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Preces Quotidianae

Turning My Eyes to God

The soul resolves to direct its eyes toward God despite unworthiness.

so I can turn my eyes to You. I am unworthy to turn them, but1 Still I will turn them.

Crying from the Depths

The soul cries out from the depths, appealing from God's justice to His mercy.

Psalm2 130.3 2. Out of the depths I have cried to You, Lord; Lord, hear my voice. If you keep track of iniquities, Lord, Lord, who can stand? Do not bring your servant into judgment, for in your sight no one living will be justified.✦ So I appeal, Lord, from you to you: from you the Just to you the Merciful; from the throne of justice to the throne of grace; from you as Judge to you as Father in Christ.4 Accept, Lord, this peaceful appeal.5 Unless you accept it, we perish. And Lord, doesn't it concern you if we perish? Tim.✦6

God's Will to Save

The soul grounds its plea in God's revealed desire that all be saved and none perish.

à. 4.✦ You who want all to be saved,✦ 2 Pet. 1. 9.✦ You who will that no one should perish.✦

Claimed by God

The soul declares itself God's own and prays for preservation, ending with a final plea.

1. Certainly, Lord, I am Yours. Ps. 119. 94. therefore keep me.✦7 138.8 10.✦ the work of Your hands—do not9 Wis.10 11. 25. despise.11 I pray,

Read the original Latin

ut oculos meos ad Te dirigam. Indignus qui dirigam, sed

dirigam tamen.

Psal. cxxx. 2. De profundis clamavi ad Te, Domine ;

Domine, exaudi vocem meam. Si iniquitates observaveris, Domine, Domine, quis sustinebit ? Ne intres in judicium cum servo Tuo, quoniam in conspectu Tuo non justificabitur omnis vivens. Provoco igitur, Domine, a Te ad Te, Α Τὸ justo, Ad Te misericordem, A solio justitize, - Ad thronum gratiz, A Te judice, Ad Te in Christo Patrem. Admitte, Domine, placidam provocationem hanc. Ni admiseris, perimus. Et, Domine, ad Te non pertinet, si perimus? ] Tim.

à. 4. Qui omnes vis salvos,

2 Pet. i. 9. Qui neminem vis perire.

1. Certe, Domine, Tuus sum, Psal. cxix. 94. quare serva me. exxxviii. 10. Opus manuum "Tuarum, ne,

Sap. xi. 25. despexeris.

quaeso,

Scripture echoes

  1. ↩Ps.143.2 — And do not bring your servant into judgment, for no one living is righteous before you.
  2. ↩1Tim.2.4 — who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
  3. ↩1Tim.2.4 — who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
  4. ↩1Tim.2.4 — who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
  5. ↩2Pet.3.9 — 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.
  6. ↩2Pet.3.9 — 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.
  7. ↩Ps.119.94 — I am yours; save me, for I have sought your precepts.
  8. ↩Ps.138.8 — The LORD will accomplish what concerns me. O LORD, your steadfast love endures forever; do not forsake the work of your hands.

Notes

  1. 1 ↩Clause is incomplete as printed; adversative sed continues into the next section (dirigam tamen).
  2. 2 ↩Expanded abbreviated heading Psal. (Psalmus) as 'Psalm'.
  3. 3 ↩Rendered Roman numeral cxxx as Arabic 130 for modern readability.
  4. 4 ↩Normalized reading treated as a Te justo / solio justitiae / thronum gratiae; source has corrupt Α Τὸ, justitize, and gratiz.
  5. 5 ↩provocatio here is forensic/devotional 'appeal' (as in s4 Provoco), not anger or provocation.
  6. 6 ↩Fragmentary citation label; next section continues with what appears to be 1 Tim 2:4 (Qui omnes vis salvos).
  7. 7 ↩quare taken as logical 'therefore/wherefore' (I am Yours; therefore keep me), not interrogative 'why?'.
  8. 8 ↩Source reads exxxviii.; most plausible intended citation is cxxxviii (138).
  9. 9 ↩Clause is incomplete at section end (ne,); neighboring section continues with despexeris under a Sap. citation, so boundary/allusion resolution is deferred.
  10. 10 ↩Latin Sap. abbreviates Sapientia (Book of Wisdom); rendered with the standard modern English short form Wis.
  11. 11 ↩despexeris is 2nd singular perfect subjunctive of despicere. Previous section ends with ne, so the joined clause is ne despexeris: 'do not despise.' This sentence alone carries only the verb; the prohibitive force is supplied by neighboring ne.

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