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
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What’s in That Prayer? The Collect for the Seven Holy Founders of the Servants of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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
What’s in That Prayer? The Collect for Saint Agatha
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
What’s in That Prayer? The Collect for the Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany
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
What’s in That Prayer? The Collect for Saint Peter Nolasco
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
What’s in That Prayer? The Collect for the Third Sunday after the Epiphany
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
What’s in That Prayer? The Collect for the Second Sunday after the Epiphany
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
What’s in That Prayer? The Collect for the Feast of the Holy Family
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
What’s in That Prayer? The Collect for the Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus
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
What’s in That Prayer? The Collect for the Sunday within the Octave of the Nativity
Here is the oration that the Church prays in the Mass and Office for the Sunday within the Octave of the Nativity: Omnípotens sempitérne Deus, dírige actus nostros in beneplácito tuo: ut in nómine dilécti Fílii tui mereámur bonis opéribus … Continue reading
What’s in That Prayer? The Collect for the Fourth Sunday of Advent
Here is the oration that the Church prays in the Mass and Office for the Fourth Sunday of Advent: Excita, quǽsumus, Dómine, poténtiam tuam, et veni: et magna nobis virtúte succúrre; ut per auxílium grátiæ tuæ, quod nostra peccáta præpédiunt, … Continue reading
What’s in That Prayer? The Collect for the Third Sunday of Advent
Here is the oration that the Church prays in the Mass and Office for the Third Sunday of Advent (Gaudete Sunday): Aurem tuam, quǽsumus, Dómine, précibus nostris accómmoda: et mentis nostræ ténebras, grátia tuæ visitatiónis illústra. Here is my translation: … Continue reading
What’s in That Prayer? The Collect for the Second Sunday of Advent
Here is the oration that the Church prays in the Mass and Office for the Second Sunday of Advent: Excita, Dómine, corda nostra ad præparándas Unigéniti tui vias: ut, per eius advéntum, purificátis tibi méntibus servíre mereámur. Here is my … Continue reading
What’s in That Prayer? The Collect for the First Sunday of Advent
Here is the oration that the Church prays in the Mass and Office for the First Sunday of Advent: Excita, quǽsumus, Dómine, poténtiam tuam, et veni: ut ab imminéntibus peccatórum nostrórum perículis, te mereámur protegénte éripi, te liberánte salvári. Here … Continue reading
What’s in That Prayer? The Collect for the Twenty-Fourth and Last Sunday after Pentecost
Here is the oration that the Church prays in the Mass and Office for the Twenty-Fourth and Last Sunday after Pentecost: Excita, quǽsumus, Dómine, tuórum fidélium voluntátes: ut, divíni óperis fructum propénsius exsequéntes; pietátis tuæ remédia maióra percípiant. Here is … Continue reading