Preces Quotidianae
Opening Petitions for Mercy
The worshiper asks to be saved, forgiven, remembered, and for enemies to be forgiven.
Keep me like a brand pulled from the fire. Father, forgive me, for I didn't know—truly I didn't know—what I was doing when I was doing what would displease you. Lord, remember me in your kingdom. Lord, don't hold my enemies' sins against them.
Meditation on the Passion of Christ
A series of meditations on the physical and spiritual sufferings of Christ, from the agony in the garden to the breaking of his body, interspersed with scripture references.
cf. vii. 60. Lord, don't hold my sins against me. The bloody, clotted sweat. | Luc.1 22.✦ 44. The soul in agony — the head crowned with thorns. | Matt.✦ 27. 29.] Struck with rods, the eyes flooded with tears, the ears filled with insults, the mouth given gall and vinegar. | Verse2 34.] His face foully smeared with spit,✦3 Through Your neck bowed under the weight of the Cross (John✦ 19:✦ 17)✦ His back was furrowed by the scourge, by bruises and wounds.✦ Hands and feet pierced through, A mighty cry, Heart pierced by a lance,✦ Water and blood flowing out, Body broken,✦
Closing Plea for Forgiveness through Christ's Blood
The worshiper asks for forgiveness and covering of sins based on the blood of Christ poured out.
Lord, by the blood that was poured out, forgive the iniquity of your servant. Cover all his sins.✦
Read the original Latin
serva me sicut torrem erutum ex igne. Pater, ignosce mihi, nec enim sciebam, revera nesciebam quid faciebam, cum faciebam quod displiceret tibi. Domine, memento mei in regno tuo. Domine, ne statuas inimicis meis peccata ipsorum. cf. vii. 60. Domine, ne statuas mihi peccata mea, Sudorem sanguineum, grumosum, |ZLuwc.
xxii. 44. Animam agonizantem, — Caput spinis coronatum, | Matth. xxvii. 29.] Virgis impactum, Oculos lacrymis perfusos, ( Aures conviciis oppletas, ( Os felle, et aceto potum, |Vers. 34.]
Faciem sputis fcede illitam,
Per Collum Crucis onere depressum, (Joan. xix. 17.]
Dorsum flagello, livoribus et vulneribus exaratum,
Manus et pedes perfossos,
Clamorem validum, Err Err
Cor lancea perforatum,
Aquam et sanguinem exeuntia,
Corpus confractum,
Sanguinem effusum, Domine, remitte iniquitatem servi tui,
operi omnia peccata ejus.
Scripture echoes
- ↩Luke.22.44 — And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.
- ↩Luke.22.44 — And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.
- ↩Matt.26.67 — Then they spat in his face and struck him, and some slapped him,
- ↩John.19.17 — Carrying his own cross, he went out to the place called the Place of a Skull, which in Aramaic is called Golgotha.
- ↩John.19.17 — Carrying his own cross, he went out to the place called the Place of a Skull, which in Aramaic is called Golgotha.
- ↩John.19.17 — Carrying his own cross, he went out to the place called the Place of a Skull, which in Aramaic is called Golgotha.
- ↩Isa.53.5 — But he was pierced for our transgressions, crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed.
- ↩John.19.34 — But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out.
- ↩1Cor.11.24;John.19.34 — and having given thanks, he broke it and said, 'This is my body, which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.' John.19.34 — But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out.
- ↩Ps.32.1;Ps.33.1 — Of David. A Maskil. Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Ps.33.1 — Rejoice in the LORD, O you righteous; praise is fitting for the upright.
Notes
- 1 ↩Source ends with '|ZLuwc.', almost certainly a corrupt print/OCR form of the Luke citation marker '| Luc.' (the next section continues with xxii. 44, i.e. Luke 22:44 on the bloody sweat).
- 2 ↩conviciis read as conviciis/convitiis, 'insults' or 'abuse'; not a different sense.
- 3 ↩Source surface 'fcede' is read as foede ('foully/shamefully'); almost certainly a typographic/OCR corruption of oe/œ.
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