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The jubilee medal of St. Benedict

November 2, 2006 | Leave a Comment

This medal is properly described at the e-Benedictine. As shown in the picture, the medal has the following Latin inscriptions:
1. On the circumference on the left side: VRSNSMV
Uade retro, Satana, numquam suade mihi vana.
Go away, Satan, do not suggest to me vanities.
2. On the circumference on the right side: SMQLIVB
Sunt mala qui libas, ipse venena [...]

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The prayer before connecting to the internet

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Copied and pasted as from the source:
Omnípotens aetérne Deus,
qui secúndum imáginem Tuam nos plasmásti
et omnia bona, vera, et pulchra,
praesértim in divína persóna Unigéniti Fílii Tui
Dómini nostri Iesu Chrísti, quaérere iussísti,
praesta, quaésumus,
ut, per intercessiónem Sancti Isidóri, Epíscopi et Doctóris,
in peregrinatiónibus per interrete,
et manus oculósque ad quae Tibi sunt plácita intendámus
et omnes quos convenímus cum caritáte ac [...]

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Didache 3

November 2, 2006 | Leave a Comment

The third part of Didache.
1. My child, flee from every evil and everything that resembleth it.
2. Be not angry, for anger leadeth to murder, nor jealous nor contentious nor wrathful, for of all these things murders are engendered.
3. My child, be not lustful, for lust leadeth to fornication, neither foul-dpeaking neither with uplifted eyes, [...]