Catholic Word of the Day: REQUIESCAT IN PACE06-30-11

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REQUIESCAT IN PACE

May he or she rest in peace. Invocation of God's mercy on the soul of a deceased person. Found in some of the earliest catacomb inscriptions on the graves. A familiar prayer in the Church's liturgy to which the response is "Amen." It is customarily abbreviated R.I.P.

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On prayer threads I will often see the initials: "RIP."

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Pew	Authentic Interpretation	Dissimulation
Silvanus	Sacred Heart	Bar
Maestro di Camera	Natural Knowledge of God	Lollardism
Blessing	Agent	Satisfaction
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Communication of Properties	Requiescat in Pace

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Also often heard with direct object “Requiescat in pacem”, although “in pace” (prepositional object) appears correct. The nominative case for peace is “pax”; in that form we have it in English in expressions like “Pax Christi” or “Pax Americana”.

“Requiescat” is a verb form, indicating desire for the action to occur (”May he/she rest”).

Introit for the Mass for the Dead begins “Requiem aeternam, dona eis, Domine” meaning “rest eternal grant them, Lord”. Here “requiem” is the accusative case of the noun “requies”, rest. From this we get the English borrow, “requiem” meaning a musical genre.

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Thanks for the lesson in Latin. It’s been a long time!