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# Matins Nocturn 2-3 readings for St. Gregory Thaumaturgus, Bishop and
# Confessor (Nov 17) — pre-1955-but-post-1617 (no SanctiM/11-17*.txt at
# all). web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/11-17.txt, English/Sancti/11-17.txt.
#
# Lectio4-5 (this saint's own vita) combined into one reading, no
# internal break. Lectio6 (St. Maximus of Turin's sermon) is a
# genuinely distinct source, kept separate.
#
# Nocturn 3: Lectio7's Gospel quotation (Mark 11:22-24) is nearly the
# full short pericope, not just a bare incipit like elsewhere in this
# pass, so authored as a genuine Gospel reading here. Lectio7's own
# homily portion + Lectio8-9 (the Venerable Bede's commentary) is one
# continuous excerpt, combined into a single reading. No responsory
# given for either Nocturn 3 reading.
id: st-gregory-thaumaturgus
readings:
  - nocturn: 2
    isGospel: false
    text:
      la: >-
        Gregórius, Neocæsaréæ Ponti epíscopus, sanctitáte doctrinaque illustris, signis vero ac
        miraculis multo illustrior, quorum multitúdine atque præstántia Thaumatúrgus appellátus est,
        et sancti Basilíi testimonio cum Moyse, Prophetis et Apóstolis comparátus; montem, qui
        ecclésiæ ædificatiónem impediebat, oratióne álio tránstulit. Item palúdem, inter fratres
        causam discordiárum, exsiccávit. Lycum fluvium, perniciose agros inundántem, defixo ad ripam
        quo sustentabátur baculo, qui statim virentem crevit in árborem, coércuit, ut póstea ultra
        eum terminum non efflúxerit.


        Sæpíssime dæmones ex idolórum simulacris atque ex hóminum corpóribus ejécit, múltaque alia
        mirabíliter effécit, quibus innumerábiles hómines traxit ad Jesu Christi fidem, cum étiam
        prophetico spíritu futura prædiceret. Qui, migratúrus e vita, cum quæsísset quot in civitáte
        Neocæsariénsi réliqui essent infidéles, responsumque esset tantum esse septemdecim; Deo
        grátias agens, Tótidem, inquit, erant fidéles, cum cœpi episcopátum. Plura scripsit, quibus
        etiam, non solum miraculis, Dei Ecclésiam illustrávit.
      en: >-
        Gregory, Archbishop of Neo-Caesarea, in Pontus, is famous indeed for his holiness and
        doctrine, but much more so on account of the signs and wonders which he wrought, the number
        and character of which were so extraordinary that they have gotten him the name of
        Thaumatourgos, which is, being interpreted from the Greek, the Wonderworker. Holy Basil
        compareth him with Moses, with the Prophets, and with the Apostles, and testifieth that by
        his prayers he moved a mountain that stood in the way of the building of a Church. Moreover,
        he dried up a marsh, which was a cause of strife between brothers. Also, when the River Lycus
        overflowed and wasted the fields, he set his walking-stick on the bank, which stick
        forthwith grew into a green tree, and confined the stream within its bed, so that it never
        more passed that place again.


        He oftentimes cast out devils either from heathen idols or from the bodies of men, and did
        many other marvelous things, whereby he drew countless numbers to believe in Jesus Christ.
        Also he had the spirit of prophecy, and foretold things to come. When he was at the point of
        death, he asked how many unbelievers were left in the city of Neo-Caesarea? and when they
        answered Seventeen, he gave God thanks, and said: Just so many were the faithful when I took
        the Bishopric. He wrote a great deal, whereby, as well as by his wonders, he hath enlightened
        the Church of God.
    status: { la: verified, en: verified }

  - nocturn: 2
    isGospel: false
    source: "St. Maximus, Bishop of Turin, Homily 59 (the 2nd on St. Eusebius of Vercelli)"
    text:
      la: >-
        Beáti Patris Gregórii merita jam in tuto posita secúri magnificémus; qui, gubernaculum fidei
        viríliter tenens, ánchoram spei tranquilla jam in statióne compósuit, et plenam cæléstibus
        divítiis et ætérnis mercibus navem optato in littore collocávit. Qui, contra omnes
        adversarios, scutum timoris Dei tamdiu, donec ad victoriam perveníret. Quid enim fuit totus
        vitæ illíus cursus, nisi uníus cum vígili hoste conflictus?
      en: >-
        Our blessed Father Gregory is safe now, and we may safely praise his great deeds. He that
        kept such a manful hand upon the tiller of faith, hath now cast the anchor of hope in
        moorings of great calm, and brought his ship, heavy laden with heavenly riches and
        everlasting merchandise, safe into the heaven where he would be. Thus fareth it now with him
        who never fainted, but for so long time held up ever the shield of the fear of God against
        all that did beset him. What was his whole life but one long fight against an enemy that
        never slept?
    status: { la: verified, en: verified }

  - nocturn: 3
    isGospel: true
    citation: { la: "Marc 11:22-24", en: "Mark 11:22-24" }
    text:
      la: "Respóndens Jesus discípulis suis ait illis: Habéte fidem Dei. Amen dico vobis quia quicúmque díxerit huic monti: Tóllere et míttere in mare, et non hæsitáverit in corde suo, sed credíderit quia quodcúmque díxerit fiat, fiet ei."
      en: "And Jesus answering, saith to them: Have the faith of God. Amen I say to you, that whosoever shall say to this mountain, Be thou removed and be cast into the sea, and shall not stagger in his heart, but believe, that whatsoever he saith shall be done; it shall be done unto him."
    status: { la: verified, en: verified }

  - nocturn: 3
    isGospel: false
    source: "The Venerable Bede, Priest, Commentary on Mark, Book 3"
    text:
      la: >-
        Solent Gentiles qui contra Ecclésiam maledicta scripsére, improperare nostris quod non
        habúerint plenam fidem Dei, quia numquam montes transferre potúerint. Quibus respondéndum
        est non scripta esse, quæ in Ecclésia sunt gesta, sicut étiam de factis ipsíus Christi et
        Dómini nostri Scriptúra testátur. Unde et hoc quoque fíeri potuísset, ut mons ablátus de
        terra mitterétur in mare, si necessitas id fíeri poposcísset. Quómodo légimus factum précibus
        beáti Patris Gregórii, Neocæsaréæ Ponti antístitis, viri meritis et virtútibus exímii, ut
        mons in terra tantum loco cederet quantum íncolæ civitátis opus habebant.


        Cum enim, volens ædificáre ecclésiam in loco apto, vidéret eum angustiórem esse quam res
        exigébat, eo quod ex una parte, rupe maris, ex alia, monte próximo coarctarétur; venit nocte
        ad locum, et, genibus flexis, admonuit Dóminum promissiónis suæ, ut montem longius juxta
        fidem petentis ágeret. Et, mane facto, reversus invénit montem tantum spatii reliquisse
        structóribus ecclésiæ quantum opus habuerant. Poterat ergo hic, poterat alius quis ejusdem
        meriti vir, si opportunitas exegísset, impetrare a Dómino, mérito fidei, ut étiam mons
        tollerétur et mitterétur in mare.


        Verum, quia montis nómine nonnumquam diabolus significátur, videlicet propter supérbiam, qua
        se contra Deum erigit, et esse vult símilis Altíssimo; mons ad præcéptum eórum qui fortes
        fide sunt, tollitur de terra et in mare projícitur, cum, prædicántibus verbum doctóribus
        sanctis, immundus spíritus ab eórum corde repéllitur qui ad vitam sunt præordináti, et in
        turbulentis amarisque infidelium méntibus vesaniam suæ tyrannidis exercére permittitur.
      en: >-
        The heathen, who have written blasphemies against the Church, are used to cast in our teeth
        that we have not full faith in God, since we have never been able to move mountains. Such
        should be answered that we do not possess records of everything that hath come to pass in
        the Church, any more than, the Scripture being witness, we possess records of all the doings
        of our Lord Christ Himself. Mountains may have been removed and cast into the sea, in case of
        need; a like case, indeed, as we read, was that which came to pass at the prayers of the
        Blessed Father Gregory, Archbishop of Neo-Caesarea, in Pontus, that right worthy and mighty
        man, when a mountain was moved from one place on land to another place on land, as the
        dwellers in the city had need.


        Gregory was wishful to build a Church in a meet place, but the site was too narrow, being
        wedged in between a mountain on the one side and a precipice going down into the sea on the
        other. He came therefore by night to the place, kneeling down, and reminding the Lord of His
        promise, and calling upon Him to remove the mountain. And in the morning, when he came
        thither again, he found that the mountain had been removed back, and as much room left for
        the builders of the Church as they needed. This man therefore would have been able, and any
        other man of like grace would have been able, if need were, to obtain of the Lord, by the
        force of his faith, that even a mountain should be removed, and be cast into the sea.


        Mystically, however, by a mountain is sometimes signified the devil, on account of the pride
        whereby he lifteth himself up against God, and would fain be like unto the Most High. And
        when holy teachers, strong in faith, do preach the Word, this mountain is removed, and cast
        into the sea, that is to say, the unclean spirit is removed out of the hearts of such as are
        foreordained unto eternal life, and sent free to exercise the wild rage of his tyranny in
        the riotous and embittered minds of the unfaithful.
    status: { la: verified, en: verified }