Latin Prayers, An Offer and a Request
Mike Martin
For some time now I have been compiling traditional Roman Catholic prayers
in their original Latin for my own usage. Given the difficulty in finding
the original Latin texts for many of them and the many requests I have had
for the Latin text of this prayer or that prayer, I thought I would make
them available to soc.relegion.chrisitan readers for whoever wants a copy.
For each of the texts I have collected I have both the Latin and English,
along with whatever history I could find concerning each prayer. Items such
as author, date of composition, and liturgical usage have been included
with most of the texts.
Anyone who wants a copy is welcome to one (~130K file). Just drop me a line
at my e-mail address below and I will e-mail it to you as an attachment
(130K e-mails do not go over too big with some mailers, but as far as I
know, e-mail attachments can be of 'any' size)
I only ask two things of anyone who gets the file;
1) If you should find any mistakes, please let me know so I can correct
them. I have proof read them and tried to make them as error free as
possible, but anything of this size is likely to have a few errors.
2) If you have any favorite Latin prayers that I have not listed here,
**please** send them to me, both the 'official' Latin and English texts and
where you found them. I would also appreciate any history you might have
concerning them, especially author and date of composition. I would like
them for my own use and to be able to include them in future versions so
others may enjoy them as well. Et amabo, nihil loquelae Latinae suillae!
:-)
A fellow Latinophile,
Michael Martin
aard...@ial.jcs.nasa.gov
The following is an alphabetical list of the Latin titles of the ones I
have to date;
Adoro Te Devote
Alia Oratio Sancti Bonaventuri
Alma Redemptoris Mater
Angele Dei
Angelic Trisagion
Angelus ad Virginem
Angelus Domini
Anima Christi
Aspirations
Attende Domine
Ave Maria
Ave Maris Stella
Ave Regina C lorum
Ave Verum
Benedicite Dominum
Benedictus
Confiteor
Crux Fidelis
De Profundis
Dies Irae
Doxologia Minor (Glory Be)
Formula Intensionis Ante Missam
Gloria
Iam Lucis Orto Sidere
Iesu, Dulcis Memoria
Litania Beatae Viginis Mariae
Litania Loreti
Magnificat
Memorare
Miserere
Nunc Dimittis
O Sacrum Convivium
O Salutaris Hostia
Oblatio Sui
Oratio ad Beatam Viginem Mariam Ante Missam
Oratio ad Beatam Viginem Mariam
Oratio ad Crucifixum
Oratio Ad Omnes Angelos et Sanctos Ante Missam
Oratio ad Sanctum Michael
Oratio ad St. Ioseph Post Missam
Oratio Dominica (The Lord's Prayer)
Oratio Sancti Ambrosii Ante Missam
Oratio Sancti Thomae Ante Missam
Oratio Sancti Thomae Post Missam
Oratio Universalis
Pange Lingua (St. Thomas)
Pange Lingua (V. Fortunatus)
Pax in Caelo
Placeat
Preces ad St. Ioseph Ante Missam
Preces ante et post prandium
Psalmus Manasse
Quicumque
Regina C li
Salve Festa Dies
Salve Regina
Signum Crucis
Stabat Mater
Sub Tuum Praesidium
Symbolum Apostolorum (Apostle's Creed)
Symbolum Nicaenum (Nicean Creed)
Tantum Ergo
Te Deum
Te Ioseph
Te Lucis Ante Terminum
Veni, Creator Spiritus
Veni, Sancte Spiritus
Vexilla Regis
Victimae Paschali