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Volume 13 · p. 359
XVI. Fourth Sunday in Lent, Prayer
XVI. Dominica quarta in Quadragesima, Oratio. Abiit Jesus trans mare Galilaeae 1. Domine Jesu Christe, quoniam prope est Pascha transitus mei, et panes emptitii carnalium illecebrarum comparati ducentis denariis, perditione scilicet corporis et animae, non sufficiunt, ut unusquisque modicum quid accipiat: fac me sublevare mentis oculos ad te, et discumbere super faenum carnalis voluptatis, temporalis possessionis et gloriae: ut merear satiari quinque spiritualium panum refectione, scilicet timore Domini judicii, horrore peccati, dolore contritionis, pudore confessionis, labore satisfactionis: et duobus piscibus, stabilitate propositi, et desiderio in melius proficiendi: vel quinque panibus quos puer unus habet hic, humilitas scilicet, quae meretur requiem gratiae Dei, vacua impleri, januam Paradisi, quae est secretaria Dei, et meretur gloriam exsultationis: et duobus piscibus, patientia scilicet contumeliarum, et injuriarum. Amen.
XVI. Fourth Sunday in Lent, Prayer. Jesus went away across the sea of Galilee 1. Lord Jesus Christ, since the Pasch of my passage is near, and the bought breads of carnal enticements, purchased for two hundred denarii, namely the perdition of body and soul, do not suffice so that each one may receive some little thing: make me lift up the eyes of my mind to you, and recline upon the hay of carnal pleasure, temporal possession, and glory, so that I may deserve to be satisfied by the refreshment of the five spiritual breads, namely by fear of the Lord's judgment, horror of sin, sorrow of contrition, shame of confession, and labor of satisfaction, and by the two fishes, stability of purpose and desire of advancing into the better; or by the five breads that one boy has here, namely humility, which merits the rest of God's grace, empty things to be filled, the gate of Paradise, which is God's secret chamber, and merits the glory of exultation, and by the two fishes, namely patience of insults and injuries. Amen.
Notes
- Compare John 6:1-13; Matthew 14:13-21; Mark 6:30-44; Luke 9:10-17. (Cf. Joan. VI, 1-13. Matth. XIV, 13-21. Marc. VI, 30-44. Luc. IX, 10-17.) ↩
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