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  • There, on the banks of the Adige, and within sight of the Alps, John of Vicenza ascended a pulpit that had been prepared for him, and preached a sermon on the text, _Pacem meam do vobis, pacem relinquo vobis_.

    Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots John Addington Symonds 1866

  • Quia autem pro animarum salvatione datum fuerit illud mandatum, aperte cognosci potest ex verbis Domini, quae ad Abraham locutus est, quando ei circumcisionis praeceptum dabat, dicens: infans octo dierum circumcidetur in vobis.

    A Tender Age: Cultural Anxieties over the Child in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries 2005

  • Having spoken the name of his nominee, the Pope asked the assembled Cardinals, "Quid vobis videtur?"

    Time Magazine on the Elevation of Ildefonso Schuster 2009

  • The comparison struck me as hilarious, and I had to bring my focus back to the moment before I took out nos dico vobis and put in life is but a dream.

    Vicious Grace M.L.N. Hanover 2010

  • Hebrew Names Version et prout vultis ut faciant vobis homines et vos facite illis similiter —

    November 2008 2008

  • The comparison struck me as hilarious, and I had to bring my focus back to the moment before I took out nos dico vobis and put in life is but a dream.

    Vicious Grace M.L.N. Hanover 2010

  • Hebrew Names Version et prout vultis ut faciant vobis homines et vos facite illis similiter —

    Proposition 8 versus Luke 6:31 2008

  • The comparison struck me as hilarious, and I had to bring my focus back to the moment before I took out nos dico vobis and put in life is but a dream.

    Vicious Grace M.L.N. Hanover 2010

  • For instance, the addition of the extra Scripture reading to help shift the focus from Consecreation (Sacrifice) to 'the Word'; or the addition of 'quo pro vobis tradetur', in the future tense, to set the Consecration as past event looking forward to a temporal closure at Calvary (now there's how 'closure' *ought* to be used!)

    Slow posting continues till mid-August... 2009

  • Maundy comes from the Latin "Mandatum", more specifically "Mandatum novum do vobis" -- "A New Commandment I give to you", Our Lord's words spoken to His disciples on the eve of His death.

    An Overview - Planning the Menu for Holy Week jenmack 2009

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