Preces Quotidianae
Prayer for the King
The intercessor asks God to remember the king, grant him peace, and enable the people to live in piety and chastity, with scripture citations affirming the petition.
Be mindful of all the princes you have judged worthy to reign on earth; and especially be mindful of our king, dear to God—and work with him more and more, and prosper him in all things. Speak good things to his heart, for the sake of your Church and of all the people.✦ Grant him a deep peace that cannot be taken away, so that in his quiet we may lead a quiet and peaceful life,✦1 in all piety and chastity.✦2 ii.✦3 2.4
For Rulers and Judges
The prayer invokes the God who orders powers, petitions for wisdom and virtue for the palace council and nobles, and asks for righteous judgment without partiality.
O You by whom the powers are ordered. Rom.5 xiii.✦6 1. Grant to those who stand high in the Palace that they may stand high in virtue and in the fear of you; to the Council, your holy prudence; to the nobles, to do nothing against the truth, but to stand strong for the truth; 2 Cor.7 xiii.8 8. To our judges, your judgments, and [grace] to judge everyone in all things9 without prejudice, or leaning toward either side.10 1 77s.11 v. 21.
For Soldiers and the People
The intercessor calls upon the God of Hosts to protect Christian soldiers and asks for God's free gift to the people.
O God of Sabaoth (that is,12 of Hosts), be You the Leader and Protector of all Christian soldiers against the enemies of the most holy faith.1314 Grant freely to our people15
Read the original Latin
Memor esto Principum omnium, quos dignos deputasti qui in terra regnarent ; Et imprimis memor esto Regis nostri Deo cari, Et magis magisque cooperare, et secunda eum in omnibus. Loquere ad ipsius cor bona, propter Ecclesiam tuam, et omnem populum. Largire illi altam et non eripliendam Pacem, ut in ipsius tranquillitate quietam et tranquillam vitam agamus,
in omni pietate et castitate, 1 77m. ii. 2.
O a quo ordinatz sunt potestates, Aom. xin. 1, Largire iis qui in Palatio eminent, Ut in virtute et timore tui emineant ; Concilio, sanctam tuam Prudentiam ; Proceribus, nihil facere contra, Sed pro veritate valere; 2 Cor. xiu. 8. Judicibus nostris, Judicia tua, et judicare in omnibus omnes
sine przejudicio, vel in alteram partem declinando. 1 77s. v. 21.
O Deus Sabaoth, (sc. Exercituum) Esto tu Dux et Protector omnium Christianorum militum, adversus sanctissime fidei hostes.
Largire Populo nostro
Scripture echoes
- ↩Isa.40.2 — Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that her warfare is ended, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received from the LORD's hand double for all her sins.
- ↩1Tim.2.1-1Tim.2.2 — I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people. 1Tim.2.2 — for kings and all who hold high office, so that we may lead a quiet and peaceful life in all godliness and dignity." "Hold high office" is clearer than "are in high positions," and "so that" strengthens the purpose clause.
- ↩1Tim.2.2 — for kings and all who hold high office, so that we may lead a quiet and peaceful life in all godliness and dignity." "Hold high office" is clearer than "are in high positions," and "so that" strengthens the purpose clause.
- ↩1Tim.2.2 — for kings and all who hold high office, so that we may lead a quiet and peaceful life in all godliness and dignity." "Hold high office" is clearer than "are in high positions," and "so that" strengthens the purpose clause.
- ↩Rom.13.1 — Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except by God, and the authorities that exist have been appointed by God.
Notes
- 1 ↩Source reads eripliendam; translated as eripiendam ('not to be snatched away'), the only morphologically and lexically plausible form in context.
- 2 ↩Trailing '1 77m.' is almost certainly a corrupted citation marker for '1 Tim.' (1 Timothy), completing with the following 'ii.' / '2.' as 1 Tim. 2:2. The prayer wording matches the Vulgate of that verse; the garbled marker is not rendered in the English.
- 3 ↩Structural citation fragment, not prose. With the prior corrupt '1 77m.' and following '2.', most plausibly chapter 'ii' of 1 Timothy.
- 4 ↩Structural citation fragment, not prose. Most plausibly verse 2 of the same 1 Timothy reference.
- 5 ↩Reading ordinatz as ordinatae (ordered/established). Aom is treated as Rom. (Romans), matching the citation pattern of the following token and the clear echo of Romans 13:1; Amen is a less likely alternative.
- 6 ↩xin. read as xiii., the chapter numeral completing the Rom. citation begun in the previous sentence (Romans 13).
- 7 ↩contra has no expressed object in the Latin; the implied object is veritatem, supplied by the 2 Corinthians 13:8 echo that follows (nihil ... adversus veritatem, sed pro veritate).
- 8 ↩xiu. read as xiii., the chapter numeral of the 2 Cor. citation begun at the end of the previous sentence.
- 9 ↩Continues the largire petition series in elliptical datives: Judicibus nostris receives Judicia tua and the infinitive judicare. The following section completes the thought (without prejudice or leaning to either side).
- 10 ↩Source reading 'przejudicio' treated as corrupt for 'praejudicio' (prejudice); continues the petition for judges from the previous section.
- 11 ↩Garbled citation fragment; form matches neighboring scripture-ref shreds (book/chapter style), but the book and chapter cannot be securely restored from this witness.
- 12 ↩sc. expands to scilicet (‘that is’/‘namely’). The parenthesis is split across sentence refs; s1 opens it and s2 closes it with Exercituum.
- 13 ↩sanctissime fidei is read as sanctissimae fidei (‘of the most holy faith’); the -e ending is treated as a common ae/e spelling rather than the adverb sanctissime.
- 14 ↩Dux rendered ‘Leader’ (commander/guide); Protector kept as ‘Protector’. Christianorum militum = Christian soldiers/fighting men, not metaphorical ‘soldiers of Christ’ only, though that sense may also be present.
- 15 ↩Printed section is a bare imperative petition fragment (Largire Populo nostro); object of the gift is not supplied in this section.
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