Saturday, October 22, 2022

"Before those who stood by | thou wast my helper and didst deliver me"

ἔναντι τῶν παρεστηκότων ἐγένου βοηθὸς καὶ ἐλυτρώσω με

     Sir 51:2 RSV.  Or "in the presence of those who stood by".  51:2-3 NETS:  "against those who stand by | you have been a help, and you have redeemed me".

Sunday, October 16, 2022

The sacraments as an education in the use of things temporal

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"Grant, O Lord, we pray, that, benefitting from participation in heavenly things, we may be helped by what you give in this present age and prepared for the gifts that are eternal.  Through."

"Fac nos, quaesumus, Domine, caelestium rerum frequentatione proficere, ut et temporalibus beneficis adiuvemur, et erudiamur aeternis.  Per."

Cause us, we pray, O Lord, [so] to profit from the frequentation of things celestial, that we may be both helped by benefits temporal, and educated in [benefits] eternal.  Through.

     Prayer after Communion, Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Roman Missal.