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Preces Quotidianae

A Plea Against Ruin

The psalmist pleads with God not to let his ruin become a cause for his enemies' joy, and asks God to look upon the face of His Christ and the blood of the covenant.

And what good is there in my ruin?1 . Your enemies will rejoice. O Lord, may they never rejoice! Don't let my ruin bring joy to your enemies. Look upon the face of your Christ. And by the blood of your covenant. Zech.✦2 9.3

Cries for Mercy

The supplicant calls upon Christ's propitiation for the whole world and humbly asks for mercy as a sinner, echoing the tax collector's prayer and Paul's confession.

11. In the propitiation of the whole world, 1 John.✦4 ii. 2.✦ Lord, be merciful to me, a sinner. Luke✦5 xviii. 13.✦ Be merciful to me, Lord—the first of sinners, the chief and the greatest.✦

For the Sake of Your Name

The prayer intensifies, acknowledging the greatness of sin and appealing to God's name—the only name given for salvation—as the basis for mercy.

For the sake of your name, be merciful also toward my sin: for it is great. Psalm 25. 11.6 It is truly very great. For the sake of your name. that name, apart from which no other name under heaven has been given to human beings by which we must be saved.✦7 Acts.✦8 4.✦9 12.✦

Trinitarian Intercession

The supplicant invokes the help of the Holy Spirit and appeals to the Father's heart, the Son's wounds, and the Spirit's groans, echoing Daniel's urgent plea.

With the Spirit himself helping us in our weakness, and pleading for us with groans too deep for words—for the Father's fatherly heart, the Son's bloody wounds, and the Spirit's inexpressible groans—hear, Lord; be merciful, Lord; listen, Lord; act, and do not delay, for your own sake.✦1011 Lord, Lord, my God.✦

Acknowledging Sin

The speaker concludes by affirming that he does not forget his sins, maintaining a posture of humility and repentance.

But I do not forget my sins.

Read the original Latin

Et quz utilitas in perditione mea? . Exsultabunt hostes tui. O nunquam exultent, Domine ! Ne des ruinam meam In exsultationem hostibus tuis. Respice in faciem Christi tui. Et in sanguine Testamenti tuij Zech. ix.

11. In propitiatione totius mundi, 1 JoA. ii. 2. Domine propitiare mihi peccator Lc. xviii. 13. Propitiare mihi, Domine, peccatorum Primo, principi et maximo.

Propter nomen tuum etiam propitiare - Peccato meo: multum est enim: Psal xxv. 1]. Est plane plurimum. Propter nomen tuum. illud, Extra quod non aliud nomen est Sub ccelo datum hominibus, In quo oporteat nos salvos fieri. “οἰ. 1v. 12.

Adjuvante ipso Spiritu Infirmitatem nostram, Et postulante pro nobis Gemitibus inenarrabihbus, Propter Patris paterna viscera, Fili cruenta vulnera, Spiritus gemitus inenarrabiles, Exaudi Domine, propitius esto Domine, Intende Domine, fac, et ne moreris Propter l'eipsum . Domine, Domine, Deus mi.

Ego autem non obliviscor peccatorum meorum ;

Scripture echoes

  1. ↩Zech.9.11 — As for you also, by the blood of your covenant I have sent out your prisoners from the pit in which there is no water.
  2. ↩1John.2.2 — And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.
  3. ↩1John.2.2 — And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.
  4. ↩Luke.18.13 — But the tax collector, standing far off, was not even willing to lift his eyes to heaven, but kept beating his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, the sinner.'
  5. ↩Luke.18.13 — But the tax collector, standing far off, was not even willing to lift his eyes to heaven, but kept beating his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, the sinner.'
  6. ↩1Tim.1.15 — The saying is trustworthy and worthy of full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost.
  7. ↩Acts.4.12 — And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.
  8. ↩Acts.4.12 — And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.
  9. ↩Acts.4.12 — And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.
  10. ↩Acts.4.12 — And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.
  11. ↩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.
  12. ↩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.

Notes

  1. 1 ↩Normalized reading treats source 'quz' as 'quae' (which); the printed form is almost certainly a long-s / OCR corruption.
  2. 2 ↩Normalized reading treats source 'tuij' as 'tui' (your); almost certainly a typesetting/OCR corruption.
  3. 3 ↩Roman numeral 'ix.' is the chapter marker completing the Zechariah citation begun in s7 (Zech. 9).
  4. 4 ↩Source abbreviation '1 JoA.' is read as 1 John (1 Joa./Joannis); treated as a citation tag, not part of the prayer phrasing.
  5. 5 ↩Source has nominative 'peccator' rather than the expected dative 'peccatori' of the standard publican's prayer; sense is still taken as self-identification: 'me, a sinner.'
  6. 6 ↩Source reads '1].'; most plausible intended citation is verse 11 of the psalm just cited.
  7. 7 ↩Source 'ccelo' read as 'caelo' (heaven).
  8. 8 ↩Source '“οἰ.' is severely corrupted; rendered as the book label Acts because the preceding sentence is Acts 4:12 and the following markers look like iv. 12.
  9. 9 ↩Source '1v.' most plausibly intended as 'iv.' (chapter 4), matching Acts 4:12.
  10. 10 ↩Normalized 'inenarrabihbus' as 'inenarrabilibus' (unutterable / beyond words), matching the second occurrence 'inenarrabiles' and Rom 8:26 wording.
  11. 11 ↩Normalized trailing 'Propter l'eipsum' as 'propter teipsum' / 'propter temetipsum' ('for your own sake'), the standard Daniel 9:19 prayer ending; the printed form looks like OCR/print corruption.

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