§14Addimus quoque etdicimus: fiat uoluntas tua in caelo et in terra, non ut Deus faciat quod uult, sed ut nos facere possimus quod Deus uult.
We add also and say: "Thy will be done in heaven and on earth," not so that God may do what He wills, but that we may be able to do what God wills.
nam Deo quis obsistit quominus quod uelit faciat? sed quia nobis a diabolo obsistitur quominus per omnia noster animus adque actus Deo obsequatur, oramus et petimus ut fiat in nobis uoluntas Dei: quae ut fiat in nobis, opus est Dei uoluntate id est ope eius et protectione, quia nemo suis uiribus fortis est sed Dei indulgentia et misericordia tutus est.
For who resists God to prevent Him from doing what He wills? But because we are resisted by the devil to prevent our mind and action from obeying God in all things, we pray and ask that the will of God may be done in us; and that this may be done in us, there is need of the will of God, that is, of His help and protection, because no one is strong by his own strength, but is safe by the indulgence and mercy of God.
denique et Dominus infirmitatem hominis quem portabat ostendens ait: pater, si fieri potest, transeat a me calix iste, et exemplum discipulis suis distribuens, ut non uoluntatem suam sed Dei faciant, addidit dicens: uerumtamen non quod ego uolo sed quod tu uis. et alio loco dicit: non descendi de caelo, ut faciam uoluntatem meam, sed uoluntatem eius qui misit me. quodsi filius obaudiuit ut faceret patris uoluntatem, quanto magis seruus obaudire debet ut faciat domini uoluntatem, sicut in epistula sua Iohannes quoque ad faciendam uoluntatem Dei hortatur et instruit dicens: nolite diligere mundum neque ea quae in mundo sunt.
Finally, the Lord also, showing the weakness of the man whom He bore, says: "Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me," and distributing an example to His disciples, that they should do not their own will but that of God, He added, saying: "Nevertheless, not what I will, but what Thou wilt." And in another place He says: "I came down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of Him who sent me." But if the Son obeyed to do the Father's will, how much more should a servant obey to do his master's will, just as John also in his epistle exhorts and instructs us to do the will of God, saying: "Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world.
si qui dilexerit mundum, non est caritas patris in illo, quia omne quod in mundo est concupiscentia carnis est et concupiscentia oculorum et ambitio saeculi quae non est a patre sed ex concupiscentia mundi.
If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him, because all that is in the world is the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the ambition of the world, which is not of the Father, but is of the lust of the world.
et mundus transibit et concupiscentia eius: qui autem fecerit Dei uoluntatem manet in aeternum, quomodo et Deus manet in aeternum. qui in aeternum manere uolumus Dei qui aeternus est uoluntatem facere debemus.
And the world shall pass away, and the lust thereof; but he that doeth the will of God abideth forever, even as God abideth forever." We who wish to abide forever must do the will of God, who is eternal.
§15Yoluntas autem Dei est quam Christus et fecit et docuit.
Now the will of God is what Christ both did and taught.
humilitas in conuersatione, stabilitas in fide, uerecundia in uerbis, in factis iustitia, in operibus misericordia, in moribus disciplina, iniuriam facere non nosse et factam posse tolerare, cum fratribus pacem tenere, Dominum toto corde diligere, amare in illo quod pater est, timere quod Deus est, Christo nihil omnino. praeponere, quia nec nobis quicquam ille praeposuit, caritati eius inseparabiliter adhaerere, cruci eius fortiter ac fidenter adsistere, quando de eius nomine et honore certamen est, exhibere in sermone constantiam qua confitemur, in quaestione fiduciam qua congredimur, in morte patientiam qua coronamur: hoc est coheredem Christi uelle esse, hoc est praeceptum Dei facere, hoc est uoluntatem patris inplere.
Humility in conversation, stability in faith, modesty in words, justice in deeds, mercy in works, discipline in morals, not knowing how to do an injury, and being able to bear one when done, to keep peace with the brethren, to love the Lord with all our heart, to love Him in that He is a Father, to fear Him in that He is God, to prefer nothing whatever to Christ, because He also preferred nothing to us, to cling inseparably to His love, to stand bravely and trustfully by His cross, when there is a contest concerning His name and honor, to exhibit in speech the constancy by which we confess, in questioning the confidence by which we engage, in death the patience by which we are crowned: this is to wish to be co-heirs with Christ, this is to do the commandment of God, this is to fulfill the will of the Father.
§16Fieri autem petimus uoluntatem Dei in caelo et in terra: quod utrumque ad consummationem nostrae incolumitatis pertinet et salutis.
But we ask that the will of God be done in heaven and on earth: both of which pertain to the consummation of our safety and salvation.
nam cum corpus e terra et spiritum possideamus e caelo, ipsi terra et caelum sumus et in utroque id est et corpore et spiritu ut Dei uoluntas fiat oramus.
For since we possess a body from the earth and a spirit from heaven, we ourselves are earth and heaven, and in both, that is, in both body and spirit, we pray that the will of God may be done.
est enim inter carnem et spiritum conluctatio et discordantibus aduersum se inuicem cottidiana congressio, ut non quae uolumus ipsa faciamus, dum spiritus caelestia et diuina quaerit, caro terrena et saecularia concupiscit.
For there is a struggle between the flesh and the spirit, and a daily conflict as they disagree with each other, so that we do not do the very things that we wish, while the spirit seeks heavenly and divine things, and the flesh desires earthly and worldly things.
et ideo petimus inter duo ista ope et auxilio Dei concordiam fieri, ut dum et in spiritu et in carne uoluntas Dei geritur, quae per eum renata est anima seruetur.
And therefore we ask that by the help and assistance of God, harmony may be made between these two, so that while the will of God is being done both in the spirit and in the flesh, the soul which has been reborn through Him may be preserved.
quod aperte adque manifeste apostolus Paulus sua uoce declarat, caro, inquit, concupiscit aduersus spiritum et spiritus aduersus carnem haec enim inuicem aduersantur sibi, ut non quae uultis ipsa faciatis.
Which the apostle Paul openly and manifestly declares in his own words: "The flesh," he says, "lusteth against the spirit, and the spirit against the flesh; for these are contrary the one to the other, so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
manifesta autem sunt facta carnis quae sunt adulteria, fornicationes, inmunditiae, spurcitiae, idololatriae, ueneficia, homicidia, inimicitiae, contentiones, aemulationes, animositates, prouocationes, simultates, dissensiones, haereses, inuidiae, ebrietates, comisationes et his similia: qui talia agunt regnum Dei non possidebunt.
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are: adulteries, fornications, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, murders, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, drunkenness, revelings, and such like: of the which they who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
fructus autem spiritus est caritas, gaudium, pax, magnanimitas, bonitas, fides, mansuetudo, continentia, castitas. et idcirco cottidianis immo continuis orationibus hoc precamur et in caelo et in terra uoluntatem circa nos Dei fieri: quia haec est uoluntas Dei ut terrena caelestibus cedant, spiritalia et diuina praeualeant.
But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance, chastity." And therefore by daily, or rather by continual prayers, we pray for this, that the will of God concerning us may be done both in heaven and on earth: because this is the will of God, that earthly things should yield to heavenly, and spiritual and divine things should prevail.