Folio 45v

Miscellaneous prayers, mainly to Jesus Christ, continued.

Prayer, Domine exaudi oracionem, continued.



... asks that he too may be heard and raised through penance, to hear Christ's voice saying: 'Come, ye blessed of my Father' (Matthew, 24:34). He asks that, as Christ forgave the woman in Simon's house (Luke 7:38) who washed his feet with her tears, so he too may be forgiven his sins before he dies, so that his enemy may not rejoice over him. He asks St Peter, who holds the keys of heaven, to free him on earth. He asks the angels, archangels, patriarchs and other orders to intercede for him; and he asks those who cry: 'Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Sabaoth' (Isaiah 6:3; Apocalypse, 4:8) to pray for him.


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mea. Te peto domine te laudo te adoro te magnifi\co, te glorifico, te benedico cum omnibus sanctis tuis, te\ deprecor ut mittas omnes sanctos angelos tuos ar\changelos patriarchas prophetas apostolos et evvan\gelistas martires et confessores et virgines in\ auxilium meum. Precor et supplico domine ut\ me exaudias et prestes michi viam veritatis ut\ merear salvari. Peccavi nimis domine in homi\nem quanto magis in te deus meus. Ita enim pec\cavi ut non sit numerus malorum que operatus\ sum a iuventute mea. Et tu domine rex eterne glorie\ qui me dignatus es redimere precioso sanguine\ tuo. Et posuisti te in ligno pro me non pro me\is meritis sed pro tua magna misericordia miserere mei\ ut non intrem in illum pessimum locum qui semper\ est sine refrigerio sine dulcedine et sine splen\dore et erit sine fine quia in inferno nemo con\fitebitur tibi neque mors laudabit te. Miserere\ mei et exaudi me sperantem in te sicut exaudi\sti Mariam Magdalenam et Martham rogantes\ ut ires ad monumentum resuscitare Lazarum\



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