Oratio ad sanctam Trinitatem.
The Soul's Trinitarian Invocation
The soul opens with a grand doxological address to the Holy Trinity, praising the one God in three Persons and asking that the gates of justice be opened.
O three co-equal and co-eternal Persons, one true God, Father and Son and Holy Spirit, who alone dwell in eternity and in inaccessible light; who founded the earth by your power, and govern the world with wisdom; holy, holy, holy Lord God of hosts, terrible and mighty, just and merciful, wonderful, praiseworthy, most lovable; one God, three Persons in one essence, power, wisdom, and goodness, one and undivided Trinity: open to me as I cry out the gates of justice, and having entered them I will give praise to the Lord.
The Beggar Knocking at God's Door
The soul humbly presents itself as a beggar knocking at the Father's door, pleading that Christ's promise — 'Knock and it will be opened' — be fulfilled.
Look — at your door, most high Father of the household, a beggar knocks. Command it to be opened to the one who knocks — you who said, 'Knock and it will be opened to you' (Matt.✦ 7, 7).
Tears and Groaning Before the Father
The soul offers its deep longings and tears as its knock upon the Father's door, trusting that every desire and groan is fully known to God.
They knock at your door, most merciful Father — the longings of my heart's deep cries, and the shouts of my eyes' tears. Before you is every desire of mine, and my groaning is not hidden from you (Ps.✦ 37, 10).
Do Not Turn Your Face Away
The soul begs the Lord not to turn away in anger, pleading for the restoration of the divine face and favor.
And you, Lord, do not turn your face away from me any longer, nor turn aside in anger from your servant (Ps.✦ XXVI, 9).
Rescue from the Depths of Misery
The Father of mercies is implored to hear the orphan's wailing and stretch out a saving hand to draw the soul from the pit of misery.
Father of mercies, hear the wailing of your orphan, and stretch out your hand — your best help — so that it may draw me from the depths of the waters, and from the pit of misery, and from the mire of the dregs, lest I perish while the mercy of your eyes looks on, while the tenderness of your heart gazes down (Ps.✦
The Longing to See God's Face
The soul expresses its deepest desire: to come before the Lord, behold the riches of His kingdom, gaze upon His face, and be renewed in strength like the eagle.
XXXIX, 3); but let me come to you, Lord my God, so that I may see the riches of your kingdom, and gaze upon your face always, and speak praise to your holy name, Lord — you who work wonders, who make my heart joyful through the memory of you, who illuminate my youth and do not despise my old age, but make all my bones rejoice, and make my gray hairs grow young again like the eagle's.✦
Closing Doxology to the Trinity
The prayer concludes with a sweeping ascription of all glory, praise, power, and blessedness to the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
All glory, all praise, all virtue, all power, all magnificence, all blessedness, all clemency — be to God the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Read the original Latin
O tres coaequales et coaeternae personae, Deus unus et verus, Pater et Filius et Spiritus sanctus, qui solus habitas aeternitatem et lucem inaccessibilem; qui fundasti terram in potentia tua, et regis orbem prudentia; sanctus, sanctus, sanctus Dominus Deus sabaoth, terribilis et fortis, justus et misericors, admirabilis, laudabilis, amabilis; unus Deus, tres personae in una essentia; potentia, sapientia, bonitas, una et indivisa Trinitas: aperite mihi clamanti portas justitiae, et ingressus in eas confitebor Domino. En ad ostium tuum, summe Pater familias, mendicus pulso. Jube aperiri pulsanti, qui dixisti, Pulsate et aperietur vobis (Matth. VII, 7). Pulsant ad ostium tuum, pater misericordissime, desideria rugientium praecordiorum meorum, et clamores lacrymarum oculorum meorum. Ante te est omne desiderium meum, et gemitus meus a te non est absconditus (Psal. XXXVII, 10). Et tu, Domine, non avertas faciem tuam amplius a me, nec declines in ira a servo tuo (Psal.
XXVI, 9). Pater misericordiarum, audi ejulatum pupilli tui, et porrige manum tuam optimam adjutricem, ut trahat me de profundis aquarum, et de lacu miseriae, et de luto faecis: ne peream vidente misericordia oculorum tuorum, aspiciente clementia viscerum tuorum (Psal. XXXIX, 3); sed evadam ad te Dominum Deum meum, ut videam divitias regni tui, et intuear faciem tuam semper, et laudem dicam nomini tuo sancto, Domine, qui facis mirabilia, qui cor meum laetum facis memoria tua, qui illuminas juventutem meam, et non despicis senectutem meam, sed jubilare facis omnia ossa mea, et rejuvenescere facis ut aquilae canos meos. Omnis gloria, omnis laus, omnis virtus, omnis potentia, omnis magnificentia, omnis beatitudo, omnis clementia sit Deo Patri et Filio et Spiritui sancto. Amen
Scripture echoes
- ↩Matt.7.7 — Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
- ↩Ps.37.10;Ps.39.9 — And yet a little while, and the wicked one will be no more; you will look carefully at his place, and he will not be there. Ps.39.9 — From all my transgressions deliver me; do not make me the scorn of the fool.
- ↩Ps.26.9;Ps.28.9 — Do not gather my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloodthirsty men. Ps.28.9 — Save your people, and bless your inheritance; shepherd them, and carry them forever.
- ↩Ps.26.9 — Do not gather my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloodthirsty men.
- ↩Ps.39.3 — I was mute in silence; I held back from good, and my pain was stirred up.
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