Jesus prayer in Latin. Which Translation?

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Dear all,

First post on this forum but I have been a ghosting this forum for years.

I recite the Jesus Prayer in Greek, English, Welsh and also in Latin. I have found two different translations of the Jesus Prayer in Latin online and I cannot figure out which one is correct.

I am using the Male form:

Domine Iesu Christe, Fili Dei, miserere mei, peccatorem.

or

Domine Iesu Christe, Filius Dei, miserere mei, peccatoris.

Which one should I be using?

Thanks in advance,

Rob
 
I am not a Latin expert…and I would in no way be able to answer your question myself…even after 3 years in high school and then studied in university…languages are not fully in my ability …

But I looked it up for you 🙂

Iesu Christe, Fili Dei, Domine, miserere mei peccatoris

See the Latin version of the Catechism:

435 Nomen Iesu in corde est orationis christianae. Omnes liturgicae orationes formula concluduntur: « per Dominum nostrum Iesum Christum ». Oratio « Ave Maria » culminat verbis: « Et benedictus fructus ventris tui, Iesus ». Orientalis oratio cordis, « oratio Iesu » appellata, dicit: « Iesu Christe, Fili Dei, Domine, miserere mei peccatoris ». Plures christiani moriuntur solum verbum « Iesu », sicut sancta Ioanna de Arco, habentes in ore.24

et

2616 Ad Iesum oratio iam a Iesu est tempore Eius ministerii exaudita per signa quae Eius Mortis Eiusque Resurrectionis anticipant vim: Iesus exaudit fidei orationem, verbis expressam (a leproso;89 a Iairo;90 a Chananaea;91 a bono latrone92) vel silentio (a ferentibus paralyticum;93 ab haemorrhoissa quae Eius tangit vestimentum;94 lacrimis et unguento mulieris peccatricis95). Instans caecorum petitio: « Miserere nostri, fili David » (Mt 9,27) vel « Fili David Iesu, miserere mei » (Mc 10,47) iterum in traditione sumitur Orationis ad Iesum: « Iesu, Christe, Fili Dei, Domine, miserere mei, peccatoris! ». Aegritudines sanando vel peccata remittendo, Iesus semper respondet orationi quae Eum cum fide deprecatur: « Vade in pace; fides tua te salvum fecit! ».

vatican.va/archive/catechism_lt/p1s2c2a2_lt.htm#II.%20Christus
 
Bookcat,

Thank you very, very much. I didn’t think to check the Catechism.

Cheers,

Rob
 
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