Precatio pro Perditis
2012
Dixit stultos in corde suo,
"Non est Deus."
Salve, Domine;
Aperi oculos caecorum,
confringe humum duram,
repelle obscuritatem.
Qui verbo tuo
mundum creavit ex nihilo,
vivifica mortuos.
Prayer for the Lost
The fool says in his heart,"There is no God."
Save them, Lord;
open the eyes of the blind,
break up the hard ground,
drive back the darkness.
You, who by Your word
created the universe out of nothing,
give life to the dead.
References
Psalm 14:1
Proverbs 1:7
Luke 7:22
John 9:39-41
Matthew 13:15
Ephesians 4:18
Romans 2:5
Hebrews 4:7
Colossians 1:13-14
Acts 26:17-18
Genesis 1:1
John 5:21
Ephesians 2:4-5
"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."
— Jeremiah 29:11