§12Post hoc dicimus: sanctificetur nomen tuum, non quod optemus Deo ut sanctificetur orationibus nostris, sed quod petamus mus a Domino ut nomen eius sanctificetur in nobis.
After this we say: "Hallowed be Thy name," not because we wish for God that He may be hallowed by our prayers, but because we ask of the Lord that His name may be hallowed in us.
ceterum a quo Deus sanctificatur qui ipse sanctificat? sed quia ipse dixit:: sancti estote, quoniam et ego sanctus sum, id petimus et rogamus, ut qui in baptismo sanctificati sumus in eo quod esse coepimus perseueremus.
For by whom is God hallowed, who Himself hallows? But because He Himself said: "Be ye holy, for I also am holy," this we ask and request, that we who have been hallowed in baptism may persevere in that which we have begun to be.
et hoc cottidie deprecamur.
And this we pray for daily.
opus est enim nobis cottidiana sanctificatio, ut qui cottidie delinquimus delicta nostra sanctificatione adsidua repurgemus.
For we have need of daily hallowing, so that we who daily offend may cleanse our offenses by constant hallowing.
quae autem sit sanctificatio quae nobis de Dei dignatione confertur apostolus praedicat dicens: neque fornicarii neque idolis seruientes neque adulteri neque molles neque masculorum adpetitores neque fures neque fraudulenti neque ebriosi neque maledici neque raptores regnum Dei consequentur.
What, moreover, that hallowing is which is conferred upon us by the condescension of God, the apostle declares, saying: "Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor the effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
et haec quidem fuistis, sed abluti estis, sed iustificati estis, sed sanctificati estis in nomine Domini Iesu Christi et in spiritu Dei nostri. sanctificatos nos dicit in nomine Domini Iesu Christi et in spiritu Dei nostri.
And such indeed you were; but you are washed, but you are justified, but you are sanctified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and in the Spirit of our God." He says that we are sanctified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.
haec sanctificatio ut in nobis permaneat oramus, et quia Dominus et iudex noster sanato a se et uiuificato comminatur iam non delinquere, ne quid ei deterius fiat, hanc continuis orationibus precem facimus, hoc diebus ac noctibus postulamus ut sanctificatio et uiuificatio quae de Dei gratia sumitur ipsius protectione seruetur.
That this sanctification may remain in us we pray; and because our Lord and Judge threatens him who has been healed and quickened by Him to sin no more, lest something worse should happen to him, we make this petition with continual prayers, and request this day and night, that the sanctification and quickening which is received from the grace of God may be preserved by His protection.
§13Sequitur in oratione: adueniat regnum tuum. regnum etiam Dei repraesentari nobis petimus, sicuti et nomen eius ut in nobis sanctificetur postulamus.
There follows in the prayer: "Thy kingdom come." We ask also that the kingdom of God may be manifested to us, just as we request that His name may be hallowed in us.
nam Deus quando non regnat, aut aput eum quando incipit quod et semper fuit et esse non desinit? nostrum regnum petimus aduenire a Deo nobis repromissum, Christi sanguine et passione quaesitum, ut qui in saeculo ante seruiuimus postmodum Christo dominante regnemus, sicut ipse pollicetur et dicit: uenite, benedicti patris mei, percipite regnum quod uobis paratum est ab origine mundi. potest uero, fratres dilectissimi, et ipse Christus esse regnum Dei quem uenire cottidie cupimus, cuius aduentus ut cito nobis repraesentetur optamus.
For when does God not reign, or when does that begin with Him which always was and ceases not to be? We ask for our kingdom to come, which has been promised to us by God and sought by the blood and passion of Christ, so that we who before served in the world may afterward reign under the dominion of Christ, as He Himself promises and says: "Come, ye blessed of my Father, receive the kingdom prepared for you from the beginning of the world." Indeed, beloved brethren, Christ Himself may also be the kingdom of God, whom we daily desire to come, and whose coming we wish to be quickly manifested to us.
nam cum resurrectio ipse sit, quia in ipso resurgimus, sic et regnum Dei potest ipse intellegi, quia in illo regnaturi sumus.
For since He Himself is the resurrection, because in Him we rise again, so also He Himself can be understood as the kingdom of God, because in Him we are to reign.
bene autem regnum Dei petimus id est regnum caeleste, quia est et terrestre regnum.
But we rightly ask for the kingdom of God, that is, the heavenly kingdom, because there is also an earthly kingdom.
sed qui renuntiauit iam saeculo maior est et honoribus eius et regno.
But he who has already renounced the world is greater than both its honors and its kingdom.
et ideo qui se Deo et Christo dicat non terrena sed caelestia regna desiderat.
And therefore, he who dedicates himself to God and Christ desires not earthly but heavenly kingdoms.
continua autem oratione et prece opus est, ne excidamus de regno caelesti, sicut Iudaei quibus hoc primum promissum fuerat exciderunt Domino manifestante et probante.
But there is need of continuous prayer and petition, lest we fall from the heavenly kingdom, just as the Jews, to whom this had first been promised, fell, as the Lord made manifest and proved.
multi inquit, uenient ab oriente et occidente et recumbent cum Abraham et Isaac et Iacob in regno caelorum.
"Many," He says, "shall come from the east and from the west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.
filii autem regni expellen tur in tene bras exteriores: illic erit ploratio et stridor dentium. ostendit quia ante filii regni Iudaei erant, quando et filii Dei esse perseuerabant, postquam cessauit circa illos nomen paternum, cessauit et regnum.
But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth." He shows that the Jews were previously the children of the kingdom, when they also persevered in being the children of God; after the paternal name ceased among them, the kingdom also ceased.
et ideo christiani qui in oratione appellare patrem Deum coepimus nos et ut regnum Dei nobis ueniat oramus.
And therefore, we Christians, who in prayer have begun to call God Father, also pray that the kingdom of God may come to us.