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Preces Quotidianae

Renewed in His Image

The opening verses affirm that we are being renewed in knowledge according to God's image, citing Colossians 3:10.

who is being renewed in knowledge according to His image✦ who created him.✦ Colossians 3.1 10.

The Price of Blood

A warning not to despise the precious blood of Christ, by which we were bought at a great price, citing 1 Corinthians 6:20 and 1 Peter 1:19.

(3.)2 The price of blood.✦ Do not make light of it. You were bought at a great price, 1 Cor.✦3 6.4 20.✦5 With the precious blood of the spotless Lamb,✦ and undefiled.✦ 1.✦6

Sealed by His Name

A plea not to despise the seal of baptism, since God's name has been invoked upon us and upon his people.

Do not despise the seal: Your Name has been invoked upon us.✦7 Because Your Name has been invoked upon Your people.✦

A Vessel for His Name

The believer is a vessel chosen to bear God's name, as in Acts 9:15, with the citation apparatus included.

A vessel, that it may bear Your name.✦ 4 cf.✦8 ix. 15.

Members of Christ's Body

A plea not to be cut off from the body of Christ, affirming that we are members of his body, citing 1 Corinthians 12:27 and 6:15.

A member of the Body of Christ. Do not cut me off.9 You are the body of Christ, and individually members of it.✦10 1 Cor. Don't you know that your bodies are members of Christ?✦ 1.✦11

Temple of the Holy Spirit

A reminder that our bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, citing 1 Corinthians 6:19, with the versicle and citation.

Don't you know that your members are a temple? of the Holy Spirit, who is in you?✦ — Versicle.12 19.✦

Yours, Lord—Save Me

A cry of belonging and desperation: 'I am yours; save me,' with references to Psalm 119, Psalm 116, Isaiah 64, and the disciples' plea in Mark 4:38.

I am yours; save me.✦ See, Lord, for I am your servant—I am your servant, and the son of your handmaid.13 We are all your people. 115. lxiv.✦ 9.✦ Doesn't it concern you if we perish?✦ Indeed it does.14

Servant and Son

A humble confession: though a useless servant and a lost son, still a servant and a son, appealing to God's mercy.

A useless servant, yet still a servant. A lost son—yet still a son.

Read the original Latin

Qui renovatur in agnitionem, secundum imaginem Ejus

qui creavit illum. Coloss. in. 10.

(3.] Pretium sanguinis. Ne vilipendas. Empti estis pretio magno, 1 Cor. vi. 20. Pretioso sanguine Agni immaculati,

et incontaminati. 1.

Characterem ne contemnas, Nomen Tuum invocatum est super nos. Quia nomen Tuum invocatum est super populum Tuum.

Vas, ut portet nomen Tuum. 4cf. ix. 15.

Membrum Corporis Christi. Ne prescindas.

Vos estis corpus Christi, et membra de membro. 1 Cor.

Nescitis, quoniam corpora vestra membra sunt Christi? 1.

An nescitis, quoniam membra vestra templum sunt

Spiritus Sancti, qui in vobis est? — Vers. 19.

Tuus sum ego, salvum me fac. Ecce, Domine, quia ego servus Tuus, ego servus Tuus, et filius ancille Tux. Populus Tuus omnes nos. 115. lxiv. 9. Non ad Te pertinet, si perimus? Imo pertinet.

Servus inutilis, servus tamen.

Filius perditus, tamen filius.

Scripture echoes

  1. ↩Col.3.10 — and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of its Creator
  2. ↩Col.3.10 — and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of its Creator
  3. ↩Matt.27.6 — But the chief priests, taking the pieces of silver, said, "It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood."
  4. ↩1Cor.6.20 — For you were bought with a price; therefore glorify God in your body.
  5. ↩1Cor.6.20 — For you were bought with a price; therefore glorify God in your body.
  6. ↩1Pet.1.19 — but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot
  7. ↩1Pet.1.19 — but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot
  8. ↩1Pet.1.19 — but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot
  9. ↩Jer.14.9;Deut.28.10;Dan.9.18-Dan.9.19 — Why should you be like a man stunned, like a mighty warrior who cannot save? Yet you are in our midst, O LORD, and your name is called upon us; do not abandon us. Deut.28.10 — And all the peoples of the earth will see that the name of the LORD is called upon you, and they will fear you. Dan.9.18 — Incline your ear, O my God, and hear; open your eyes and see our desolations, and the city that is called by your name. For it is not because of our righteous deeds that we pour out our pleas before you, but because of your great mercies. Dan.9.19 — O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, pay attention and do! Do not delay — for your own sake, O my God, because your name is called over your city and your people.
  10. ↩Jer.14.9;Deut.28.10 — Why should you be like a man stunned, like a mighty warrior who cannot save? Yet you are in our midst, O LORD, and your name is called upon us; do not abandon us. Deut.28.10 — And all the peoples of the earth will see that the name of the LORD is called upon you, and they will fear you.
  11. ↩Acts.9.15 — But the Lord said to him, "Go, for this man is my chosen instrument to carry my name before the Gentiles and kings and the sons of Israel.
  12. ↩Acts.9.15 — But the Lord said to him, "Go, for this man is my chosen instrument to carry my name before the Gentiles and kings and the sons of Israel.
  13. ↩1Cor.12.27 — Now you are the body of Christ, and individually members of it.
  14. ↩1Cor.6.15 — Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never!
  15. ↩1Cor.6.15 — Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never!
  16. ↩1Cor.6.19 — Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God? And you are not your own,
  17. ↩1Cor.6.19 — Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God? And you are not your own,
  18. ↩Ps.119.94;Ps.119.94 — I am yours; save me, for I have sought your precepts. Ps.119.94 — I am yours; save me, for I have sought your precepts.
  19. ↩Isa.64.9 — The cities of your sanctuary have become a wilderness; Zion has become a wilderness; Jerusalem a desolation.
  20. ↩Isa.64.9 — The cities of your sanctuary have become a wilderness; Zion has become a wilderness; Jerusalem a desolation.
  21. ↩Mark.4.38;Matt.8.25 — And he was in the stern, on the cushion, sleeping. And they wake him and say to him, 'Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?' Matt.8.25 — And they came to him, woke him, saying, 'Lord, save us! We are perishing!'

Notes

  1. 1 ↩Source reads 'in.'; in this citation sequence (Coloss. … 10) the intended reading is almost certainly chapter iii / 3 (Col 3:10).
  2. 2 ↩Source reads '(3.]' with mismatched brackets; treated as a section marker '(3.)', not prose.
  3. 3 ↩Explicit truncated citation '1 Cor.' continues in the following verse-number sentences as vi. 20.
  4. 4 ↩Roman-numeral chapter marker 'vi.' in the citation chain 1 Cor. vi. 20.
  5. 5 ↩Verse number completing the citation 1 Cor. vi. 20.
  6. 6 ↩Bare numeral, almost certainly a citation fragment (cf. prior section’s split '1 Cor. / vi. / 20.'); leave for reference resolution rather than expanding.
  7. 7 ↩Characterem likely means the indelible sacramental character (especially baptismal seal/mark). Rendered as "seal" for plain modern English while keeping the mark-of-consecration sense; "character" is the technical term if preferred.
  8. 8 ↩Source token '4cf.' looks like a broken citation fragment (possibly 'Act.' / 'cf.' / a note number + cf.), not continuous Latin prose.
  9. 9 ↩Latin has no expressed object; in this private-devotion context the implied object is the speaker (me), i.e. do not sever me from the Body of Christ just named.
  10. 10 ↩Vulgate 'membra de membro' (1 Cor 12:27) is compressed; rendered in natural modern English as 'individually members of it,' preserving the sense of particular membership in Christ's body rather than a wooden 'members of a member.'
  11. 11 ↩Bare citation fragment '1.' (likely the start of a 1 Cor. reference, parallel to PrecesPriv.1.158.8.s2); left as printed pending tx-08 resolution.
  12. 12 ↩Latin 'Vers.' is a rubrical abbreviation for Versus/Versicle; rendered as the expanded liturgical label rather than left as a bare abbreviation.
  13. 13 ↩Source reads ancille Tux; translated as the standard Vulgate ancillae Tuae ('of your handmaid'), the only plausible intended reading.
  14. 14 ↩Imo (immo) answers the rhetorical question by affirming the opposite of the doubt: it does concern the Lord.

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