- Linguam refrénans témperet,
ne litis horror ínsonet;
visum fovéndo cóntegat,
ne vanitátes háuriat.
- Sint pura cordis íntima,
absístat et vecórdia;
carnis terat supérbiam
potus cibíque párcitas;
- Ut, cum dies abscésserit
noctémque sors redúxerit,
mundi per abstinéntiam
ipsi canámus glóriam.
- Deo Patri sit glória
eiúsque soli Fílio
cum Spíritu Paráclito,
in sempitérna sæcula. Amen.
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- May he place a break on our tongue,
that it not sound with horrid quarrels,
may he cover our sight with his warmth,
that it might not take in vanities.
- May our heart’s inner chamber remain pure,
and may it abstain from folly;
may a simplicity of food and drink
rub away the pride of the flesh;
- So that, when the day recedes
and brings back the abundance of night,
we,cleansed by this abstinence,
might sing his glory.
- Glory to God the Father
and to his only Son
with the Spirit Paraclete
into eternal ages. Amen.
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