Category: Spiritual Life

Here is the oration that the Church prays in the Mass and Office for Sexagesima Sunday: Deus, qui cónspicis, quia ex nulla nostra actióne confídimus: concéde propítius; ut, contra advérsa ómnia, Doctóris géntium protectióne muniámur. Here is my translation: O … Continue reading →

If the reader does not know what “Septuagesima Sunday” means, or what the Septuagesima season is, I highly recommend the succinct but informative Septuagesima Overview at the excellent Fisheaters site. Here is the oration that the Church prays in the … Continue reading →

Here is the oration that the Church prays in the Mass and Office for the feast of the Seven Holy Founders of the Servants of the Blessed Virgin Mary (February 12): Dómine Iesu Christe, qui, ad recoléndam memóriam dolórum sanctíssimæ Genetrícis … Continue reading →

Here is the oration that the Church prays in the Mass and Office for the feast of Saint Agatha (February 5): Deus, qui inter cétera poténtiæ tuæ mirácula étiam in sexu frágili victóriam martýrii contulísti: concéde propítius; ut, qui beátæ … Continue reading →

Here is the oration that the Church prays in the Mass and Office for the Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany: Deus, qui nos, in tantis perículis constitútos, pro humána scis fragilitáte non posse subsístere: da nobis salútem mentis et córporis; … Continue reading →

Here is the oration that the Church prays in the Mass and Office for the feast of Saint Peter Nolasco: Deus, qui in tuæ caritátis exémplum ad fidélium redemptiónem sanctum Petrum Ecclésiam tuam nova prole fœcundáre divínitus docuísti: ipsíus nobis … Continue reading →

Here is the oration that the Church prays in the Mass and Office for the Third Sunday after the Epiphany: Omnípotens sempitérne Deus, infirmitatem nostram propítius réspice: atque, ad protegéndum nos, déxteram tuæ maiestátis exténde. Here is my translation: All … Continue reading →

Here is the oration that the Church prays in the Mass and Office for the Second Sunday after the Epiphany: Omnípotens sempitérne Deus, qui cœléstia simul et terréna moderáris: supplicatiónes pópuli tui cleménter exáudi; et pacem tuam nostris concéde tempóribus. … Continue reading →

Here is the oration that the Church prays in the Mass and Office for the Feast of the Holy Family (which, in the traditional Roman rite, is the Sunday after the Epiphany): Dómine Iesu Christe, qui, Maríæ et Ioseph súbditus, … Continue reading →

Here is the oration that the Church prays in the Mass and Office for the Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus (which is the Sunday after the Circumcision, or, in the event that there is no Sunday between January … Continue reading →