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Preces Quotidianae

Prayer for Faith, Holiness, and the Hope of Resurrection

A prayer asking for true faith, holiness of life, participation in the communion of saints and forgiveness of sins, and the hope of resurrection and eternal life.

true faith,✦ n. 13. and for holiness of life,1 iu. 2. In it make us partakers of the Communion of Saints and of the forgiveness of sins in the present time—in it grant that we may wait with certainty for the resurrection of the flesh and for eternal life2 In the future.

A Prayer for Faith and Piety

A prayer that begins by recalling the faith once delivered to the saints, then cries for help with unbelief and for increased faith, and concludes with a request for piety and reverence toward God.

This most holy faith was once delivered to the saints. Jude.3 v. 3. I believe, Lord: help my unbelief; increase the little faith I have.✦✦ Luke 17. 5.✦ And kindly grant that I may love the Father with piety, and revere the Almighty for His power.4

Committing the Soul to the Faithful Creator

A prayer committing one's soul to God as a faithful Creator while doing good, referencing 1 Peter 4:19.

To Him, as to a faithful Creator, may I commit my soul in doing good; 1 Pet. iv. 19.

Worship of Christ: Salvation, Unction, and Adoption

A prayer expressing desire to partake in Christ's salvation and unction, and to worship the Only-begotten Son through faith, humility, patience, and crucifying the first stirrings of sin.

Jesus of Salvation, from Christ of Unction: may I become a partaker.56 I will worship the Only-begotten Son, Lord of Adoption—worshiping His conception with faith, His birth with humility, His sufferings with patience and a hatred for sin, and His cross by crucifying the first stirrings of sin.78

Read the original Latin

fidem veritatis, 2 7258. n. 13. ad et sanctimoniam conversationis, 1 P»ef. iu. 2. In qua participes redde nos Communionis Sanctorum, et remissionis peccatorum in presenti tempore, In qua certo exspectare nos Carnis resurrectionem, et vitam eternam

in futuro.

Hane Sanctissimam fidem semel traditam Sanctis Jwd. vers. 3. Credo, Domine : Adjuva incredulitatem meam, Adauge, quod mihi est pusillum fidei. | Luc. xvii. 5.] Et mihi concede benignus, t Patre pietatem diligam ; Omnipotente potentiam reverear.

Ipsi, ceu Creatori fideli; commendem animam meam in benefaciendo; 1 μοί. iv. 19.

Jesu, Salutis ex 4 Christo, Unctionis fiam particeps. Unigenito Filio, Adoptionis Dominum colam, Propter Conceptionem Fide, Nativitatem Humilitate, Passiones Patientia et Antipathia peccatorum, Crucem Crucifigere prrmos motus,

Scripture echoes

  1. ↩2Thess.2.13 — But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because God chose you as firstfruits for salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and faith in the truth.
  2. ↩Mark.9.24 — Immediately the father of the child cried out, 'I believe; help my unbelief!'
  3. ↩Luke.17.5 — And the apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith."
  4. ↩Luke.17.5 — And the apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith."

Notes

  1. 1 ↩Latin reads 'ad et sanctimoniam conversationis'; most plausible sense is a petition for sanctimonia conversationis (holiness of conduct/way of life). Word order 'ad et' and trailing '1 P»ef.' look corrupt or editorial.
  2. 2 ↩Communionis Sanctorum kept as the creedal 'Communion of Saints' (not Eucharistic Communion). The second clause uses an infinitive construction (certo exspectare nos) rendered as a petitionary purpose clause.
  3. 3 ↩Source 'Hane' read as 'Hanc'; 'Jwd.' as 'Jud.' (Jude).
  4. 4 ↩Source 't Patre pietatem diligam ; Omnipotente potentiam reverear' reconstructed as 'ut Patrem pietate diligam; Omnipotentem potentia reverear' (parallel ablatives of manner).
  5. 5 ↩The source inserts a bare numeral “4” between “ex” and “Christo” (“ex 4 Christo”). Translated as “ex Christo,” taking the numeral as non-lexical print/reference contamination rather than part of the prayer.
  6. 6 ↩The genitives “Salutis” and “Unctionis” can be read either as titles of Jesus/Christ (“Jesus of Salvation… Christ of Unction”) or as the things shared (“partaker of salvation… of unction”). The vocative-title reading is preferred because it preserves the Jesus/salvation and Christ/anointing wordplay; the partitive sense remains adjacent.
  7. 7 ↩“prrmos” is treated as a corrupt reading of “primos” (“first”), yielding “primos motus,” the ascetical “first motions/stirrings.”
  8. 8 ↩“Antipathia peccatorum” is rendered “aversion to sins” (hostility toward sins), not mere emotional dislike. “Primos motus” keeps the traditional ascetical sense of the first interior motions toward sin, before consent.

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