Preces Quotidianae

Intercession for the Community

The worshiper petitions God to remember the brothers present and absent, and appeals for mercy according to God's abundant compassion.

in the midst of Your house.^✦¹ Lord, remember the brothers standing around me and praying with me at this hour, and their diligence and zeal.² Be mindful also of those who, for reasonable—³ are absent for reasonable causes, and have mercy on them⁴ and on us, according to the abundance of Your mercies⁵ of Your mercies, O Lord.⁶

Longing for God's Presence

Drawing on the Psalms, the worshiper expresses love for God's house, desires to dwell there perpetually, and seeks to see the Lord's beauty and visit His temple.

Lord, I have loved the beauty of Your house,^✦⁷ and the dwelling place of Your glory.⁸ so that I may hear the voice of Your praise,⁹ and that I may proclaim all Your wonders. One thing I have asked of the Lord; this I will seek,¹⁰ that I may live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life,¹¹ that I may see the beauty of the Lord,¹² and visit His temple. My heart said to You, I will seek the Lord,¹³

The Quest for God's Face

The worshiper declares the earnest search for the Lord and resolves to seek His face.

I have sought You, and Your face,¹⁴ I will seek Your face, Lord.^✦¹⁵

Psalms of Entry and Thanksgiving

The worshiper asks for the gates of righteousness to be opened in order to give thanks, and then cites specific psalm verses as a scriptural conclusion.

Open to me the gates of righteousness; once I enter, I will give thanks to the Lord.^✦¹⁶¹⁷ Psalm 117.¹⁸ 19. Psalm 32.¹⁹ 6.

Read the original Latin

in medio domus Tus.

Memor esto, Domine, fratrum mihi circumstantium, et comprecantium mihi hace hora, industri€ et studi eorum.

Memor etiam esto eorum, qui propter rationa-

biles causas absunt, et miserere eorum

et nostri secundum multitudinem miseri-

cordiarum Tuarum, O Domine. Domine, dilexi decorem domus Tu:e,

et locum habitationis glorie "Tux. Ut audiam vocem laudis Tus,

et predicem omnia mirabilia Tua. Unum petii a Domino, hoc requiram,

ut habitem in domo Domini

ommibus diebus vitze mese,

ut videam voluptatem Domini,

et visitem Templum Ejus Tibi, dixit cor meum, Dominum quzeram,

Exquisivi Te, et faciem "Tuam,

Faciem Tuam, Domine, quzram. Aperite mihi portas justiti:€ : ingressus confitebor Domino.

Ps. cxvin. 19.

Psal. xxxn. 6.

Scripture echoes

↩Ps.48.10 — We have pondered your steadfast love, O God, in the midst of your temple.
↩Ps.25.8;Ps.27.8 — Good and upright is the LORD; therefore he instructs sinners in the way. Ps.27.8 — My heart says of you, 'Seek my face.' Your face, LORD, I will seek.
↩Ps.27.8 — My heart says of you, 'Seek my face.' Your face, LORD, I will seek.
↩Ps.118.19 — Open to me the gates of righteousness; I will enter through them and give thanks to the LORD.

Notes

1 ↩Printed 'Tus' is taken as corrupt for genitive 'Tuae' (Your), agreeing with 'domus'; the section is a prayer-fragment continuing the previous petition about receiving the Lord's mercy.
2 ↩Source shows corrupt forms: 'hace' read as 'hac' (ablative of time); 'industri€' and 'studi' read as genitives 'industriae' and 'studii' ('of their diligence and zeal'), continuing the object of 'memor esto'.
3 ↩Source ends mid-word with line-break hyphenation: 'rationa-'. Neighboring next text begins 'biles causas absunt…', so the intended word is almost certainly 'rationabiles' ('reasonable'). Translation stops at the section boundary without importing the next section’s clause.
4 ↩Printed line begins mid-word: biles completes rationabiles from the previous section (propter rationa- / biles causas absunt).
5 ↩Source ends mid-word at the line break miseri-; neighboring context continues cordiarum Tuarum, so the intended form is misericordiarum Tuarum (of your mercies). This section is rendered with that completed sense; Tuarum is also carried by the next section.
6 ↩Section opens mid-word; with previous section's 'miseri-', this completes 'misericordiarum Tuarum' (of Your mercies).
7 ↩Source 'Tu:e' read as 'Tuae' (Your); next section continues the Psalm with the dwelling-place of Your glory.
8 ↩Source reads 'glorie "Tux.' — taken as 'gloriae Tuae' (dwelling place of your glory), continuing the preceding 'Domine, dilexi decorem domus Tuae'.
9 ↩Source reads 'Tus' — taken as 'Tuae' (your praise).
10 ↩Source Unum (neuter) where the familiar Vulgate line is Unam petii a Domino, hanc requiram; sense is the same—one request sought from the Lord.
11 ↩Source reads 'ommibus diebus vitze mese,'; most plausible intended reading is 'omnibus diebus vitae meae,' continuing the Psalm petition from the previous section (ut habitem in domo Domini…).
12 ↩voluptatem Domini follows the Vulgate Psalter sense (pleasantness/beauty/delight of the Lord). Rendered as 'beauty' to match the established psalm sense rather than mere sensual 'pleasure'.
13 ↩Source surface 'quzeram' is treated as corrupt for 'quaeram' ('I will seek'); translation follows that intended reading.
14 ↩Source shows a stray quotation mark before Tuam (faciem "Tuam); translated as faciem Tuam. The clause continues into the next section (Faciem Tuam, Domine, quaeram).
15 ↩Source reading 'quzram' is almost certainly OCR corruption of 'quaeram' (I will seek); translated on that corrected sense.
16 ↩Source 'justiti:€' treated as 'justitiae' (of righteousness); punctuation noise around the colon ignored.
17 ↩'confitebor Domino' can mean confess/acknowledge or give thanks/praise; psalm-register 'give thanks' preferred here.
18 ↩Source reading 'cxvin.' is almost certainly OCR corruption of Roman 'cxvii.' (117). Neighboring verse text ('Aperite mihi portas justitiae…') matches Vulgate Psalm 117:19.
19 ↩Source reads «xxxn.»; treated as corrupt Roman numeral. Neighboring section has «cxvin.» for likely «cxviii» (ii→n OCR), so «xxxn» is most plausibly «xxxii» (Psalm 32). Alternatives: xxxv (v→n) or other xxx- forms.

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