A Place of Brightness: Learning Latin with Pope Francis

Sunday, May 25, 2014

Learning Latin with Pope Francis - May 20, 2014

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May 20, 2014

Literal translation of the Latin: Come, Holy Spirit, and destroy the desire of ourselves.

On a theological level, note how different these prayers are. In the English we ask God for help as we work to better ourselves. In the Latin, we ask God to be the primary agent and destroy our vice.

Here's how the Latin works.

Latin	English	Parsing	Grammar Points
Veni	Come!	sing. imper.	venio, venire, veni, ventum
Sancte	Holy	voc. sing. adj.	sanctus, sancta, sanctum; modifies Spiritus
Spiritus	Spirit	voc. sing.	spiritus, spiritus
et	and	conj.
destrue	destroy	sing. imper.	destruo, destruere, destruxi, destructum
cupiditatem	desire, greed	acc. sing. noun	cupiditas, cupititatis; object of destrue
nostri	of us/ourselves	gen. sing. adj.	noster, nostra, nostrum; here, objective genitive

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Sunday, May 25, 2014

Learning Latin with Pope Francis - May 20, 2014

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