Preces Quotidianae

The Stations of the Passion

A sequential enumeration of the places, persons, and objects associated with Christ's suffering, from his binding to Golgotha.

3.¹ To be bound, 4.² To be led away, b.³ To be dragged off to 1.⁴ Annas, . Caiaphas,⁵ . Pilate, . Herod, Pilate again,⁶ 11.]⁷ i. the Praetorium,⁸ Gabbatha, . The gibbet.⁹ Golgotha.^✦

Prayers for Restraint

Petitions to Christ for control of speech and action, inspired by his example of silent endurance and willing submission to chains.

You who kept silent before the judge, Restrain my mouth.^✦ You who were willing to be bound with chains,^✦ Hold back my hands.

The Injustice of the Trial

Meditation on the false accusations and unjust condemnation of Christ before Caiaphas.

. To be accused before Caiaphas, To be assailed by false witnesses, . To be condemned for blasphemy,¹⁰

The Abuses Heaped upon Christ

A litany of the physical and verbal abuses Christ suffered after his condemnation, including slaps, mockery, beatings, and blasphemy.

To be struck with a slap before Annas,^✦ . To be mocked in many ways,^✦¹¹ . To be insulted by the servants, To be struck with fists,^✦¹² . To be struck with open hands,^✦ . To have his face veiled, . To be beaten with rods,^✦¹³ . To be spat upon, . To be mocked,^✦ . To be blasphemed.

Read the original Latin

3. ligari, 4. abduci, b. raptari ad 1. Annam,

. Caipham,

. Pilatum,

. Herodem, Pilatum denuo, Ϊ Vers. 11.] i Protorium, . Gabbatha,

. Patibulum.

Golgotha.

Qui coram judice tacuisti,

contine os meum.

Qui vinculis ligari voluisti,

contine manus meas.

. accusari coram Caipha, . falsis testibus impeti,

. blasphemiz condemmari,

alapa percuti coram Anna,

. multipliciter derideri, (

. À ministris contumeliis affici, . Colaphis ezdi,

. Palmis percuti,

. Facie velari,

. Fustigar,

. Conspui,

. ludi,

. Blasphemari.

Scripture echoes

↩Matt.27.33;Mark.15.22;John.19.17 — And they came to a place called Golgotha, which is the place of a skull. Mark.15.22 — And they brought him to the place called Golgotha, which means, Place of a Skull. John.19.17 — Carrying his own cross, he went out to the place called the Place of a Skull, which in Aramaic is called Golgotha.
↩Ps.140.3;Ps.142.3;Jas.1.26 — They devise evil in their hearts; every day they stir up wars. Ps.142.3 — I pour out my complaint before him; my distress I declare before him. Jas.1.26 — If anyone thinks he is religious but does not bridle his own tongue but deceives his own heart, this one's religion is worthless.
↩John.18.12 — Then the band of soldiers and their captain and the officers of the Jews arrested Jesus and bound him.
↩John.18.22 — When he said these things, one of the officers standing nearby struck Jesus with his hand, saying, "Is that how you answer the high priest?"
↩Matt.27.27-Matt.27.31;Mark.15.16-Mark.15.20;Luke.22.63;John.19.2-John.19.3 — Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the Praetorion and gathered the whole cohort around him. Matt.27.28 — And they stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him. Matt.27.29 — And they twisted together a crown of thorns and placed it on his head, and put a reed in his right hand. And kneeling before him, they mocked him, saying, 'Hail, King of the Jews!' Matt.27.30 — And they spit on him, and took the reed and struck him on the head. Matt.27.31 — And after they had mocked him, they stripped off the robe and put his own clothes on him, and led him away to crucify him. Mark.15.16 — Then the soldiers led him away into the courtyard, that is, the Praetorium, and called together the whole cohort. Mark.15.17 — And they clothed him in purple, and after twisting together a crown of thorns, they placed it on him. Mark.15.18 — And they began to greet him, "Hail, King of the Jews!" Mark.15.19 — And they kept striking his head with a reed and spitting on him, and kneeling down they bowed before him. Mark.15.20 — And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the purple and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him out to crucify him. Luke.22.63 — And the men who were holding Jesus were mocking him, striking him. John.19.2 — And the soldiers, having woven a crown of thorns, placed it on his head, and they clothed him in a purple robe. John.19.3 — And they kept coming up to him, saying, 'Hail, King of the Jews!' and striking him with their hands." Completes the sentence and gives the repeated action a clearer spoken rhythm.
↩Mark.14.65 — And some began to spit on him, to cover his face, to strike him, and to say to him, 'Prophesy!' And the guards received him with blows.
↩John.18.22;John.19.3 — When he said these things, one of the officers standing nearby struck Jesus with his hand, saying, "Is that how you answer the high priest?" John.19.3 — And they kept coming up to him, saying, 'Hail, King of the Jews!' and striking him with their hands." Completes the sentence and gives the repeated action a clearer spoken rhythm.
↩John.19.1-John.19.3 — Then Pilate therefore took Jesus and had him flogged. John.19.2 — And the soldiers, having woven a crown of thorns, placed it on his head, and they clothed him in a purple robe. John.19.3 — And they kept coming up to him, saying, 'Hail, King of the Jews!' and striking him with their hands." Completes the sentence and gives the repeated action a clearer spoken rhythm.
↩Matt.27.29-Matt.27.31;Mark.15.16-Mark.15.20;Luke.22.63 — And they twisted together a crown of thorns and placed it on his head, and put a reed in his right hand. And kneeling before him, they mocked him, saying, 'Hail, King of the Jews!' Matt.27.30 — And they spit on him, and took the reed and struck him on the head. Matt.27.31 — And after they had mocked him, they stripped off the robe and put his own clothes on him, and led him away to crucify him. Mark.15.16 — Then the soldiers led him away into the courtyard, that is, the Praetorium, and called together the whole cohort. Mark.15.17 — And they clothed him in purple, and after twisting together a crown of thorns, they placed it on him. Mark.15.18 — And they began to greet him, "Hail, King of the Jews!" Mark.15.19 — And they kept striking his head with a reed and spitting on him, and kneeling down they bowed before him. Mark.15.20 — And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the purple and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him out to crucify him. Luke.22.63 — And the men who were holding Jesus were mocking him, striking him.

Notes

1 ↩Source unit is only the numeral '3.'; almost certainly an apparatus, list, or print marker, not prose content.
2 ↩Trailing '4.' looks like an apparatus or list marker attached to the passive infinitive ligari, not part of the prayer wording.
3 ↩Trailing 'b.' looks like a lettered apparatus/list marker, not Latin prose.
4 ↩Most plausible continuous reading with the next unit is raptari ad Annam ('to be dragged off to Annas'); the bare '1.' is almost certainly a misplaced numeral/apparatus mark, not the object of ad.
5 ↩Latin Caipham is the accusative of Caiaphas (high priest). Rendered with the standard modern English form; case is lost in English and is only recoverable from the wider list context.
6 ↩Herodem and Pilatum denuo are clear accusatives in the Passion itinerary (to Herod, to Pilate a second time). Trailing 'Ϊ Vers.' looks like a corrupt versicle/apparatus marker (Vers. = Versicle elsewhere in this work); the Greek capital iota is almost certainly OCR/print noise, not Latin prose.
7 ↩Bare '11.]' is almost certainly an apparatus, list, or print marker (closing bracket and numeral), not prayer wording.
8 ↩Source 'Protorium' is a corrupt or abbreviated form of praetorium (the governor’s headquarters). Leading 'i' is treated as a list/item marker (i.), matching other numbered Passion stations in this chapter; if it is stray type, drop it on review.
9 ↩Patibulum is the cross-beam or gibbet used in crucifixion; in Passion place-lists it may stand for the instrument of the Cross itself. 'Gibbet' keeps the Latin sense; 'the Cross' is a looser but more familiar devotional rendering.
10 ↩Latin reads corruptly as 'blasphemiz condemmari'. Most plausible intended sense in this Passion litany is blasphemiae/blasphemum condemmari: condemned for blasphemy / as a blasphemer (cf. the Sanhedrin trial).
11 ↩Trailing '(' in the source looks like a markup or segmentation artifact and is not rendered.
12 ↩Source reads 'ezdi', which is almost certainly a corruption of 'caedi' (to be struck/beaten); rendered from the plausible Passion formula colaphis caedi.
13 ↩Source form Fustigar is incomplete for classical fustigari (passive infinitive of fustigo, ‘to beat with a club/rod’). Rendered from the Passion-litany sense and neighboring passive infinitives (Facie velari … Conspui).

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