Preces Quotidianae
A Call to Thanksgiving
The chapter opens with a general act of thanksgiving, then moves into a series of scriptural prompts for praise, beginning with Psalm 146 and a call to joyful, fitting praise, and concluding with a resolve to remain grateful.
Act of Thanksgiving. Ps. 146. 1. Joyful and fitting praise.✦1 Unworthy beforehand—not ungrateful afterward.2
The Blessing of Generosity
A citation from Proverbs 11:25 is given, teaching that a generous soul will be enriched.
Blessing After Sustenance
A citation from Deuteronomy 8:10 instructs the reader to bless God after eating and being satisfied.
Deut. 8.4 10. When you've eaten and are satisfied, bless the Lord your God for the good land he has given you.✦
The God of Jethro
A citation from Exodus 18:10 blesses the God of Jethro.
Songs of Deliverance
A series of scriptural citations from Exodus 15 and Psalm 118 are woven together, calling for song and thanksgiving to God.
15. 2. Let us sing to the Lord of Isaac and of the Israelites; you are my God.✦6 Ps. 118.✦7 28. I will give you thanks, and I will exalt you.✦8
New Birth into Living Hope
A citation from 1 Peter 1:3 blesses God for giving new birth into a living hope through Christ's resurrection.
1 Pet. 8.✦ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.✦
Every Spiritual Blessing
A citation from Ephesians 1:3 blesses God for blessing us with every spiritual blessing in Christ.
Eph. 1. 3.✦ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ.✦
The Benedictus
A citation from Luke 1:68, the Benedictus, blesses the Lord God of Israel for visiting and redeeming his people.
Luke 1 68✦ Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who has visited and redeemed his people.✦
Father of Mercies
A citation from 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 blesses God as the Father of mercies and God of all comfort.
2 Cor. 1. 3. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and God9 4. of all consolation, who comforts us in all our tribulation.✦
Private and Public Praise
A personal declaration of praise to the Lord with the whole heart, both privately and in the congregation.
1.10 I praise You, Lord, with my whole heart—privately with the just, and in the congregation.11
Concluding Rubric
A brief rubric indicating 'And prayers' followed by an illegible fragment.
Read the original Latin
GRATIARUM ACTIO.
Psal. cxlvi. 1. JucUNDA decoraque laus. Indignus ante, Ne ingratus post.
Prov. xi. 25. | Anima quz benedixit, impinguabitur.
Deut. vii. 10. Cum comederis, et satiatus fueris, benedicas Domino Deo tuo pro terra optima quam dedit tibi.
Exod. xvi. 10. Benedictus Deus Jethronis.
xv. 2. Cantemus Domino Isaac et Israelitarum, Deus meus es Tu. Psal. exviij. 28, ἘΠ᾿ confitebor "Tibi, Et exaltabo Te.
L Pei 8. Benedictus Deus et Pater Domini nostri Jesu Christi, qui secundum misericordiam suam magnam regeneravit nos in spem vivam, per resurrectionem Jesu Christi ex mortuis.
Eph. 1. 3. Benedictus Deus et Pater Domini nostri Jesu Christi, qui benedixit nos in omni benedictione spirituali in celestibus in Christo.
Luc. 1. 68. Benedictus Dominus Deus Israel, qui visitavit et redemit populum suum.
2 Cor. i. 3. Benedictus Deus et Pater Domini nostri Jesu Christi, Pater misericordiarum, et Deus
4. totius consolationis, qui consolatur nos in omni tribulatione nostra.
aal cxk 1. Confiteor Tibi, Domine, in toto corde meo, privatim cum justis, et in congregatione.
AND, PREQCES. ST
Scripture echoes
- ↩Ps.147.1 — Praise the LORD! For it is good to sing praises to our God; for praise is delightful and fitting.
- ↩Prov.11.25 — A generous soul will prosper, and whoever refreshes others will himself be refreshed.
- ↩Prov.11.25 — A generous soul will prosper, and whoever refreshes others will himself be refreshed.
- ↩Deut.8.10 — When you have eaten and are satisfied, you shall bless the LORD your God for the good land that he has given you.
- ↩Exod.18.10 — And Jethro said, "Blessed be the LORD, who delivered you from the hand of Egypt and from the hand of Pharaoh, who delivered the people from under the hand of Egypt."
- ↩Exod.15.1 — Then Moses and the sons of Israel sang this song to the LORD, saying, 'I will sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously; horse and rider he has thrown into the sea.'
- ↩Ps.118.28 — You are my God, and I will give you thanks; you are my God, and I will exalt you.
- ↩Ps.118.28;Ps.119.28 — You are my God, and I will give you thanks; you are my God, and I will exalt you. Ps.119.28 — My soul weeps from grief; sustain me according to your word.
- ↩1Pet.1.3 — Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
- ↩1Pet.1.3 — Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
- ↩Eph.1.3 — Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,
- ↩Eph.1.3;Eph.1.3 — Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, Eph.1.3 — Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,
- ↩Luke.1.68 — Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he has visited and accomplished redemption for his people.
- ↩Luke.1.68 — Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he has visited and accomplished redemption for his people.
- ↩2Cor.1.3-2Cor.1.4 — Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, 2Cor.1.4 — who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
Notes
- 1 ↩Source surface JucUNDA is treated as jucunda (typesetting/OCR oddity); sense is the psalm phrase jucunda decoraque laus/laudatio.
- 2 ↩Maxim of thanksgiving: come conscious of unworthiness before the gift, and after receiving it do not become ungrateful. Ante/post are temporal poles (before/after), left implicit in English as the paired motto structure.
- 3 ↩Source quz is treated as quae; leading pipe is layout markup and omitted in English.
- 4 ↩Source prints 'vii.' (7), but the following Latin matches Deuteronomy 8:10 (Vulgate), not 7:10. Rendered as 8 with review flag.
- 5 ↩Latin genitive Jethronis most naturally yields 'the God of Jethro.' The full Vulgate blessing at Exod 18:10 is longer ('Blessed be the Lord, who delivered you...'); this printed form is a compressed tag or excerpt, not the complete verse.
- 6 ↩Latin reads Domino Isaac et Israelitarum, taken as genitives dependent on Domino ('Lord of Isaac and of the Israelites'). The wording is unusual beside the familiar Song of the Sea opening Cantemus Domino and may be a compressed or corrupt heading/blend.
- 7 ↩Source reads exviij.; rendered as 118, taking the most plausible psalm numeral (cxviij / 118) behind a likely OCR or typesetting corruption.
- 8 ↩Normalized source includes stray Greek ἘΠ᾿ and quote-mark noise around confitebor Tibi; those are treated as non-text artifacts. confitebor is rendered in its psalm sense of thankful praise, not judicial confession of sin.
- 9 ↩Sentence ends mid-clause at et Deus; the neighboring next section continues totius consolationis… (2 Cor 1:3–4).
- 10 ↩Source reading 'aal cxk 1.' is largely unintelligible (likely OCR/print corruption). Only the numeral '1.' is treated as a plausible section or prayer number, matching the numbered headings in neighboring sections (e.g. '4.').
- 11 ↩Confiteor can mean confess or praise/give thanks; here the psalm-like formula favors praise/thanksgiving rather than confession of sin.
- 12 ↩Source reads AND, PREQCES. Most plausible recovery: AND + PRECES (prayers), with PREQCES as an OCR corruption of PRECES.
- 13 ↩Source is only ST. Too short and isolated to recover a confident Latin word (possible remnants include etc., est, S., or a catchword/heading scrap). Bracketed placeholder used rather than inventing sense.
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