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Preces Quotidianae

Mercy Under the Cross

Even when we are under the cross, God does not turn away our prayers or withhold His mercy.

And if we seek Him even when we are under the cross, He does not turn our prayers away from Himself, nor His mercy from us.1 from us.2

Lavish Pardon: David and Absalom

God's pardon is not merely forgiveness but lavish restoration, as seen in David's gradual reconciliation with Absalom.

5. Not only pardon, but lavish pardon as well. 3 Samuel3 12. 10. As David of his own free will brought back—14.4 24. Absalom—but at first so that he would not see his face; at last he admitted him to a kiss.

The Prodigal's Welcome

The father's lavish welcome of the prodigal son shows God's generous forgiveness.

Luke.✦ 15. 22. Just as the father, when his wayward son returned, not only forgave him, but also prepared the best robe, a ring, and the fattened calf.✦5

Joy Over Every Repentant Sinner

Heaven rejoices over a sinner who repents, whether the sin is small or great.

15.✦ 7. He wills that there be joy and triumph in heaven over a sinner who repents.✦ And not only small faults, But also grave sins.

Return to Me, Says the Lord

Despite unfaithfulness, God calls us to return to Him, as in Jeremiah 3:1.

Jer. iii.6 1.7 You often say: If a man divorces his wife, and she leaves him to marry another, will she be polluted and defiled?✦8 Will she never return to him again?✦ Yet you have been unfaithful with many lovers; still, return to Me, says the Lord.9

Mercy to the Desperate

God showed mercy to the disciples who deserted, Peter who denied, the thief who blasphemed, and the Jews who crucified.

Acts. 2. 15, 19. By which he was also merciful to the disciples when they deserted him, to Peter when he denied him, to the thief when he blasphemed, and to the Jews when they crucified him.1011

Kindness to the Ungrateful

God is kind to the ungrateful and wicked, as Jesus teaches in Luke 6:35.

Luke 6. 35.✦ He is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked.✦

Pardon and Grace

God grants not only pardon but also grace.

6. Not only pardon, but and grace

Read the original Latin

Quod si vel tum quzratur, cum sub cruce sumus, tum etiam non amovet preces nostras a Se, nec misericordiam suam ἃ

nobis.

5. Venia non modo, sed et profusa. 3 Sam. xii. 10. Ut David sua sponte reduxit xiv. 24. Absalon, sed primo ne videret faciem, tandem admisit ad osculum.

Luc. xv. 22. Ut pater filio nequam redeunte non modo ignovit, sed et stolam primam et annulum, et vitulum saginatum przparavit.

xv. 7. Gaudium et triumphum esse vult in coelis super peccatorem poenitentiam agentem. Neque minuta modo errata,

Sed et gravia scelera.

Jer. ài. l. Vulgo dicitis, Si dimiserit vir uxorem suam, et recedens ab eo duxerit virum alterum, numquid polluta et contaminata erit mulier ila? Nunquam revertetur ad eum ultra? Τὰ autem fornicata cum amatoribus multis, tamen revertere ad Me, dicit Dominus.

Act. ii. 15, 19. Qua et discipulis deserentibus, Petro abjuranti, latroni blasphemanti, et Judsis crucifigentibus, indulsit.

Luc. vi. 35. Benignus est super ingratos et malos.

6. Neque veniam modo, sed

et gratiam

Scripture echoes

  1. ↩Luke.15.22 — But the father said to his servants, 'Quickly, bring out the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet.'
  2. ↩Luke.15.22-Luke.15.23 — But the father said to his servants, 'Quickly, bring out the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet.' Luke.15.23 — And bring the fattened calf, kill it, and let us eat and celebrate.
  3. ↩Luke.15.7 — I tell you, there will be joy in heaven over one sinner who repents more than over ninety-nine righteous persons who have no need of repentance.
  4. ↩Luke.15.7 — I tell you, there will be joy in heaven over one sinner who repents more than over ninety-nine righteous persons who have no need of repentance.
  5. ↩Jer.3.1 — If a man sends away his wife and she leaves him and becomes another man's wife, can he return to her again? Would not that land be utterly defiled? Yet you have played the harlot with many lovers — and would you return to me? declares the LORD.
  6. ↩Jer.3.1 — If a man sends away his wife and she leaves him and becomes another man's wife, can he return to her again? Would not that land be utterly defiled? Yet you have played the harlot with many lovers — and would you return to me? declares the LORD.
  7. ↩Luke.6.35 — But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked.
  8. ↩Luke.6.35 — But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked.

Notes

  1. 1 ↩Source `quzratur` read as `quaeratur` (is sought). Terminal `ἃ` treated as a corrupt remnant of `a`, completed as `a nobis` from the following section fragment (`nobis.`), parallel to `a Se`.
  2. 2 ↩Fragment only: nobis completes the previous section's clause nec misericordiam suam [a] nobis (he does not take his mercy away from us). Neighboring Latin shows OCR corruption (quzratur; trailing Greek ἃ likely for a).
  3. 3 ↩Source reads '3 Sam.'; the Absalom narrative that follows is standardly 2 Samuel (Vulgate 2 Kings). Book label preserved from source.
  4. 4 ↩xiv. is almost certainly a chapter marker (14) interrupting the illustrative clause; object Absalom appears in the following sentence units.
  5. 5 ↩Source surface przparavit is almost certainly a corrupted printing/OCR of praeparavit ('prepared'); translation follows that reading.
  6. 6 ↩Source reading 'ài.' is almost certainly OCR/print corruption of Roman numeral 'iii.' (Jeremiah 3), matching the following Vulgate excerpt.
  7. 7 ↩Source reading 'l.' is treated as numeral '1.' (verse 1), consistent with the Jeremiah 3:1 wording that follows.
  8. 8 ↩Source 'ila' read as 'illa' ('that woman').
  9. 9 ↩Opening 'Τὰ' is almost certainly OCR corruption of Latin 'Tu' (cf. Vulgate Jeremiah 3:1 'Tu autem fornicata es...'). Finite 'es' is implied by the perfect participle construction and standard biblical sense.
  10. 10 ↩Source 'Judsis' is treated as 'Judæis'/'Judaeis' (Jews).
  11. 11 ↩'Qua' is rendered as 'By which' (ablative of means, likely pointing to divine mercy/kindness from the surrounding devotion). It may also be a misreading of 'Qui' ('Who').

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