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Preces Quotidianae

Examples of Divine Mercy

A catalogue of biblical figures who received mercy from Christ, including the Canaanite woman, Samaritan woman, woman with hemorrhage, woman caught in adultery, Mary Magdalene, Zacchaeus, the thief, Peter, Thomas, Paul, and Nicodemus, concluding with the statement that Christ receives sinners.

For examples: the Canaanite woman, Matt.1 15. 28.✦ or the Syrophoenician woman, Mark 7. 26.✦ The Samaritan woman, John 4 26.✦ The woman with the hemorrhage, Luke2 8 48.✦ The woman caught in adultery, John 83 11.4 Mary Magdalene, Luke.5 7. 48. Zacchaeus, Luke. 19. 5. The thief, Luke.✦6 21.✦ 43.✦ Peter, Luke✦ 21.✦ 62.✦ Thomas, John✦ 20.✦ 27.✦ Paul, 1 Timothy.✦7 15.✦ Nicodemus, John. 2.8 This man receives sinners.

Opposition and Suffering of Christ

A list of those who opposed Christ—those who contradicted him, sought to throw him down, stoned him, blasphemed him, preferred Barabbas, and crucified him—highlighting the suffering he endured.

This man receives sinners.9 Those who contradicted him, Heb.10 12.✦ 3. Those who would throw him down, Luke.11 4.✦ 29. Those who twice stoned him, John.✦ 8.✦12 59. On a good work, John. 10. 31.✦ Those who blasphemed him, Matthew.✦13 27. 39.✦ Those who preferred Barabbas, Luke. 22. 18. By the crucifiers from among the Gentiles.✦14

Christ's Passion and Obedience

Reflections on Christ's death, his obedience to the cross, his intense desire for salvation, and the specific places of his suffering: Gethsemane, Gabbatha, and Golgotha.

For the death of Christ, 1.15 Obedience even to death on the cross, 2. His desire pressing hard upon Him.✦16 (Gethsemane,✦ For what he suffered at Gabbatha, Golgotha,✦✦17

Read the original Latin

Pro Exemplis : Mulere Cananza, Matt. xv. 28. seu Syrophenicia, Mar. vii. 26.

Muliere Samaritana, Jo. iv. 26. Muliere hzemorrhoissa, Lwc. viii. 48. Adultera deprehensa, Jo. viii.

ll. Maria Magdalena, Lwc. vii. 48. Zacchaeo, Luc. xix. 5. Latrone, Luc.

xxi. 43. Petro, Luc. xxi. 62. Thoma, Jo. xx. 27.

Paulo, - 1 Tii. 15. Nicodemo, Jo. ii. Οὗτος δέχεται ἁμαρτωλούς.

Hie peccatores recipit. Contradicentibus, eb. xii. 3. Precipitantibus, Lue. iv. 29. Bis lapidantibus Jo.

vii. 59.

de opere bono, Jo. x. 31. Blasphemantibus, Maff. xxvii. 39. Barabbam preferentibus, Luc. xxii.

18.

Crucifixoribus e Gentibus.

Pro morte Christi,

l. Obedientia usque ad mortem crucis,

2. Desiderio ejus coarctante. ( Gethsemane,

Proiis quz passus est in4 Gabbatha, Golgotha,

Scripture echoes

  1. ↩Matt.15.28 — Then Jesus answered her, "Woman, great is your faith! Let it be done for you as you desire." And her daughter was healed from that hour.
  2. ↩Mark.7.26 — Now the woman was Greek, Syrophoenician by birth, and she kept asking him to cast the demon out of her daughter.
  3. ↩John.4.26 — "I am," Jesus said to her, "the one speaking to you."
  4. ↩Luke.8.48 — And he said to her, "Daughter, your faith has saved you; go in peace."
  5. ↩Luke.23.43 — And he said to him, "Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise."
  6. ↩Luke.23.43 — And he said to him, "Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise."
  7. ↩Luke.23.43 — And he said to him, "Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise."
  8. ↩Luke.22.62 — And he went out and wept bitterly.
  9. ↩Luke.22.62 — And he went out and wept bitterly.
  10. ↩Luke.22.62 — And he went out and wept bitterly.
  11. ↩John.20.27 — Then he said to Thomas, "Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it into my side; and do not be unbelieving, but believing."
  12. ↩John.20.27 — Then he said to Thomas, "Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it into my side; and do not be unbelieving, but believing."
  13. ↩John.20.27 — Then he said to Thomas, "Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it into my side; and do not be unbelieving, but believing."
  14. ↩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.
  15. ↩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.
  16. ↩Heb.12.3 — For consider him who endured such hostility from sinners against yourselves, so that you may not grow weary, being exhausted in your souls.
  17. ↩Luke.4.29 — And they rose up and drove him out of the city, and led him to the brow of the hill on which their city was built, in order to hurl him down.
  18. ↩John.8.59 — So they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple.
  19. ↩John.8.59 — So they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple.
  20. ↩John.10.31 — Again the Jews picked up stones to stone him.
  21. ↩Matt.27.39 — And those who passed by were hurling insults at him, shaking their heads
  22. ↩Matt.27.39 — And those who passed by were hurling insults at him, shaking their heads
  23. ↩Acts.4.27 — For in truth, in this city, Herod and Pontius Pilate, together with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, were gathered against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed.
  24. ↩Luke.22.15 — And he said to them, 'I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.'
  25. ↩Matt.26.36;Mark.14.32;John.18.1 — Then Jesus comes with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he says to the disciples, 'Sit here while I go over there and pray.' Mark.14.32 — And they come to a place whose name is Gethsemane, and he says to his disciples, "Sit here while I pray." John.18.1 — When Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples across the Kidron Valley, where there was a garden, into which he and his disciples entered.
  26. ↩John.19.13 — When Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called the Stone Pavement — in Hebrew, Gabbatha.
  27. ↩John.19.17;Matt.27.33 — Carrying his own cross, he went out to the place called the Place of a Skull, which in Aramaic is called Golgotha. Matt.27.33 — And they came to a place called Golgotha, which is the place of a skull.

Notes

  1. 1 ↩Source reads 'Mulere Cananza'; most plausible intended reading is 'Muliere Cananaea' (the Canaanite woman of Matt. 15:28), matching the section's biblical-example list pattern.
  2. 2 ↩Source has hzemorrhoissa and Lwc.; read as haemorrhoissa (the woman with the flow of blood) and Luc. (Luke).
  3. 3 ↩Only the chapter (John 8) is present in this section; the verse number appears incomplete relative to the surrounding citation list.
  4. 4 ↩Source reads "ll." Continuing the previous section's "Adultera deprehensa, Jo. viii.", this is almost certainly verse 11 (John 8:11), with "11" misread as "ll".
  5. 5 ↩Source abbreviation "Lwc." is treated as "Luc." (Luke), matching the chapter's other gospel abbreviations.
  6. 6 ↩Latin Latrone is ablative of latro, "robber/thief," almost certainly the good thief of the Passion (traditionally Luke 23:43); the verse continues in the next section.
  7. 7 ↩Source reads 'Paulo, - 1 Tii.' In context of neighboring name-and-citation lines (Peter/Luke; Thomas/John), this is treated as the abbreviation for Paul, 1 Timothy; the exact printed form is garbled.
  8. 8 ↩Source has Roman 'ii.' Nicodemus’s main episode is John 3, not John 2; either a chapter numeral for John 2, a mis-set 'iii', or a compressed citation. Rendered as 2 without silent correction.
  9. 9 ↩Source reads Hie; almost certainly Hic (This man / This one), matching Luke 15:2 and the preceding Greek Οὗτος δέχεται ἁμαρτωλούς.
  10. 10 ↩eb. is treated as a truncated biblical book abbreviation for Hebrews (Heb./Hebr./Ebr.).
  11. 11 ↩Precipitantibus (for praecipitantibus) evokes those who meant to cast Jesus headlong from the cliff (Luke 4:29).
  12. 12 ↩Roman chapter numeral vii. rendered as Arabic 8 in modern citation style; with neighboring Jo. … 59 this completes a John 8:59 citation fragment (those who twice took up stones).
  13. 13 ↩Source abbreviation 'Maff.' is almost certainly Matt. (Matthew); rendered as Matthew.
  14. 14 ↩Crucifixoribus may be ablative of agent ('by the crucifiers') or dative of advantage ('for the crucifiers'). Neighboring Pro morte Christi favors a passion-meditation caption; ablative agent is preferred here. If intercession for the crucifiers is intended, render 'For the crucifiers from among the Gentiles.'
  15. 15 ↩Source reads 'l.'; neighboring next section begins '2.', so this is treated as a corrupted list numeral '1.'
  16. 16 ↩Ablative absolute: desiderio ejus coarctante. coarctante = constraining / hemming in / pressing hard; in Passion devotion this names the constraining force of Christ's own longing (not merely outward distress).
  17. 17 ↩Source reading 'Proiis quz passus est in4 Gabbatha, Golgotha,' is clearly corrupt. Most plausible intended sense: 'Pro iis quae passus est in Gabbatha, Golgotha' ('For those things which he suffered at Gabbatha, Golgotha'). 'in4' treated as garbled 'in'; 'Proiis' as 'Pro iis'; 'quz' as 'quae/quæ'.

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