Preces Quotidianae
Deliver Us from Evil
A litany of petitions for deliverance from demonic assault, impurity, vainglory, uncleanness, tainted thoughts, and blindness of heart.
From the assault of demons,1 From the spirit of fornication, From the craving for empty glory,2 From every impurity of mind and body, from anger and ill will, From tainted thoughts, From blindness of heart.3
Grant Me Virtue
A prayer invoking God's command to hold back His hand, asking for the replacement of vices with corresponding virtues and concluding with a plea for contempt of the world.
You who said to Your angel as he struck, “It is enough; now hold back Your hand”—in prayers and vows, in straits and dangers, in weaknesses and needs, in temptations and tribulations: drive away the craving of gluttony; grant the virtue of abstinence. Put to flight the spirit of fornication; give the love of chastity. Extinguish the world’s greed; grant poverty of spirit. Restrain headlong anger; kindle gentleness in me. Take away the sorrow of the world; increase spiritual joy. Drive away the mind’s boastfulness; grant compunction of heart and strength of faith. Give the security of hope and the safeguard of salvation.45 Give me contempt for the world.
The Joy of the Lord
A series of scriptural allusions and citations pointing to the fullness of joy that awaits the faithful at God's right hand.
They will enter into joy, full joy. John.✦ xvi.6 24. joy that will not be taken away. Verse.✦ 22.✦ At the right hand, (7
Read the original Latin
Ab infestatione Dzxemonum,
A spiritu fornicationis,
Ab appetitu inanis glori,
Ab omni immunditia mentis et corporis, Ab ira et mala voluntate,
Ab infectis cogitationibus,
A cscitate cordis.
Qui dixisti Angelo Tuo percutienti, Sufficit, nunc contine manum Tuam, In orationibus et votis, Angustis et periculis, Infirmitatibus et necessitatibus, Tentationibus et tribulationibus, Repelle concupiscentiam gulz, Virtutem abstinentiz, Fuga spiritum fornicationis, Da4 Amorem castitatis, Extingue mundi cupiditatem, Spiritus paupertatem, Cohibe przcipitem iracun- Accende in me mansuetudiam, dinem, Tolle tristitiam sceculi, Auge gaudium spirituale, Repelle jactantiam mentis, Tribue compunctionem cordis, robur fidei, Da 4 securitatem spei, tutelam salutis,
Da mundi contemptum.
Intrabunt in gaudium, gaudium plenum, Jo. xvi. 24. gaudium quod non tolletur, Vers. 22. A dextris, (
Scripture echoes
- ↩John.16.24;Matt.25.21 — Until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, so that your joy may be full. Matt.25.21 — His master said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant. You were faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.'
- ↩John.16.22 — So now you have sorrow, but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.
- ↩John.16.22 — So now you have sorrow, but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.
Notes
- 1 ↩Source surface 'Dzxemonum' is treated as a corrupt reading of 'Daemonum' (demons), matching the litany series (Ab… / A…).
- 2 ↩Latin ends glori, (likely truncated); read as inanis gloriae, 'of empty/vain glory,' the standard litany phrasing.
- 3 ↩Source reads 'cscitate'; almost certainly a corrupt/OCR form of 'caecitate' (blindness). Rendered as 'A caecitate cordis,' the standard litany petition.
- 4 ↩Normalized through OCR/print corruption: gulz→gulæ; abstinentiz→abstinentiæ; przcipitem iracun- / mansuetudiam, dinem→præcipitem iracundiam / mansuetudinem; sceculi→sæculi. Da4 / Da 4 read as Da with footnote markers, not as numerals in the text.
- 5 ↩Virtutem abstinentiæ, Spiritus paupertatem, and robur fidei lack an explicit governing verb in the supplied line; they are rendered as objects of grant/give by the surrounding petition pairs (Repelle/Fuga/Extingue…Da/Tribue/Accende).
- 6 ↩Bare chapter numeral, almost certainly John 16 with s1’s Jo. and s3’s 24.
- 7 ↩Source ends mid-phrase with an open parenthesis; likely the start of a psalm/versicle (A dextris…).
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