Preces Quotidianae

The God Who Desires Salvation

The prayer opens by addressing God who wills the salvation of all and the perishing of none.

You who want all to be saved,¹ n.² 4.³ You who want no one to perish.^✦

Pleading Before the Judge

The soul acknowledges its condemnation and begs the Lord not to enter into judgment, citing Psalm 143.

Here I am, Lord, condemned by my own judgment. Ti/.⁴ ii. ll.⁵ Look! And, Lord, do not enter into judgment with Your servant.^✦ Ps. cxliii.⁶

Confessions of Unworthiness

The worshiper declares utter unworthiness before God, drawing on Jacob's confession and the prodigal son's words.

2. I am less than all Your mercies, even the least of them. Gen.^✦⁷ 32. 10. I am not worthy to become one of Your hired servants—not even the lowest.⁸ Luke^✦⁹ 15. 19. I am not worthy of the crumbs that fall from Your table.¹⁰ I am not worthy to touch the hem of Your garment.^✦

Postures of Humility

Humbled under God's mighty hand, the worshiper kneels, falls prostrate, and stretches out hands in supplication.

And now, Lord, humbled under Your mighty hand,^✦ v. 6. I bend my knees before You, Lord,^✦ I fall to the ground, face down.^✦ I stretch out my hands to You,^✦

The Cry of the Desolate Soul

The soul likens itself to parched earth, dares not lift its eyes, but strikes its breast and cries from the depths.

My soul is to You like earth without water.¹¹ .¹² Ps. cxlii.^✦¹³ 6. I do not even dare to lift my eyes to heaven,¹⁴ But I strike my breast. Out of the depths my soul has cried out to You,

Plea for Merciful Deliverance

The whole being—bones and inner self—joins in crying out for God's great mercy and for the sake of His name.

and all my bones, and all that¹⁵ is within me. Ps. 103. 1. For the sake of Your great mercy, the multitude of Your mercies.^✦ (Because of Your name,^✦

Read the original Latin

Qui omnes vis salvos, 1 7n. n. 4.

Qui neminem vis perire.

Ecce me, Domine, proprio judicio condemnatum. Ti/. ii. ll. Ecce! et, O Domine, ne intres Tu in judicium cum servo Tuo. Psal. cxlin.

2. Minor sum cunctis, etiam minimis, miserationibus Tuis. Gez». xxxii. 10. Non sum dignus fieri unus ex mercenariis Tuis, ne infimus. Z»c. xv.

19. Non sum dignus micis, quze de mensa Tua decidunt.

Non sum dignus tangere vestimenti Tui fimbriam.

Et nunc, Domine, Humiliatus sub potenti manu Tua, 1 Pef. v. 6.

Flecto genua ad Te, Domine,

Procido in terram, in faciem meam.

Expando manus meas ad Te,

Anima mea sicut terra sine aqua 'Tibi. . Psal. cxlin. 6. Non audeo nedum oculos ad colos levare,

sed percutio pectus meum. De profundis clamavit ad Te anima mea,

et omnia ossa mea,

et omnia qui. intra me sunt, Psal. ciii. 1.

Propter magnam misericordiam Tuam,

multitudinem miserationum Tuarum. ( Propter nomen Tuum,

Scripture echoes

↩2Pet.3.9;1Tim.2.4 — The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing any to perish but all to come to repentance. 1Tim.2.4 — who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
↩Ps.142.2;Ps.144.2 — My voice to the LORD I cry out; my voice to the LORD I plead. Ps.144.2 — my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer for me, my shield; in him I take refuge, who subdues my people under me.
↩Gen.32.10 — And Jacob said, "God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, O LORD, who said to me, 'Return to your land and to your kindred, and I will do good with you.'"
↩Luke.15.19 — I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me as one of your hired servants.
↩Matt.8.8;Luke.7.6 — But the centurion replied, "Lord, I am not worthy for you to come under my roof. Only say the word, and my servant will be healed." Luke.7.6 — So Jesus went with them. But when he was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying, 'Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy that you should come under my roof.'
↩1Pet.5.6 — Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, so that he may exalt you in due time.
↩Eph.3.14 — For this reason I bow my knees to the Father,
↩Gen.17.3;Num.16.22;Matt.26.39 — Then Abram fell on his face, and God spoke with him, saying, Num.16.22 — And they fell on their faces and said, "O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin and You be angry with the whole assembly?" Matt.26.39 — And going forward a little, he fell on his face, praying and saying, 'My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.'
↩Ps.143.6 — I spread out my hands to you; my soul thirsts for you like a weary land. Selah.
↩Ps.143.6 — I spread out my hands to you; my soul thirsts for you like a weary land. Selah.
↩Ps.51.1;Ps.51.3;Neh.9.27 — To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Ps.51.3 — Be gracious to me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy, blot out my transgressions. Neh.9.27 — So You gave them into the hand of their oppressors, and they oppressed them. And in the time of their distress they cried out to You, and You from heaven heard them; and according to Your abundant mercies You gave them deliverers, and they delivered them from the hand of their oppressors.
↩Ps.25.11;Ps.79.9;Jer.14.7 — For the sake of your name, O LORD, forgive my iniquity, for it is great. Ps.79.9 — Help us, O God of our salvation, for the sake of the glory of your name; deliver us and atone for our sins, for your name's sake. Jer.14.7 — Though our iniquities testify against us, O LORD, act for the sake of your name; for our backslidings are many, and we have sinned against you.

Notes

1 ↩Latin is elliptical for the traditional divine epithet qui omnes (homines) vis salvos (fieri); trailing '1 7n.' appears to be corrupt reference debris, not prayer text.
2 ↩Source unit is only 'n.'—not a Latin sentence; almost certainly a broken citation fragment (possibly part of '1 Tim. 2:4' or similar).
3 ↩Source unit is only '4.'—not a Latin sentence; likely a verse-number remnant from a broken biblical citation after the preceding epithet.
4 ↩Surface looks like a garbled scripture-book abbreviation in a citation chain (cf. neighboring Gez»./Z»c. patterns), not continuous Latin prose.
5 ↩'ll.' may be OCR damage for a verse numeral (e.g. 11. or ii.), but the intended reading is uncertain.
6 ↩Normalized 'cxlin.' treated as most plausible OCR damage for 'cxliii.' (Psalm 143, matching the common English numbering of the petition); Vulgate numbering would be cxlii.
7 ↩Source 'Gez».' is almost certainly a corrupt abbreviation of Gen. (Genesis), matching the following chapter/verse markers and the Genesis 32:10 wording of the preceding prayer.
8 ↩'ne infimus' is elliptical; taken as 'not even the lowest' (ne ... quidem sense) intensifying unworthiness, after the prodigal-son petition rather than as a purpose clause.
9 ↩Source 'Z»c.' is almost certainly a corrupt abbreviation of Luc. (Luke), matching the following chapter marker and the Luke 15 wording of the preceding prayer.
10 ↩Source reading 'quze' treated as corrupt OCR for 'quae' ('that/which').
11 ↩Source has a stray apostrophe before Tibi ('Tibi); read as Tibi.
12 ↩Source sentence is only a bare period; almost certainly a segmentation artifact, not independent content.
13 ↩Source cxlin. is almost certainly a corrupt reading of cxlii. (Vulgate Psalm 142), matching the quoted verse in s1.
14 ↩Source colos is corrupt for coelos/caelos (heavens).
15 ↩Source reads 'qui'; sense requires 'quae' with 'omnia' ('all that / all which'), matching the psalm line continued in s2.

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