Preces Quotidianae
Petitions for Temporal and Spiritual Goods
A series of brief petitions for nature, fortune, grace, deliverance, and a suitable condition of life.
nature; for the goods of fortune,1 of grace;2 from danger; for deliverance from disgrace,3 from restlessness; health; for a suitable condition of life;4
Petitions for Redemption and Pardon
A plea for redemption, regeneration, catechism, vocation, patience, compunction, and hope of pardon.
for redemption, regeneration, catechism, vocation, Your patience, my compunction, J5 For hope of pardon,6
Petitions for Divine Care and Confidence
Requests for God's prevenient care, present consolation, and confidence about the future.
By prevenience,7 By care,8 For the benefits we've received, if we do anything well, for present consolation,9 For confidence about the future;10
Intercessions for Community
Prayers for parents, teachers, benefactors, friends, siblings, their children, and the faithful of the household.
For good and honorable parents, teachers, and benefactors; for friends, siblings, and their children,11 for the faithful of the household;
Read the original Latin
natur:e, Pro bonis 4 fortunz,
gratie;
a periculo, Pro liberatione 4 ab infamia,
ab inquietudine ;
sanitate, Pro { : statu competenti ;
Redemptione, Regeneratione, Catechismo, Vocatione, Patientia Tua, Compunctione mea, J
Pro 4 Spe veniz,
Prxeventione,
Curatione,
Beneficüis qux& recepimus, Si quid bene gerimus, Consolatione presenti,
Fiducia futura ;
Parentibus bonis et honestis, Magistris, Benefactoribus, Pro den : Amicis, germanis, Eorum liberis,
Domesticis fidelibus ;
Notes
- 1 ↩Source is heavily corrupted: reading normalized 'natur:e, Pro bonis 4 fortunz,' as 'naturae, Pro bonis fortunae,' (OCR/print damage). The '4' is treated as non-lexical intrusion (likely folio/noise), not translated.
- 2 ↩Source reads gratie; most plausible intended form is gratiae (genitive of gratia), continuing the preceding list of goods (nature/fortune/grace).
- 3 ↩The source includes a stray numeral “4” between liberatione and ab (Pro liberatione 4 ab infamia). Treated as a non-lexical artifact (pagination, list mark, or corruption) and not rendered in English.
- 4 ↩Source shows garbled punctuation/brace matter ('Pro { :'). Read as Pro statu competenti: petition for a fitting/adequate state of life (status competens).
- 5 ↩Terminal 'J' is opaque in the supplied witness (abbreviation, cut-off word, or corruption). Left as 'J' rather than expanded.
- 6 ↩Source reads 'Pro 4 Spe veniz,'. Taken as corrupt for 'Pro spe veniae' (for hope of pardon/forgiveness): 'veniz' as OCR for 'veniae'; the stray '4' is unexplained (page mark, footnote cue, or garble) and is not translated.
- 7 ↩Source reads Prxeventione; treated as corrupt/OCR for Praeventione (ablative of praeventio, God's going-before / preventing action). Neighboring list items Spe veniae and Curatione support a brief prayer-heading form.
- 8 ↩Ablative of curatio: care, tending, or healing/cure. In this litany-like list of mercies (after Praeventione; before Beneficiis quae recepimus), 'care' is the plainest rendering; 'healing' remains possible if medical or restorative sense is intended.
- 9 ↩Normalized OCR/print corruption: Beneficüis→Beneficiis, qux&→quæ, presenti→præsenti. Rendered as ablative thanksgiving items parallel to neighboring Curatione / Fiducia futura.
- 10 ↩Fiducia futura likely continues the thanksgiving/petition ablative list (parallel to Consolatione presenti in the previous section): either ‘for future confidence/trust’ (adjectival futura) or ‘for trust regarding things to come’ (futura as neuter plural). Rendered as a brief list item in that register.
- 11 ↩Latin has uncertain 'Pro den :' before the second group (Amicis…); left unexpanded and treated only as a break between intention groups.
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