Preces Quotidianae
Cry for Mercy
The soul pleads for mercy, acknowledging the greatness of sin and the abundance of divine compassion.
For the glory of the name. Ps.1 79. 9. Be merciful toward my sin, for it is great—yes, for it is very great. For the multitude—the great multitude—the riches, the abundance, the overflowing abundance of Your mercies, be merciful to me, Lord, a sinner,2
Confession of Sinfulness
The prayer intensifies as the supplicant names himself the foremost of sinners, crying out for mercy.
Lord, O Lord, be merciful. to me, the foremost of sinners.3
Mercy Over Judgment
Citing James 2:13, the prayer asks that mercy triumph over judgment in the face of sin.
O Lord, let mercy triumph over✦4 2. 13. Your judgment in my sin.✦
Grace Abounding
Echoing Romans 5:20, the soul asks that where sin abounded, grace may overflow even more.
My Lord, where my sin has abounded, May Your grace overflow all the more.✦
Plea for Action
Drawing from Daniel 9:19, the prayer implores God to hear, act, and not delay, grounded in the mystery of Christ's incarnation.
Hear, Lord. Be merciful, Lord. Listen, Lord. Lord, listen and act. Act, and do not delay, for Your own sake.✦ In the great mystery of godliness—God made known in the flesh for us human beings and for our salvation: the Man Jesus, Son of the Father, Christ of the Spirit,56 our Lord,
Read the original Latin
Propter gloriam nominis, Psa/. lxxix. 9. Propitius esto peccato meo, Multum est enim, Maximum est enim. Propter multitudinem, magnam multitudinem, divitias, abundantiam, superabundantiam Misericordiarum 'Tuarum, Propitius esto mihi, Domine, peccatori,
Domine, O Domine, propitius esto
mihi peccatorum primo.
O Domine, superexaltet misericordia Jac. ii. 13. judicium Tuum in peccato meo.
Domine mi, ubi abundavit delictum meum,
superabundet gratia Tua.
Exaudi, Domine, Propitius esto, Domine, Intende, Domine, Domine, intende et fac, Fac, et ne moreris propter Teipsum. In magnum pietatis sacramentum pro nobis hominibus, et pro nostra salute manifestatum in carne Deum, Hominem JESUM Filium Patris, Christum Spiritus,
Dominum nostrum,
Scripture echoes
- ↩Jas.2.13 — For judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy; but mercy triumphs over judgment.
- ↩Jas.2.13 — For judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy; but mercy triumphs over judgment.
- ↩Rom.5.20 — The law came in alongside so that the trespass might increase; but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more.
- ↩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 ↩Source ends with the truncated citation marker “Psa/.”, taken as an abbreviation for Psalm(s).
- 2 ↩Normalized “'Tuarum” as Tuarum (stray leading mark treated as a source artifact).
- 3 ↩primo with genitive peccatorum is taken as rank among sinners (foremost/chief), not temporal 'first in time.'
- 4 ↩Continuous sense with s2–s4 is a petition adapting James 2:13 (Vulg. 'superexultat… misericordia judicio'): 'O Lord, let mercy triumph over Your judgment in my sin.' 'Jac.' is the book abbreviation for James, split across the following citation fragments.
- 5 ↩Latin sacramentum here is the 1 Tim 3:16 'mystery of godliness' (Incarnation), not the Eucharist; rendered 'mystery' to avoid doctrinal flattening into a sacramental term.
- 6 ↩Christum Spiritus taken as genitive of relation ('Christ of the Spirit' / Spirit-anointed Christ) in a Trinitarian title chain with Filium Patris.
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