# Sourced from Divinum Officium's Monastic block ("[Quad Vespera_]",
# Psalterium/Special/Major Special.txt). Live-verified 2026-09-04 against
# a plain Lenten Wednesday (2026-03-04).
id: vespers-capitulum-lent
text:
  la: "Inter vestíbulum et altáre plorábunt sacerdótes, minístri Dómini, et dicent: Parce, Dómine, parce pópulo tuo: et ne des hereditátem tuam in oppróbrium, ut dominéntur eis natiónes."
  en: "Between the porch and the altar the priests the Lord's ministers shall weep, and shall say: Spare, O Lord, spare thy people: and give not thy inheritance to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them."
citation:
  la: "Joel 2:17"
  en: "Joel 2:17"
status:
  la: verified
  en: verified