Annotations to James Joyce's Ulysses/Cyclops/326

thumb|600px|center|page=329 Annotations [Adiutorium nostrum] ... Et cum spiritu tuo5(Latin) These four lines are the standard responsory that precedes the various blessings in the Roman Ritual:Gifford (1988) 377.Thornton (1968) 302. + Rituale RomanumRituale Romanum 314. </noinclude> V: Our help is in the name of the Lord. R: Who made Heaven and Earth. V: The Lord be with you. R: And with your spirit. V: Adiutorium nostrum in nomine Domini. R: Qui fecit cælum et terram. V: Dominus vobiscum. R: Et cum spiritu tuo. And he laid his hands upon that he blessed...5And he laid his hands upon those things which he blessed.... Here, that is the relative pronoun, used archaically, with ellipsis of the antecedent, to refer to a plurality of things. See the Oxford English Dictionary: that, pron.2 I. 3. a.Oxford English Dictionary. (Access required.) Deus, cuius verbo santificantur omnia ... per Christum Dominum nostrum5(Latin) O God, by whose word all things are made holy, pour down your blessing on these your creations : and grant that whoever shall make use of them, with gratitude and in accordance with your law and your will, may, by calling on your most holy name, receive at your instigation health of body and protection of soul, through Christ our Lord.Gifford (1988) 378.Thornton (1968) 302. This is the Benedictio Pro Re Quacumque (Blessing for Anything), which is given in some editions of the Rituale Romanum as a general blessing for use in circumstances where none of the standard blessings would be suitable.Compendium Ritualis Romani 247-248. In this case, however, there are suitable blessings that could have been used to bless the viands and the beverages: for example, Benedictio ad Quodcumque Comestibile (Blessing for Anything Edible)Compendium Ritualis Romani 165. References Annotations to James Joyce's UlyssesPreceding Page | Page Index | Next Page