vu/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/passion-sunday.yml

# Nocturn 2-3, Passion Sunday (temporalId passion-sunday). Sourced from
# Tempora/Quad5-0.txt (Latin) / English/Tempora/Quad5-0.txt. See
# advent-1.yml/lent-1.yml for the general sweep method.
#
# Nocturn 2 (Lectio4-6): one continuous excerpt from St. Leo the Great's
# 9th Sermon for Lent. Responsory: Lectio4's own (Responsory4, "Deus meus
# es tu, ne discédas a me").
#
# Nocturn 3 (Lectio7-9): Lectio7 carries real homily prose after its bare
# Gospel incipit (John 8:46-59, "Et réliqua") - Pope St. Gregory the
# Great's Homily 18 on the Gospels begins within Lectio7 itself, same
# pattern used throughout this sweep. Combined Lectio7's homily portion
# (incipit dropped) with Lectio8-9, using Responsory7 ("Tota die
# contristátus ingrediébar, Dómine") - the first responsory of the group
# the combined reading spans.
#
# Update (2026-09): the Gospel pericope itself, previously left unauthored
# per the "bare incipit, skip it" convention described above, is now
# authored too (isGospel: true, immediately before the homily) - sourced
# from the Missale's own [Evangelium] for the same Sunday (the Mass Gospel
# and the Matins Nocturn 3 Gospel are the same pericope), not guessed at.
# Matins now shows the full Gospel, then the homily on it, matching
# post-pentecost-15's original pattern - see TODO.md's dated entry.
id: passion-sunday
readings:
  - nocturn: 2
    isGospel: false
    source: "St. Leo the Great, Sermon 9 for Lent"
    text:
      la: >-
        In ómnibus, dilectíssimi, solemnitátibus christiánis non ignorámus paschále sacraméntum esse
        præcípuum: cui condígne et cóngrue suscipiéndo, totíus quidem nos témporis institúta refórmant:
        sed devotiónem nostram præséntes vel máxime dies éxigunt, quos illi sublimíssimo divínæ
        misericórdiæ sacraménto scimus esse contíguos. In quibus mérito a sanctis Apóstolis per doctrínam
        Spíritus Sancti majóra sunt ordináta jejúnia: ut per commúne consórtium crucis Christi, étiam nos
        áliquid in eo quod propter nos gessit, agerémus, sicut Apóstolus ait: Si compátimur, et
        conglorificábimur. Certa atque secúra est exspectátio promíssæ beatitúdinis, ubi est participátio
        Domínicæ passiónis.


        Nemo est, dilectíssimi, cui per conditiónem témporis socíetas hujus glóriæ denegétur, tamquam
        tranquíllitas pacis vácua sit occasióne virtútis. Apóstolus enim prǽdicat, dicens: Omnes qui pie
        volunt vívere in Christo, persecutiónem patiéntur: et ídeo numquam deest tribulátio
        persecutiónis, si numquam desit observántia pietátis. Dóminus enim in exhortatiónibus suis dicit:
        Qui non áccipit crucem suam, et séquitur me, non est me dignus. Nec dubitáre debémus, hanc vocem
        non solum ad discípulos Christi, sed ad cunctos fidéles, totámque Ecclésiam pertinére, quæ
        salutáre suum in his qui áderant, universáliter audiébat.


        Sicut ergo totíus est córporis pie vívere, ita totíus est témporis crucem ferre: quæ mérito ferri
        unicuíque suadétur, quia própriis modis atque mensúris ab unoquóque tolerátur. Unum nomen est
        persecutiónis, sed non una est causa certáminis: et plus plerúmque perículi est in insidiatóre
        occúlto, quam in hoste manifésto. Beátus Job alternántibus bonis ac malis mundi hujus erudítus,
        pie veracitérque dicébat: Nonne tentátio est vita hóminis super terram? Quóniam non solis
        dolóribus córporis atque supplíciis ánima fidélis impétitur, verum étiam, salva incolumitáte
        membrórum, gravi morbo urgétur, si carnis voluptáte mollítur. Sed cum caro concupíscit advérsus
        spíritum, spíritus autem advérsus carnem; præsídio crucis Christi mens rationális instrúitur, nec
        cupiditátibus nóxiis illécta conséntit, quóniam continéntiæ clavis et Dei timóre transfígitur.
      en: >-
        Dearly beloved brethren, we know that of all the solemn Feasts which are kept by Christians the
        Passover is the chief. The ordinances of the whole rest of the year are ordered to the end of
        preparing us to come to this one in worthy and meet manner. But these days, which now are, are
        they which ought most especially to stir up a godly mind in us, seeing that they are they which
        are nearest to that most glorious mystery of God's mercy. In these days the holy Apostles, taught
        by the Holy Ghost, ordered the chiefest store of Fasting, that we, sharing His Cross with Christ,
        might, albeit we are what we are, in Him, do some of the same things which He did for our sakes,
        and so realise the saying of the Apostle: "If we suffer with Him, we shall be also glorified
        together." He that is partaker of the sufferings of the Lord hath a sure and certain hope of that
        blessedness which He hath promised unto us.


        Dearly beloved brethren, there is no man to whom the state of the age in which he liveth denieth
        a share in this glory of partaking, first the sufferings, and then the triumph and joy, of
        Christ. It is not as though this time of peace were barren in occasions of valour. The Apostle
        giveth us this warning: All that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. And
        therefore, as long as godliness is watchful, persecution will never be asleep. The Lord Himself
        saith in one of His own exhortations: He that taketh not his cross, and followeth after Me, is
        not worthy of Me. And we must not doubt that these words of Christ apply not only to His
        immediate disciples, to whom He spoke them, but belong to all the faithful and to the whole
        Church, who, whosoever be the believers of whom she is for the time composed on earth, heareth in
        these words the way to be saved which her Lord hath appointed for them.


        As then, it is the duty of the whole body of the Church to live godly, so is it her right at all
        times to be a-bearing of her Master's Cross, and that not only in her general body, but
        individually in the person of each one of her members, who differ every one from another in the
        way in which they have to carry it, and the shape in which it is laid upon them. The one common
        name for all their carrying of the Cross is persecution, but the manner of his wrestling is
        special to each; and there is often more danger in the ambush than in the pitched field of
        battle. Blessed Job, who had tried both the goods and the ills of this world, said: Is not the
        life of man upon earth a warfare? The attack upon the faithful soul arrayeth itself not alone in
        bodily torture and punishment; yea, when the limbs are sound enough, fearful is the ravage that
        threateneth us when the lusts of the flesh unman us. But when the flesh lusteth against the
        spirit, and the spirit against the flesh, the reasonable mind findeth her reinforcement in the
        helpful Cross of Christ, and though she be lured by foul cravings, yet refuseth to give her
        consent, for God maketh her pure thoughts to tremble for fear of Him.
    responsory:
      la: "R. Deus meus es tu, ne discédas a me: * Quóniam tribulátio próxima est, et non est qui ádjuvet.\nV. Tu autem, Dómine, ne elongáveris auxílium tuum a me: ad defensiónem meam áspice.\nR. Quóniam tribulátio próxima est, et non est qui ádjuvet."
      en: "R. Thou art my God; be not far from me, for trouble is near; * For there is none to help.\nV. But be not thy strength far from me; O Lord, haste thee to help me.\nR. For trouble is near; for there is none to help."
    status: { la: verified, en: verified }

  - nocturn: 3
    isGospel: true
    citation: { la: "Joann 8:46-59", en: "John 8:46-59" }
    text:
      la: >-
        In illo témpore: Dicébat Jesus turbis Judæórum: Quis ex vobis árguet me de peccáto? Si veritátem dico vobis, quare non créditis mihi? Qui ex Deo est, verba Dei audit. Proptérea vos non audítis, quia ex Deo non estis. Respondérunt ergo Judǽi et dixérunt ei: Nonne bene dícimus nos, quia Samaritánus es tu, et dæmónium habes? Respóndit Jesus: Ego dæmónium non hábeo, sed honorífico Patrem meum, et vos inhonorástis me. Ego autem non quæro glóriam meam: est, qui quærat et júdicet. Amen, amen, dico vobis: si quis sermónem meum serváverit, mortem non vidébit in ætérnum. Dixérunt ergo Judǽi: Nunc cognóvimus, quia dæmónium habes. Abraham mórtuus est et Prophétæ; et tu dicis: Si quis sermónem meum serváverit, non gustábit mortem in ætérnum. Numquid tu major es patre nostro Abraham, qui mórtuus est? et Prophétæ mórtui sunt. Quem teípsum facis? Respóndit Jesus: Si ego glorífico meípsum, glória mea nihil est: est Pater meus, qui gloríficat me, quem vos dícitis, quia Deus vester est, et non cognovístis eum: ego autem novi eum: et si díxero, quia non scio eum, ero símilis vobis, mendax. Sed scio eum et sermónem ejus servo. Abraham pater vester exsultávit, ut vidéret diem meum: vidit, et gavísus est. Dixérunt ergo Judǽi ad eum: Quinquagínta annos nondum habes, et Abraham vidísti? Dixit eis Jesus: Amen, amen, dico vobis, ántequam Abraham fíeret, ego sum. Tulérunt ergo lápides, ut jácerent in eum: Jesus autem abscóndit se, et exívit de templo.
      en: >-
        At that time, Jesus said to the crowds of the Jews: Which of you can convict Me of sin? If I speak the truth, why do you not believe Me? He who is of God hears the words of God. The reason why you do not hear is that you are not of God. The Jews therefore in answer said to Him, Are we not right in saying that You are a Samaritan, and have a devil? Jesus answered, I have not a devil, but I honor My Father, and you dishonor Me. Yet, I do not seek My own glory; there is One Who seeks and Who judges. Amen, amen, I say to you, if anyone keep My word, he will never see death. The Jews therefore said, Now we know that You have a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets, and You say, 'If anyone keep My word he will never taste death.' Are You greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? And the prophets are dead. Whom do You make Yourself? Jesus answered, If I glorify Myself, My glory is nothing. It is My Father Who glorifies Me, of Whom you say that He is your God. And you do not know Him, but I know Him. And if I say that I do not know Him, I shall be like you, a liar. But I know Him, and I keep His word. Abraham your father rejoiced that he was to see My day. He saw it and was glad. The Jews therefore said to Him, You are not yet fifty years old, and have You seen Abraham? Jesus said to them, Amen, amen, I say to you, before Abraham came to be, I am. They therefore took up stones to cast at Him; but Jesus hid Himself, and went out from the temple.
    status: { la: verified, en: verified }

  - nocturn: 3
    isGospel: false
    source: "Pope St. Gregory the Great, Homily 18 on the Gospels"
    text:
      la: >-
        Pensáte, fratres caríssimi, mansuetúdinem Dei. Relaxáre peccáta vénerat, et dicébat: Quis ex
        vobis árguet me de peccáto? Non dedignátur ex ratióne osténdere se peccatórem non esse, qui ex
        virtúte divinitátis póterat peccatóres justificáre. Sed terríbile est valde, quod súbditur: Qui ex
        Deo est, verba Dei audit: proptérea vos non audítis, quia ex Deo non estis. Si enim ipse verba
        Dei audit qui ex Deo est, et audíre verba ejus non potest quisquis ex illo non est: intérroget se
        unusquísque, si verba Dei in aure cordis pércipit; et intélleget unde sit. Cæléstem pátriam
        desideráre Véritas jubet, carnis desidéria cónteri, mundi glóriam declináre, aliéna non appétere,
        própria largíri.


        Penset ergo apud se unusquísque vestrum, si hæc vox Dei in cordis ejus aure conváluit, et quia jam
        ex Deo sit, agnóscit. Nam sunt nonnúlli, qui præcépta Dei nec aure córporis percípere dignántur.
        Et sunt nonnúlli, qui hæc quidem córporis aure percípiunt, sed nullo ea mentis desidério
        complectúntur. Et sunt nonnúlli, qui libénter verba Dei suscípiunt, ita ut étiam in flétibus
        compungántur, sed post lacrimárum tempus ad iniquitátem rédeunt. Hi profécto verba Dei non
        áudiunt, qui hæc exercére in ópere contémnunt. Vitam ergo vestram, fratres caríssimi, ante mentis
        óculos revocáte, et alta consideratióne pertiméscite hoc quod ex ore Veritátis sonat: Proptérea
        vos non audítis, quia ex Deo non estis.


        Sed hoc quod de réprobis Véritas lóquitur, ipsi hoc de semetípsis réprobi iníquis suis opéribus
        osténdunt: nam séquitur: Respondérunt ígitur Judǽi et dixérunt ei: Nonne bene dícimus nos, quia
        Samaritánus es tu, et dæmónium habes? Accépta autem tanta contumélia, quid Dóminus respóndeat,
        audiámus: Ego dæmónium non hábeo, sed honorífico Patrem meum, et vos inhonorástis me. Quia enim
        Samaritánus interpretátur custos: et ipse veráciter custos est, de quo Psalmísta ait: Nisi Dóminus
        custodíerit civitátem, in vanum vígilant qui custódiunt eam: et cui per Isaíam dícitur: Custos
        quid de nocte? custos quid de nocte? respondére nóluit Dóminus, Samaritánus non sum; sed, Ego
        dæmónium non hábeo. Duo quippe ei illáta fuérunt: unum negávit, áliud tacéndo consénsit.
      en: >-
        Dearly beloved brethren, consider the gentleness of God. He came to take away sins, and He
        saith: Which of you convinceth Me of sin? He Who, through the might of His Godhead, was able to
        justify sinners, was contented to show by argument that He was not Himself a sinner. But
        exceeding dread is that which followeth: He that is of God heareth God's words; ye, therefore,
        hear them not, because ye are not of God. If, then, whosoever is of God heareth God's words, and
        whosoever is not of Him cannot hear His words, let each one ask himself if he, in the ear of his
        heart, heareth God's words, and understandeth Whose words they are? The Truth commandeth us to
        long for a Fatherland in heaven, to bridle the lusts of the flesh, to turn away from the glory of
        the world, to seek no man's goods, and to give away our own.


        Let each of you, therefore, think within himself if this voice of God is heard in the ear of his
        heart, and if he knoweth already if he is of God. For some there be, whom it pleaseth not to
        hear the commandments of God even with their bodily ears. And some there be, who receive the
        same with their bodily ears, but whose heart is far from them. And some also there be, who hear
        the words of God with joy, so that they are moved thereby even to tears; but when their fit of
        weeping is past they turn again to iniquity. They hear not the words of God, who despise to do
        them. Therefore, dearly beloved brethren, call up your own life before your mind's eye, and then
        ponder with trembling those awful words which the mouth of the Truth spoke: Ye therefore hear
        them not, because ye are not of God.


        But the Truth speaketh these words concerning the reprobate; but the reprobate make manifest the
        same thing concerning themselves, by their evil works. Thus immediately followeth: Then answered
        the Jews, and said unto Him: Say we not well that Thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil? But let
        us hear what the Lord said to this insult: I have not a devil, but I honour My Father, and ye do
        dishonour Me. The Lord said: I have not a devil, but He did not say: I am not a Samaritan, for in
        a sense a Samaritan He was indeed, since the word Samaritan, in the Hebrew tongue, signifieth,
        being interpreted, a Watcher, and the Lord is that Watcher, of Whom the Psalmist saith that
        unless He keep the city, other watchman waketh but in vain. He also is that Watchman unto Whom
        crieth Isaiah: Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night? Therefore the Lord said:
        I have not a devil, but not: I am not a Samaritan. Of the two things brought against Him He
        denied one; but by His silence, admitted the other.
    responsory:
      la: "R. Tota die contristátus ingrediébar, Dómine: quóniam ánima mea compléta est illusiónibus: * Et vim faciébant, qui quærébant ánimam meam.\nV. Amíci mei et próximi mei advérsum me appropinquavérunt et stetérunt: et qui juxta me erant, de longe stetérunt.\nR. Et vim faciébant, qui quærébant ánimam meam."
      en: "R. O Lord, I go mourning all the day long, for my soul is filled with a loathsome disease: * They also that sought after my life have used violence against me.\nV. My friends and my neighbours draw near, and stand over against me; and they that are nearest to me stand afar off.\nR. They also that sought after my life have used violence against me."
    status: { la: verified, en: verified }