis elicuísse videátur mors ímminens, quam vita præsens. Sit amóris offícium páscere Domínicum gregem, si fuit timóris indícium negáre pastórem. Qui hoc ánimo pascunt oves Christi, ut suas velint esse, non Christi, se convincúntur amáre, non Christum: vel gloriándi vel dominándi, vel acquiréndi cupiditáte; non obediéndi, et subveniéndi, et Deo placéndi caritáte. Contra hos ergo vígilat tótidem inculcáta ista vox Christi, quos Apóstolos gemit sua quærere, non quæ Jesu Christi. Nam quid est áliud, si díligis me, pasce oves meas; quam si dicerétur, si me díligis, non te páscere cógita? Sed oves meas, et sicut meas pasce, non sicut tuas; glóriam meam in eis quære, non tuam; domínium meum, non tuum; lucra mea, non tua; ne sis in eórum societáte qui pértinent ad témpora periculósa, seípsos amántes, et cétera quæ huic malórum inítio connectúntur. Mérito dícitur Petro: díligis me, et respóndet, amo te, eíque refértur, pasce agnos meos, et hoc íterum, hoc tértio. Ubi étiam demonstrátur unum atque idem esse amórem et dilectiónem; nam étiam Dóminus novíssime non ait, díligis me, sed amas me. Non ergo nos, sed ipsum amémus, et in pascéndis óvibus ejus ea quæ sunt ejus, non ea quæ sunt nostra, quærámus. Néscio enim quo inexplicábili modo, quisquis seípsum, non Deum amat, non se amat: et quisquis Deum, non seípsum, amat, ipse se amat. Qui enim non potest vívere de se, móritur útique amándo se: non ergo se amat, qui ne vivat se amat. en: >- To the threefold denial there is now appended a threefold confession, that his tongue may not yield a feebler service to love than to fear, and imminent death may not appear to have elicited more from his lips than present life. Let it be the office of love to feed the Lord's flock, if it was the signal of fear to deny the Shepherd. Those who have this purpose in feeding the flock of Christ, that they may have them as their own, and not as Christ's, are convicted of loving themselves, and not Christ, from the desire either of boasting, or wielding power, or acquiring gain, and not from the love of obeying, serving and pleasing God. Against such, therefore, there standeth as a wakeful sentinel this thrice inculcated utterance of Christ, of whom the Apostle complaineth that they seek their own, not the things that are of Christ Jesus. For what else signifieth the words: Lovest thou me? Feed my sheep: than if it were said: If thou lovest me, think not of feeding thyself, but feed my sheep as mine, and not as thine own; seek my glory in them, and not thine own; my dominion, and not thine; my gain, and not thine; lest thou be found in the fellowship of them that belong to the perilous times, lovers of their own selves, and all else that is joined on to this beginning of evils. With great propriety, therefore, is Peter addressed: Lovest thou me? and found replying: I love thee; and the command applied to him: Feed my lambs, and this a second and a third time. We have it also demonstrated here that love and liking are one and the same thing; for the Lord also in the last question said not: Dost thou like me? but: Dost thou love me? Let us, then, love not ourselves but him; and in feeding his sheep, let us be seeking the things which are his, not the things which are our own. For in some inexplicable way, I know not what, every one that loveth himself, and not God, loveth not himself; and whoever loveth God, and not himself, he it is that loveth himself. status: { la: verified, en: verified }