Friday in the 4th Week of Easter

Deus, qui et libertatis nostrae auctor es et salutis, exaudi supplicantium voces, et, quos sanguinis Filii tui effusione redemisti, fac, ut per te vivere et perpetua in te valeant incolumitate gaudere.

Friday in the 4th Week of Easter Incolumnitas is, according to the mighty Lewis & Short Dictionary, "good condition, soundness, safety". However, Blaise/Dumas indicates its liturgical force as "salut (materiél et spirit.)". Incolumitas, used heavily by classical authors by Livy, Cicero, Caesar, etc. especially in political contexts, is paried at time in classical writings by Livy and Cicero with libertas…

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