Chapter 8SvVac.1.8
Bohu Otci chválu vzdejme
A Trinitarian Invocation
The hymn opens with a doxological call to praise the Trinity followed by a plea for Christ's mercy.
Let us give praise to God the Father; let us bless ourselves with the holy cross, in the name of the Father, and of his Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Christ, have mercy!1
Read the original Latin
Bohu Otci chválu vzdejme, svatým křížem se žehnejme, ve jménu Otce, i Syna jeho i Ducha svatého. Kriste eleison!
Notes
- 1 ↩Czech 'Kriste eleison' preserves the Greek liturgical acclamation Christe eleison; rendered in plain English as a direct petition rather than left in Greek.
Saint Wenceslas Chorale companion
Never lose the rhythm again
Chosen Portion delivers your morning, midday and night office to your phone — the Hours, without the bells.
Chosen Portion is a modern Book of Hours: it turns the fixed-hour structure this collection preserves into scheduled, tappable daily prayer on your phone.
- Three daily prayer moments scheduled around your real calendar, not a monastery's
- Psalms and historic prayers sequenced for you — no page-flipping or decision fatigue
- A visible streak of completed offices, so the rhythm compounds instead of collapsing