Tractatus Prior, Pars Altera, Cap. 2. De tristitia et pavore lesu pro nobis
Tractatus Prior, Pars Altera, Cap. 2. De tristitia et pavore lesu pro nobis
Having taken on our human nature, you experienced fear and sorrow for our sake. I bless you and give you thanks, Lord Jesus Christ, creator and redeemer of all the faithful, for the painful beginning of your most bitter passion, for the overwhelming sorrow of your soul, for the anxiety and fear of your fragile human nature, which you willingly took on for us when, at the moment of your betrayal, you began to be troubled and sad. And you didn't shrink back from sharing the same sorrow in the ears of your disciples.
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assumptis.
Benedico et gratias ago tibi, Domine lesu Christe, omnium fidelium conditor et redemptor, pro doloroso initio amarissimae passionis tuae, pro nimia tristitia animae tuae, pro anxietate et pa- Vore infirmae naturae camis, quam pro nobis voluntarie assumpsisti, quando instante hora traditionis coepisti pavere et maestus esse.
Atque eandem tristitiam in auribus discipulorum tuorum non erubuisti:aV xisr jQQiiusn riwtt ar animii fUllllA mHoraiirf a ■ /
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