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Preces Quotidianae

Hope in God's Mercy

The soul is called to hope in God and return to its rest, trusting in His goodness.

Hope in God, for I will still praise him, the salvation of my face, and my God.1 Return, my soul, to your rest, for the Lord2 He will do good to you.

Remembering God's Faithfulness

A plea for God to remember His promises and mercy, acknowledging human frailty.

Remember. Remember the words you spoke to your servant, in which you gave me hope.✦3 And receive me according to your words, that I may live; and do not put me to shame in my hope.✦ He will not be angry forever, nor will he threaten forever.✦4 He will not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities.✦5 He himself was so merciful, and so gracious toward our sins, that he would not destroy us.✦ He remembered that we are flesh,✦6 a spirit that goes forth and does not return.

Mercy Exalted

A brief proclamation that mercy is highly exalted.

Mercy is highly exalted.7

The Promise of Cleansing

God invites sinners to reason with Him, promising to wash away even the deepest stains.

Come and reason with me, says the Lord;✦ If your sins are like scarlet, they'll be made white as snow; and if they're red like crimson, they'll be like white wool.✦8 Is.9 i. 18, 19.

Repentance and Salvation

Turning and groaning in repentance leads to salvation, as promised in Isaiah.

When you turn and groan, then you will be saved. Is.10 30.11 15.

God Waits to Be Gracious

God patiently waits to show mercy, as declared in Isaiah.

God is waiting so that he may have mercy on you.✦12 Verse. 18.

Gentle Mercy for the Broken

God's tender care for the weak is promised, with citation from Isaiah and Matthew.

A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not quench.✦ 75. xln.13 3.

The Blotting Out of Sins

God declares He blots out iniquities for His own sake and will not remember sins.

I am the one who blots out your iniquities for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins.✦ Is.14 43.15 25.✦

Return and Redemption

God blots out sins like a cloud and calls the soul to return for redemption.

I wipe away your iniquities like a cloud, and like a mist,16 your sins.17 Return to Me, and I will redeem you.✦ 75. xliv.✦ 22.

Read the original Latin

Spera in Deo, quoniam adhuc confitebor Ei, salutare vultus mei, et Deus meus. Convertere, anima mea, in requiem tuam, quia Dominus

benefaciet tibi.

Recordare. Memor esto verborum 'Tuorum servo Tuo, in quibus mili spem dedisti. Et suscipe me secundum eloquia Tua, ut vivam: et non confundas me ab exspectatione mea. Non in perpetuum irascetur, neque in zeternum comminabitur. Non seeundum peccata nostra faciet nobis, neque secundum iniquitates nostras retribuet nobis. Ipse adeo misericors fuit, et propitius peccatis nostris, ut non disperderet nos. ( Recordatus est quia caro sumus,

spiritus vadens, et non rediens.

Misericordia superewaltans.

Venite et arguite Me, dicit Dominus ;

Si fuerint peccata vestra ut coccinum, quasi nix dealbabuntur; et si fuerint rubra quasi vermiculus, velut lana alba erunt. 7s. i. 18, 19.

Cum conversus ingemueris, tum salvus fies. 75. xxx. 15.

Exspeetat Deus, ut misereatur vestri. Vers. 18.

Calamum quassatum non confringet, et linum fumigans non extinguet. 75. xln. 3.

Ego sum qui deleo iniquitates tuas propter Meipsum, et peccatorum tuorum non recordabor. s. xlui. 25.

Deleo, ut nubem, iniquitates tuas, et quasi nebulam,

peccatatua. Revertere ad Me, et redimam. 75. xliv. 22.

Scripture echoes

  1. ↩Ps.119.49 — Remember your word to your servant, upon which you have given me hope.
  2. ↩Ps.119.116 — Sustain me according to your promise, that I may live, and let me not be put to shame in my hope.
  3. ↩Ps.103.9 — He will not always contend with us, nor will he keep his anger forever.
  4. ↩Ps.103.10 — He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor repaid us according to our iniquities.
  5. ↩Ps.78.38-Ps.78.39;Ps.103.8-Ps.103.10 — But He, being compassionate, forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them; He often turned away His anger and did not stir up all His wrath. Ps.78.39 — He remembered that they were flesh, a passing wind that does not return. Ps.103.8 — The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. Ps.103.9 — He will not always contend with us, nor will he keep his anger forever. Ps.103.10 — He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor repaid us according to our iniquities.
  6. ↩Ps.78.39 — He remembered that they were flesh, a passing wind that does not return.
  7. ↩Isa.1.18 — Come now, let us reason together, says the LORD. Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.
  8. ↩Isa.1.18 — Come now, let us reason together, says the LORD. Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.
  9. ↩Isa.30.18;Isa.30.15;Isa.42.3 — Therefore the LORD waits to be gracious to you; therefore he rises to show you mercy, for the LORD is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him. Isa.30.15 — For thus says the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel: 'In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and trust shall be your strength.' But you were unwilling, Isa.42.3 — A bruised reed he will not break, and a dimly burning wick he will not quench; he will bring forth justice to truth.
  10. ↩Matt.12.20;Isa.43.25 — A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not quench, until he brings justice to victory. Isa.43.25 — I, I am the one who blots out your transgressions for my sake, and your sins I will not remember.
  11. ↩Isa.43.25 — I, I am the one who blots out your transgressions for my sake, and your sins I will not remember.
  12. ↩Isa.43.25 — I, I am the one who blots out your transgressions for my sake, and your sins I will not remember.
  13. ↩Isa.44.22 — I have swept away your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist; return to me, for I have redeemed you.
  14. ↩Isa.44.22 — I have swept away your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist; return to me, for I have redeemed you.

Notes

  1. 1 ↩confitebor is the psalmic 'I will praise/give thanks,' not confession of sin; salutare vultus mei is kept as 'the salvation of my face' (Vulgate cadence) rather than collapsed to 'my Savior.'
  2. 2 ↩Printed unit ends mid-clause at quia Dominus; neighboring next section continues with benefaciet tibi. Translation stops at the supplied Latin and does not complete the psalm line.
  3. 3 ↩Normalized reading takes 'mili' as 'mihi' (to me). A stray opening quote before 'Tuorum' is treated as OCR noise.
  4. 4 ↩Normalized reading takes 'zeternum' as 'aeternum' (forever).
  5. 5 ↩Normalized reading takes 'seeundum' as 'secundum' (according to).
  6. 6 ↩Sentence is syntactically incomplete and opens a parenthesis; neighboring next section continues with 'spiritus vadens, et non rediens.'
  7. 7 ↩Latin 'superewaltans' is not standard classical/medieval Latin; most plausible intended form is 'superexaltans' (highly exaltant / rising above), possibly echoing the James 2:13 idiom of mercy that is 'superexalted' over judgment. Rendering follows that corrected sense.
  8. 8 ↩ut is comparative here ('as/like'), not purpose; vermiculus is the crimson dye (kermes), rendered 'crimson' rather than the literal 'little worm'.
  9. 9 ↩Source reads '7s.'; most plausible intended form is the biblical book abbreviation 'Is.' (Isaiah), given the following 'i. 18, 19.' citation pattern.
  10. 10 ↩Source reads "75."; treated as the book abbreviation Is. (Isaiah), matching the previous section's "7s." citation pattern for Isaiah.
  11. 11 ↩Source "xxx." read as Roman numeral 30 (Isaiah chapter 30).
  12. 12 ↩Source surface Exspeetat is almost certainly a typesetting error for Exspectat (waits/looks for); rendered from that reading.
  13. 13 ↩xln. is almost certainly a corrupt Roman-numeral citation; neighboring xlui. for Isaiah 43 makes xlii. (42) the most plausible intended reading.
  14. 14 ↩Source token 's.' is almost certainly a truncated book citation (Is./Isaiah), matching the reference pattern in neighboring sections.
  15. 15 ↩Source 'xlui.' is a plausible corruption of Roman numeral xliii (43), fitting Isaiah 43 with verse 25.
  16. 16 ↩The clause is syntactically incomplete here: the object of quasi nebulam continues in the next section (peccata tua). Rendered as printed, with the trailing open comparison preserved.
  17. 17 ↩Source surface 'peccatatua' is almost certainly a closed-up 'peccata tua' (your sins), completing the previous clause ('…et quasi nebulam').

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