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Saturday, February 2, 2019

Vetus Ordo · 1962 Missale Romanum · 2020 USA calendar

Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary

II class · White

Mass texts at Divinum Officium ↗

Commentary for this day

CollectFeb 2, 2024

WDTPRS – Candlemas: Purification of the BVM & Presentation of Our Lord

Domine Iesu Christe, lux vera, quae illuminas omnem hominem venientem in hunc mundum: effunde bene+dictionem tuam super hos cereos, et sancti+fica eos lumine gratiae tuae, et concede propitius; ut, sicut haec luminaria igne visibili accensa nocturnas depellunt tenebras; ita corda nostra invisibili igne, id est, Sancti Spiritus splendore illustrata, omnium vitiorum caecitate careant: ut, purgato mentis oculo, ea cernere possimus, quae tibi sunt placita, et nostrae saluti utilia; quatenus, post huius saeculi caliginosa discrimina, ad lucem indeficientem pervenire mereamur. Per te, Christe Iesu, Salvator mundi, qui in Trinitate perfecta vivis et regnas in saecula saeculorum. R. Amen.

Today is the final “peak” arising from the liturgical cycle of Advent/Christmas/Epiphany. Today, called in the traditional way and according to the older Roman calendar the Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Holy Church would cease to sing the Marian antiphon associated with Christmas,

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From 3rd Sunday after Epiphany

On weekdays without their own proper, the Mass takes the Sunday’s prayers.

CollectJan 24, 2026

WDTPRS – 3rd Sunday after Epiphany: Shelter from the attacks of Hell

Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, infirmitatem nostram propitius respice, atque ad protegendum nos dexteram tuae maiestatis extende.
Literal rendering

Almighty eternal God, look graciously upon our feebleness; and, in order to protect us, stretch forth the right hand of Your majesty.

ALERT: A small percentage of orations from our Roman heritage survived the the scissors and paste-pots of Bugnini and his merry band of experts in the Consilium. This is one of them. Today’s Collect was in the ancient Veronese and Gelasian Sacramentaries, and so it represents the best of the liturgical tradition of the early Church in Rome, formed out…

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CollectJan 23, 2011

PRAYERCAzT: Sunday Vespers, with lots of frills (Liber Usualis) – 3rd Sunday after Epiphany – Fr. Z rants a little.

Lots of frills this time, for the tired brethren. However, I did something different time. I sang the whole thing from beginning to end using the Liber Usualis. A group of men is getting Sunday Vespers in the older, traditional form of the office, going in NYC. I thought something like this might be helpful for them as they get…

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The same prayer, discussed elsewhere

Novus Ordo · 2002 Missale Romanum

Presentation of the Lord

feast · White · Ordinary Time · Year C

Readings at USCCB ↗

Commentary for this day

CollectFeb 2, 2016

WDTPRS: Presentation – “the substance of our flesh”

Deus, qui in hodierna die unigenitus tuus in nostra carne quam adsumpsit pro nobis in templo est praesentatus, praesta, ut quem redemptorem nostrum laeti suscipimus, uenientem quoque iudicem securi videamus: …
Literal rendering

Almighty and everlasting God, we humbly beseech Your majesty, that, just as Your only-begotten Son was on this day in the substance of our flesh, presented in the temple, so too You may cause us, once our minds have been purified, to be presented unto You.

Forty days (there’s that number again) out from the Feast of the Nativity we come to the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, called also the Purification of Mary as well as the Feast of Meeting by some of our Eastern brethren. Today is also called “Candlemas”, for we bless candles and light them against the darkness. And today…

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Also posted: Feb 2, 2011 · Feb 2, 2006

CollectFeb 2, 2015

WDTPRS: Candlemas

Domine Iesu Christe, lux vera, quae illuminas omnem hominem venientem in hunc mundum: effunde bene+dictionem tuam super hos cereos, et sancti+fica eos lumine gratiae tuae, et concede propitius; ut, sicut haec luminaria igne visibili accensa nocturnas depellunt tenebras; ita corda nostra invisibili igne, id est, Sancti Spiritus splendore illustrata, omnium vitiorum caecitate careant: ut, purgato mentis oculo, ea cernere possimus, quae tibi sunt placita, et nostrae saluti utilia; quatenus, post huius saeculi caliginosa discrimina, ad lucem indeficientem pervenire mereamur. Per te, Christe Iesu, Salvator mundi, qui in Trinitate perfecta vivis et regnas in saecula saeculorum. R. Amen.

Today is the final “peak” arising from the liturgical cycle of Advent/Christmas/Epiphany. Today, called in the traditional way and according to the older Roman calendar the Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Holy Church would cease to sing the Marian antiphon associated with Christmas,

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Also posted: Feb 2, 2013

From 3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time

On weekdays without their own proper, the Mass takes the Sunday’s prayers.

CollectJan 24, 2021

WDTPRS: 3rd Ordinary Sunday – Which is it? “unity and peace” or “abound with good works”?

Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, dirige actus nostros in beneplacito tuo, ut in nomine dilecti Filii tui mereamur bonis operibus abundare.
Literal rendering

Almighty eternal God, direct our actions in your gracious purpose, so that in the name of Thy beloved Son, we may merit to abound with good works.

The Novus Ordo calendar has people in “Ordered” (better than “Ordinary”) Time. The Collect, or first major oration, for the 3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time in the Ordinary Form” This was in the 1962 Missale Romanum as the Collect for the Sunday in the Octave of Christmas.

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Also posted: Jan 22, 2016 · Jan 22, 2012 · Jan 21, 2007 · Jan 16, 2006 · Jan 16, 2006

The same prayer, discussed elsewhere