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Preces Quotidianae

Invocation and Epiclesis

The prayer begins by invoking God's presence to sanctify the Eucharist and the worshippers, asking for unashamed faith.

and of the saving Sacrament of your most holy body and precious blood. Look down, Lord our God, from your holy dwelling, and from the throne of the glory of your kingdom, and come to sanctify us.✦1 You who sit on high with the Father, and who, though invisible, are present here with us: come to sanctify the gifts set out, and those for whom, those by whom, and the reasons for which they are offered.2 And grant us Communion, faith that is not put to shame, (Rom.✦3 9. 33.]✦

Petitions for Grace

The prayer asks for sincere charity, obedience to commandments, the fruits of the Spirit, and health of soul and body.

sincere charity,4 the keeping of the commandments, the stirring up of all the fruits of the Spirit, a turning away from every evil,5 Health of soul and body,

Eucharistic Memorials

The prayer recalls the Eucharistic tokens: the memorial of Christ's dispensation, the proclamation of His death, and communion in His Body and Blood.

The token of fellowship, 4 cf.6 n.7 42. Memorial of the dispensation, Luke8 22. 19. The proclamation of His death, 1 Cor.9 11. 26. Communion of the Body and Blood,

Spiritual Benefits of Communion

The prayer lists the fruits of Holy Communion: participation in the Spirit, forgiveness of sins, protection, tranquility of conscience, cancellation of debts, and cleansing from stains.

Participation in the Spirit, 1 Cor. 12. 18.✦ Forgiveness of sins, Matt.✦ 26. 28.✦ An amulet against everything that is ill-omened, 1 Cor.✦10 5. 7.✦ Tranquility of conscience, Matt.11 11. 28.✦ The cancellation of debts, Col.✦ 2.12 14.✦ The cleansing of stains, Heb.✦ 9. 14.✦

Healing and Conclusion

The prayer concludes with a petition for healing of the soul's infirmities and a heading for further prayers.

Healing of the soul's infirmities, 1 Pet.✦13 2. 24.✦ And.14 Prayers, II15

Read the original Latin

et salutaris Sacramenti sanctissimi tui corporis, et pretiosi sanguinis. Attende, Domine, Deus noster, de sancto habitaculo Tuo, et de Throno glor:e Regni Tui, et veni ut sanctifices nos. Qui sursum cum Patre sedes, et invisibilis hic presens nobiscum es, Veni ut sanctifices dona proposita, et pro quibus, et a quibus, et quibus de causis offeruntur. Et da nobis communionem Fidem inconfusam, (Rom. ix. 33.]

Charitatem sinceram, (

Preceptorum impletionem, ( Excitationem omnium Spiritus fructuum, Aversionem ommis mali,

Salutem animz et corporis,

Tesseram conventus, 4cf. n. 42, Monumentum dispensationis, Lwc. xxii. 19.

AdJ Annunciationem mortis, 1 Cor. xi. 26. Communionem Corporis et Sanguinis,

Participationem Spiritus, 1 Cor. xii. 18.

Remissionem peccatorum, Matt. xxvi. 28. Amuletum contra omne quod infaustum est, 1 Cor. v. 7. Tranquillitatem conscientie, Maff. xi.

28. Deletionem debitorum, Col. n. 14. Emundationem macularum, Heb. ix. 14.

L Sanationem infirmitatum anims, 1 Pef. ii. 24.

AND. PREGOES, lI

Scripture echoes

  1. ↩Deut.26.15 — Look down from your holy dwelling place, from heaven, and bless your people Israel and the land that you gave to us, as you swore to our fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.
  2. ↩Rom.9.33 — just as it is written, 'Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, and the one who believes on him will not be put to shame'
  3. ↩Rom.9.33 — just as it is written, 'Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, and the one who believes on him will not be put to shame'
  4. ↩1Cor.12.18 — But now God has placed each one of the members in the body just as he desired.
  5. ↩Matt.26.28 — For this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
  6. ↩Matt.26.28 — For this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
  7. ↩1Cor.5.7 — Clean out the old leaven, so that you may be a new batch, just as you are unleavened. For Christ, our Passover, has been sacrificed.
  8. ↩1Cor.5.7 — Clean out the old leaven, so that you may be a new batch, just as you are unleavened. For Christ, our Passover, has been sacrificed.
  9. ↩Matt.11.28 — Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest.
  10. ↩Col.2.14 — having canceled the written code, the regulations that were against us and stood opposed to us, he has taken it out of the way, nailing it to the cross.
  11. ↩Col.2.14 — having canceled the written code, the regulations that were against us and stood opposed to us, he has taken it out of the way, nailing it to the cross.
  12. ↩Heb.9.14 — how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, cleanse our conscience from dead works to serve the living God
  13. ↩Heb.9.14 — how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, cleanse our conscience from dead works to serve the living God
  14. ↩1Pet.2.24 — He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that, having died to sins, we might live for righteousness — by whose wounds you were healed.
  15. ↩1Pet.2.24 — He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that, having died to sins, we might live for righteousness — by whose wounds you were healed.

Notes

  1. 1 ↩Source has 'Throno glor:e Regni Tui'; read as 'throno gloriae Regni Tui' (throne of the glory of your kingdom).
  2. 2 ↩Triple relative sequence (pro quibus / a quibus / quibus de causis) is the classical intention formula: for whom, by whom, and for what causes the offerings are made.
  3. 3 ↩Fidem inconfusam can mean either 'unconfused/clear faith' or, with the Romans citation in view, 'faith that is not confounded/put to shame' (non confundetur).
  4. 4 ↩charitatem continues the petition series begun with da nobis… Fidem inconfusam (previous section). Rendered as charity (theological virtue) to parallel Faith, per lexeme policy for charitas in virtue contexts; love is the default alternative.
  5. 5 ↩Source reads ommis; translated as omnis ('every/all').
  6. 6 ↩Latin tesseram conventus (accusative, matching the neighboring petition list) rendered as the object-phrase 'the token of fellowship' (sign/token of assembly or communion). The trailing '4cf.' looks like a broken citation fragment and is preserved as received.
  7. 7 ↩Standalone 'n.' is almost certainly a citation remainder (e.g., 'cf. n. 42'), not an independent Latin sentence; left as the abbreviation in the source.
  8. 8 ↩Source 'Lwc.' taken as a corrupt expansion of Luc. (Luke), consistent with the following chapter/verse units xxii. 19. Monumentum rendered 'memorial' (not stone monument) in this sacramental/petition context; dispensationis kept as 'dispensation' for the ordered economy/ordinance.
  9. 9 ↩Leading 'AdJ' in the source looks corrupt or unresolved (possibly a typesetting/OCR artifact or an obscure abbreviation). Translated from the clear sense Annunciationem mortis = the proclamation/announcement of (the Lord's) death, as in 1 Cor 11:26.
  10. 10 ↩Amuletum is kept as 'amulet' (protective charm); in this petition list it is a spiritual metaphor, not a physical talisman.
  11. 11 ↩Source reads 'Maff.'; treated as a corruption of 'Matt.' (Matthew), matching the neighboring xi./28. citation pattern.
  12. 12 ↩Source reads 'n.'; in this citation pattern and with Col. 2:14 in view, the intended chapter is almost certainly 'ii.' (2).
  13. 13 ↩Normalized from corrupt 'L Sanationem infirmitatum anims, 1 Pef.' to intended 'Sanationem infirmitatum animae, 1 Pet.' Leading 'L' treated as OCR artifact; 'anims' as animae; 'Pef.' as Pet. (1 Peter), matching the list pattern of the neighboring petitions.
  14. 14 ↩Source reads English 'AND.' amid a Latin petition list. Most plausible readings: (1) English connective fragment, or (2) running-head debris (e.g. abbreviated author/title furniture from the 1675 print). No continuous Latin petition is recoverable from this token alone.
  15. 15 ↩Normalized corrupt 'PREGOES, lI' to intended 'PRECES, II' (Prayers, II): 'PREGOES' as OCR of PRECES; mixed-case 'lI' as Roman numeral II. May be running-title/page furniture rather than a petition in the daily-prayer benefits list (cf. PrecesPriv.1.119.10 → 1.120.1).

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