Here is the oration that the Church prays in the Mass and Office for Saint Hedwig (October 16): Deus, qui beátam Hedwígem a sǽculi pompa ad húmilem tuæ crucis sequélam toto corde transíre docuísti: concéde; ut eius méritis et exémplo … Continue reading
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What’s in That Prayer? The Collect for Saint Edward the Confessor
Here is the oration that the Church prays in the Mass and Office for Saint Edward the Confessor (October 13): Deus, qui beátum regem Eduárdum Confessórem tuum æternitátis glória coronásti: fac nos, quǽsumus; ita eum venerári in terris, ut cum … Continue reading
What’s in That Prayer? The Collect for the Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Here is the oration that the Church prays in the Mass and Office for the Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost: Omnípotens et miséricors Deus, univérsa nobis adversántia propitiátus exclúde: ut mente et córpore páriter expedíti, quæ tua sunt, líberis méntibus exsequámur. … Continue reading
What’s in That Prayer? The Collect for the Holy Guardian Angels
Here is the oration that the Church prays in the Mass and Office for the Holy Guardian Angels (October 2): Deus, qui ineffábili providéntia sanctos Angelos tuos ad nostram custódiam míttere dignáris: largíre supplícibus tuis; et eórum semper protectióne deféndi, … Continue reading
What’s in That Prayer? The Collect for Saint Jerome
Here is the oration that the Church prays in the Mass and Office of Saint Jerome (September 30): Deus, qui Ecclésiæ tuæ in exponéndis sacris Scriptúris beátum Hierónymum, Confessórem tuum, Doctórem máximum providére dignátus es: præsta, quǽsumus; ut, eius suffragántibus … Continue reading
What’s in That Prayer? The Collect for Saint Michael the Archangel
Here is the oration that the Church prays in the Mass and Office of Saint Michael (September 29): Deus, qui, miro órdine, Angelórum ministéria hominúmque dispénsas: concéde propítius; ut, a quibus tibi ministrántibus in cœlo semper assístitur, ab his in … Continue reading
When Love of God IS Love of Neighbor
The Gospel for the Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost — this week’s Gospel — is chock-full of dogmatic and mystical theology. It is amazing that some very deep lessons come out of what is essentially a hostile encounter between Our Lord … Continue reading
What’s in That Prayer? The Collect for the Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost
Here is the oration that the Church prays in the Mass and Office for the Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost: Da, quǽsumus, Dómine, pópulo tuo diabólica vitáre contágia: et te solum Deum pura mente sectári. Here is my translation: Give to … Continue reading
What’s in That Prayer? Collect for Saint Joseph of Cupertino
Here is the oration that the Church prays in the Mass and Office of Saint Joseph of Cupertino (September 18): Deus, qui ad unigénitum Fílium tuum exaltátum a terra ómnia tráhere disposuísti: pérfice propítius; ut, méritis et exémplo seráphici Confessóris … Continue reading
What’s in That Prayer? The Stigmata of Saint Francis of Assisi
Here is the oration that the Church prays in the Mass and Office of the Feast of the Stigmata of Saint Francis of Assissi (September 17): Dómine Iesu Christe, qui, frigescénte mundo, ad inflammándum corda nostra tui amóris igne, in carne … Continue reading
What’s in That Prayer? The Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Here is the oration that the Church prays in the Mass and Office of the Feast of the Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary, otherwise known as Our Lady of Sorrows (September 15): Deus, in cujus passióne, secúndum Simeónis … Continue reading
What’s in That Prayer? The Exaltation of the Holy Cross
Here is the oration that the Church prays in the Mass and Office of the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross (September 14): Deus, qui nos hodiérna die Exaltatiónis sanctæ Crucis ánnua solemnitáte lætíficas: præsta, quǽsumus; ut, cujus … Continue reading
What’s in That Prayer? The Collect for the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Here is the oration that the Church prays in the Mass and Office for the sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost: Tua nos, quǽsumus, Dómine, grátia semper et prævéniat et sequátur: ac bonis opéribus iúgiter præstet esse inténtos. Here is my translation: … Continue reading