Preces Quotidianae
Introduction: Christ the Redeemer
The opening verse declares Christ as the Son of the Father, the Christ of the Spirit, our Lord, and Creator because he is Redeemer.
The Son of the Father, the Christ of the Spirit, our Lord; Creator, because Redeemer.1
Incarnation: Conception and Birth
Christ's conception and birth cleanse the uncleanness of our nature's conception and birth.
That he was conceived, so that he might cleanse the uncleanness of our nature's conception.2 2. That he was born, so that he might cleanse the uncleanness of our nature's birth.3
Suffering and Crucifixion
Christ suffered what we were bound to suffer and was crucified to take away the curse of the law.
3. That he suffered what we were bound to suffer, so that we might not suffer.4 4. That he was crucified, so that he might take away the curse of the law.
Death and Burial
Christ died to take away the sting of death and was buried to remove bodily corruption in the tomb.
5. He died, so that he might take away the sting of death. 6. He was buried, so that he might take away the corruption of bodies in the tomb.
Descent and Resurrection
Christ descended into hell so that we would never descend, and rose as the firstfruits of those who sleep.
7.5 He descended into hell, where we had to go, so that we would never descend.6 8. He rose from the dead, so that he might raise our nature with himself, made the firstfruits of those who sleep.7
Ascension and Session
Christ ascended to prepare a place for us, sits at the Father's right hand, and continually appears for us.
9. That he ascended into heaven, so that he could prepare a place for us where we have no rightful claim.✦8 10. That he sits at the right hand of the Father,✦9 That he may continually appear✦
Read the original Latin
Filium Patris, Christum Spiritus, Dominum nostrum, Creator, quia Redemptor, l. Conceptum esse, ut purgaret immunditiem conceptionis nature nostre. 2. Natum esse, ut purgaret immunditiem nativitatis naturz nostre. 3. Passum, quie nos oportuit, ne nos pateremur. 4. Crucifixum, Ut tollat maledictionem legis.
5. Mortuum, Ut tollat aculeum mortis. 6. Sepultum, ut tollat corruptionem Corporum in sepulchro. (. Descendisse ad inferos, quo nos oportuit, ne nos descenderemus unquam. 8. Resurrexisse a mortuis, Ut resuscitaret secum una Naturam nostram, primiti:z factus dormientium.
9. Ascendisse in coelum, Ut prseparet nobis locum, ubi nobis nihil juris. 10. Sedere ad dextram Patris,
Ut indesinenter appareat
Scripture echoes
- ↩John.14.2-John.14.3 — In my Father's house there are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you? I go to prepare a place for you. John.14.3 — And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and take you to myself, so that where I am, you also may be.
- ↩Ps.110.1;Mark.16.19;Heb.1.3 — The LORD says to my Lord: "Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool." Mark.16.19 — So then, after the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God. Heb.1.3 — He is the radiance of God's glory and the exact imprint of God's own being, and he upholds all things by his powerful word. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.
- ↩Heb.7.25 — Therefore he is able to save completely those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to intercede for them.
Notes
- 1 ↩Trailing 'l.' is almost certainly corrupt (likely a mis-segmented numeral '1.' or a fragment); omitted from the English surface.
- 2 ↩Medieval/variant spellings 'nature nostre' read as 'naturae nostrae'; 'immunditiem' as 'immunditiam'.
- 3 ↩Corrupt 'naturz' read as 'naturae'; 'nostre' as 'nostrae'.
- 4 ↩Source 'quie' read as 'quae' (what/the things which), matching the parallel construction in the next section: 'quo nos oportuit, ne nos…'.
- 5 ↩Source reads '(.' in a numbered sequence after 5–6 and before 8; rendered as the expected item number 7.
- 6 ↩ad inferos rendered as the traditional creedal 'hell' (the lower regions / realm of the dead), not eternal damnation.
- 7 ↩Normalized corrupt 'primiti:z' as 'primitiae' (firstfruits), matching the Pauline formula.
- 8 ↩Source surface prseparet is taken as preparet (OCR/typo). ubi nobis nihil juris is elliptical; rendered as 'where we have no claim of right' (place given, not held by our right).
- 9 ↩Sedere is infinitive in the litany series (like neighboring perfect infinitives of the mysteries); purpose clause continues in the next section (Ut indesinenter appareat).
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