Monday, December 4, 2023

May the true faith he taught so well be always our light and our strength

"Lord, may the prayers of Saint John Damascene help us, and may the true faith he taught so well always be our light and our strength.  We ask this through".

My translation:  Grant us [the boon] of being helped by the prayers of St. John the priest, so that the true faith, which he taught so exceptionally well, may be always our light and our strength.  Through.

"Praesta nobis, quaesumus, Domine, sancti Ioannis, presbyteri, precibus adiuvari, ut vera fides, quam ille excellenter docuit, sit semper lux et fortitudo nostra.  Per".

     Oratio for the Feast of St. John of Damascus (660-c. 750), 4 December, Liturgia horarum.  I have yet to find the one for the former feast of 27 December.  The prologue to the De fide orthodoxa included in the Liturgy of the hours is beautiful, too.

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