VIII. Second Sunday after the Octaves of Epiphany, Prayer

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VIII. Dominica secunda post Octavas Epiphaniae, Oratio. Cum descendisset Jesus de monte ¹. Domine Jesu Christe, qui de monte potentiae, sapientiae, et virginalis uteri descendisti, ut sanares lepram generis humani: ecce leprosus multis peccatorum maculis adoro te, dicens: Domine, si vis, potes me mundare. Extende manum gratiae tuae, tange cor leprosum, miserere mei, et impera morbo peccati per veram humilitatem puramque confessionem et gratiarum actionem. Domine, licet non sum dignus ut intres sub tectum carnis meae, quia puer sensualitatis meae jacet paralyticus, dissolutus morbo peccati in domo corporis mei, et male torquetur concupiscentiae motibus: cum sim homo rationalis sub potestate gratiae habens sub me milites, naturales scilicet virtutes, veni sacramentaliter, et dic verbo veritatis ut sanetur puer meus. Amen.

VIII. Second Sunday after the Octaves of Epiphany, Prayer. When Jesus had descended from the mountain ¹. Lord Jesus Christ, who descended from the mountain of power, wisdom, and the virginal womb, so that you might heal the leprosy of the human race: behold, as a leper with many stains of sins, I adore you, saying, Lord, if you will, you can cleanse me. Stretch forth the hand of your grace, touch the leprous heart, have mercy on me, and command the disease of sin through true humility and pure confession and thanksgiving. Lord, although I am not worthy that you should enter under the roof of my flesh, because the boy of my sensuality lies paralytic, dissolved by the disease of sin in the house of my body, and is badly tormented by the movements of concupiscence: since I am a rational human being under the power of grace, having soldiers under me, namely natural virtues, come sacramentally, and say with the word of truth that my boy may be healed. Amen.

Notes

Compare Matthew 8:1-3 and 5-10; Mark 1:40-45; Luke 5:12-16 and 7:1-10. (Cf. Matth. VIII, 1-3, et 5-10. Marc. I, 40-45. Luc. V, 12-16, et VII, 1-10.) ↩