Here is the oration that the Church prays in the Mass and Office for Sunday after the Ascension: Omnípotens sempitérne Deus: fac nos tibi semper et devótam gérere voluntátem; et majestáti tuæ sincéro corde servíre. Here is my translation: O … Continue reading
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What’s in That Prayer? The Collect for the Ascension
Here is the oration that the Church prays in the Mass and Office for the Feast of the Ascension: Concéde, quǽsumus, omnípotens Deus: ut, qui hodiérna die Unigénitum tuum, Redemptórem nostrum, ad cœlos ascendísse crédimus; ipsi quoque mente in cœléstibus … Continue reading
The Mystery of the Holy Eucharist in Father Feeney’s ‘Bread of Life’
Eucharistia means good favor or good grace or good thanks. The mystery of the Holy Eucharist is that by which the God whose delight is to be with the children of men has contrived to remain always with us in … Continue reading
What’s in That Prayer? The Collect for the Fifth Sunday after Easter
Here is the oration that the Church prays in the Mass and Office for the Fifth Sunday after Easter: Deus, a quo bona cuncta procédunt, largíre supplícibus tuis: ut cogitémus, te inspiránte, quæ recta sunt; et, te gubernánte, éadem faciámus. … Continue reading
Archbishop Arthur Roche Denounces Novus Ordo
New Liturgical Movement, Gregory Dipippo: Via CatholicCulture.org, I read today on the website of the Spanish Catholic magazine Omnes an interview which it published on Monday with Abp Arthur Roche, the prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship, which contains this rather surprising statement. Read … Continue reading
What’s in That Prayer? The Collect for the Third Sunday after Easter
Here is the oration that the Church prays in the Mass and Office for the Third Sunday after Easter: Deus, qui errántibus, ut in viam possint redíre iustítiæ, veritátis tuæ lumen osténdis: da cunctis, qui christiána professióne censéntur, et illa … Continue reading
What’s in That Prayer? The Collect for Good Shepherd Sunday
This year, by a liturgical concurrence of the annual and sanctoral cycles, today’s Sunday propers are replaced by those of the Feast of Saint Joseph Worker. Still, because of the commemoration of the Sunday, its collect must be prayed in … Continue reading
What’s in That Prayer? The Collect for Low Sunday
Here is the oration that the Church prays in the Mass and Office for Low Sunday, which is, I believe, the Sunday on the Church’s calendar with the most names: Præsta, quǽsumus, omnípotens Deus: ut, qui paschália festa perégimus, hæc, te … Continue reading
What’s in That Prayer? The Collect for Easter Sunday
Here is the oration that the Church prays in the Mass and Office for Easter Sunday: Deus, qui hodiérna die per Unigénitum tuum æternitátis nobis áditum devícta morte reserásti: vota nostra, quæ præveniéndo aspíras, étiam adjuvándo proséquere. Here is my translation: … Continue reading
What’s in That Prayer? The Collect for Palm Sunday
Here is the oration that the Church prays in the Mass and Office for Palm Sunday, that is, the Sixth Sunday of Quadragesima (Lent), and the beginning of Holy Week: Omnípotens sempitérne Deus, qui humáno generi, ad imitandum humilitátis exémplum, Salvatórem … Continue reading
What’s in That Prayer? The Collect for the Fifth Sunday of Quadragesima (Lent): Passion Sunday
Here is the oration that the Church prays in the Mass and Office for Passion Sunday, that is, the Fifth Sunday of Quadragesima (Lent): Quǽsumus, omnípotens Deus, famíliam tuam propítius réspice: ut, te largiénte, regátur in córpore; et, te servánte, custodiátur … Continue reading
What’s in That Prayer? The Collect for the Fourth Sunday of Quadragesima (Lent)
Here is the oration that the Church prays in the Mass and Office for Laetare Sunday, that is, the Fourth Sunday of Quadragesima (Lent): Concéde, quǽsumus, omnípotens Deus: ut, qui ex merito nostræ actiónis afflígimur, tuæ grátiæ consolatióne respirémus. Here is … Continue reading
Jesus is a ‘Greater Than’ Solomon, Daniel, Moses, Elias, and Eliseus
“The queen of the south shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold a greater than Solomon here.” –Matthew 12:42 … Continue reading
What’s in That Prayer? The Collect for the Third Sunday of Quadragesima (Lent)
Here is the oration that the Church prays in the Mass and Office for the Third Sunday of Quadragesima (Lent): Quǽsumus, omnípotens Deus, vota humílium réspice: atque, ad defensiónem nostram, déxteram tuæ maiestátis exténde. Here is my translation: We ask … Continue reading