Preces Quotidianae

Foundation of the Church

The Church is established as a pillar of truth, entrusted with the deposit of faith, and called to order and stability.

You who gave Your Church that she might be a pillar, 1 Tim.¹ 3.² 15. and the foundation of the truth, so that the gates of hell³ might prevail against her,⁴ You who gave him to us so that he might guard the deposit, 1 Tim.⁵ 6. 20. and that he might teach us thoroughly the way of peace, Rom.^✦ 5.⁶ 1. and that it might keep order, stability, and beauty, Col.^✦ 2. 5.^✦

The King and National Peace

Prayers for the king's throne, peace at borders, provision of grain, protection of gates, blessing of children, shame of enemies, and enduring joy.

You who established the throne of your servant, our King, 2 Sam. 7. 13.^✦ You who set peace at our borders, and with the richness of⁷ You have filled us with grain, Ps. 147:⁸ 14. You have strengthened the bars of our gates, and you bless our children within us. Verse⁹ 13.^✦ You who have clothed our enemies with shame, Psalm^✦ 132.¹⁰ You who have made us a blessing forever^✦¹¹ and always, and you fill us with joy.^✦ your face. Ps.¹² 21. 6.

Rulers and Pastors

Prayers for the instruction of princes and senators, and for pastors who teach with knowledge and wisdom.

You who have instructed our princes, and You thoroughly taught our senators prudence, Ps. ev.¹³ 22. You who gave us pastors after Your own heart,^✦ who feed us with knowledge and teaching, Jer.¹⁴ ii. 15.

Universal Peace and Tranquility

Petition for the transformation of weapons into tools of peace, and for the absence of conflict and outcry in the land.

You who have turned swords into plowshares, and Spears into pruning hooks, Is.^✦ n. 4. For there is no breach in the wall, nor any way through,^✦¹⁵ nor any outcry in our streets, Psalm 144. 14.

Personal Salvation and Mercy

Thanksgiving for new life in baptism, knowledge of God's ways, forgiveness of sins, and patient waiting for mercy.

You who brought me into this life, and to the washing of regeneration and^✦ of the renewal of the Holy Spirit you have led me, 774.¹⁶ 3.^✦ 5. And You have made Your ways known to me, Psalm.^✦ 16. 11.^✦¹⁷ You who have overlooked my sins for the sake of repentance, Wisdom.¹⁸ 11. 23. Nor have You cast me into the hand of iniquity, 118.¹⁹²⁰ 64. 7. Waiting for you to show mercy to me, Ps.²¹ 30.²² 18.²³

Read the original Latin

Qui dedisti Ecclesiz Tu:e, ut esset columna 1 Tim. 111. 15.

et firmamentum veritatis, ne porte inferi

pravalerent contra eam,

Qui dedisti nostrz, ut custodiret depositum, 1 Tim. vi. 20.

et viam pacis nos edoceret, Rom. v. 1.

et ut ordinem, stabilitatem, et decorem retineret, Col. ii. 5. Qui firmasti solium servi Tui, Regis nostri, 2 Sam. vii. 13. Qui posuisti fines nostros pacem, et adipe

Frumenti satiasti nos, Psal. cxlvn. 14. Confortasti seras portarum nostrarum, et

benedicis filis nostris in nobis, Vers. 13. Qui inimicos nostros induisti confusione, Psal. cxxxii. Qui dedisti nos in benedictionem in seculum

seculi, et letificas nos gaudio

vultus tuij Psal. xxi. 6.

Qui erudisti Principes nostros, et

Senatores nostros prudentiam edocuisti, Psal. ev. 22. Qui dedisti nobis Pastores juxta cor Tuum,

qui pascunt nos scientia et doctrina, er. ii. 15. Qui conflasti gladios in vomeres, et

lanceas in falces, s. n. 4. Quia non est ruina macerie, neque transitus,

neque clamor in plateis nostris, Psal. cxliv. 14. Qui produxisti me in vitam hanc,

et ad lavacrum regenerationis et

renovationis Spiritus Saneti perduxisti me, 774. iii. 5.

Et notas mihi fecisti vias Tuas, Psal. xvi. 1l. Qui dissimulasti peccata mea propter poenitentiam, Sap. xi. 23. Nec allisisti me in manu iniquitatis mec, 118. lxiv.

Exspectans ut misericordiam ostenderes in me, s. xxx. 18.

Scripture echoes

↩Rom.3.17;Luke.1.79 — and the way of peace they have not known. Luke.1.79 — to shine on those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
↩Col.2.5 — For even though I am absent in the flesh, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the firmness of your faith in Christ.
↩Col.2.5 — For even though I am absent in the flesh, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the firmness of your faith in Christ.
↩2Sam.7.13 — He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
↩Ps.147.13 — For he has strengthened the bars of your gates; he has blessed your children within you.
↩Ps.132.18 — His enemies I will clothe with shame, but upon him his crown will shine.
↩Ps.21.7 — For you have placed blessings upon him forever; you gladden him with joy in your presence.
↩Ps.21.7 — For you have placed blessings upon him forever; you gladden him with joy in your presence.
↩Jer.3.15 — And I will give you shepherds after my heart, and they will shepherd you with knowledge and understanding.
↩Isa.2.4 — He will judge between the nations and arbitrate for many peoples; they will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not lift up sword against nation, nor will they learn war anymore.
↩Ps.144.14 — Our princes are laden with tribute, there is no breach, no one goes out to exile, and there is no outcry in our streets.
↩Titus.3.5 — not by works of righteousness that we ourselves had done, but according to his mercy he saved us, through the washing of renewal and rebirth and the renewing of the Holy Spirit,
↩Titus.3.5 — not by works of righteousness that we ourselves had done, but according to his mercy he saved us, through the washing of renewal and rebirth and the renewing of the Holy Spirit,
↩Ps.16.11;Ps.24.4 — You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore. Ps.24.4 — The one with clean hands and a pure heart, who has not lifted up his soul to what is false, and has not sworn deceitfully.
↩Ps.16.11 — You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

Notes

1 ↩Source reading 'Ecclesiz Tu:e' taken as 'Ecclesiae Tuae' (Your Church). Clause continues in the next section with 'et firmamentum veritatis'.
2 ↩Printed '111.' is almost certainly OCR for 'iii.' (chapter 3 of 1 Timothy), completing the citation begun in s1.
3 ↩Source reads 'porte'; treating as intended 'portae' (gates), the standard biblical collocation with 'inferi'.
4 ↩Reading pravalerent as praevalerent (imperfect subjunctive of praevaleo, ‘to prevail’), continuing the prior clause ne port[a]e inferi.
5 ↩Source reading 'nostrz' is corrupt (likely OCR/print damage for nobis, nostro, or nostræ). Sense is inferred from the relative clause Qui dedisti…ut custodiret, the preceding eam (Church), and the 1 Tim 6:20 'depositum' allusion; exact object/dative remains uncertain.
6 ↩Latin citation chapter 'v.' rendered as modern Arabic '5.' to match contemporary Bible-citation style while preserving the split citation structure.
7 ↩Clause is truncated at the section break; neighboring next section continues with frumenti satiasti nos (Psalm citation).
8 ↩Source reads ‘cxlvn.’; most plausible intended reading is Vulgate Psalm cxlvii (147), given the following verse number and the surrounding Psalm 147 wording.
9 ↩Latin filis is almost certainly filiis (children/sons); rendered as 'children'.
10 ↩Printed cxxxii may follow the work's psalm numbering; the wording of s3 is closer to Vulgate Ps 131:18 (Hebrew 132:18). Final mapping left to reference resolution.
11 ↩in seculum is cut mid-phrase; neighboring next section continues seculi (in seculum seculi = forever and ever). Rendered as 'forever' for this fragment alone.
12 ↩Source reads 'tuij'; treated as intended 'tui' (genitive of tuus). 'Psal.' expanded/retained as the psalm citation label 'Ps.'
13 ↩Surface 'ev.' is retained; most plausible intended reading is 'cv.' (= 105) in the Psalm citation.
14 ↩Terminal 'er.' is treated as a truncated Scripture citation label (likely Ier./Jer.), matching the following 'ii. 15' citation fragments and Jer 3:15 wording (pascent vos scientia et doctrina).
15 ↩macerie (maceria): enclosure wall; ruina macerie is the psalmic ‘breach in the wall.’ transitus is ‘going out / passage through,’ not mere transit in the abstract.
16 ↩Source reads 'Saneti'; treated as the intended 'Sancti' (Holy Spirit). The phrase continues the previous section's 'ad lavacrum regenerationis et…' (cf. Titus 3:5).
17 ↩Source prints “1l.”; treated as OCR/type corruption of verse “11.”, which fits the Psalm citation chain Psal. xvi. 11.
18 ↩dissimulasti = mercifully overlooked / passed over (not pretended). Personalized from the biblical plural “sins of men” to “my sins.”
19 ↩Trailing “mec” looks corrupt (possibly meae “my,” or a truncated word) and is not rendered in the English; sense follows Nec allisisti me in manu iniquitatis.
20 ↩allisisti from allido: cast/dash down; in manu = into the hand/power of. “118.” may be a Psalm number (with s8 lxiv. as verse) or an edition page/marker; left numeric as printed.
21 ↩Trailing 's.' is treated as a broken biblical book abbreviation (most likely Ps. = Psalm), continued by the following roman-numeral/verse fragments; not part of the prayer clause itself.
22 ↩Source is only the roman numeral 'xxx.'—treated as chapter 30 in a split scripture citation, not a prose sentence.
23 ↩Source is only the verse number '18.'—kept as the final piece of a split scripture citation.

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