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Thursday, June 30, 2022

Vetus Ordo · 1962 Missale Romanum · 2020 USA calendar

Commemoration of St. Paul the Apostle

III class · Red

Mass texts at Divinum Officium ↗

From 3rd Sunday after Pentecost

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

CollectJun 9, 2024

WDTPRS – 3rd Sunday after Pentecost: “As soldiers, traveling through enemy territory…” (NO and VO comparison)

Protector in te sperantium, Deus, sine quo nihil est validum, nihil sanctum: multiplica super nos misericordiam tuam; ut, te rectore, te duce, sic transeamus per bona temporalia, ut non amittamus aeterna.
Literal rendering

O God, protector of those hoping in You, without whom nothing is efficacious, nothing holy, multiply Your mercy upon us, so that, You being our guide and leader, we may pass through temporal goods in such a way that we do not lose the eternal.

In the older, traditional calendar of the Roman Rite, today is the 3rd Sunday after Pentecost. This is a yummy oration. Let’s have a taste. There is a pleasant alliteration in lines 2-3 of the collect. We can find a pair of pairs: nihil validum, nihil sanctum and some great ablative absolutes te rectore, te duce.

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Also posted: Jun 18, 2023 · Jun 12, 2021

The same prayer, discussed elsewhere

Novus Ordo · 2002 Missale Romanum

First Martyrs of the Church of Rome

opt memorial · Green · Ordinary Time · Year C

Readings at USCCB ↗

Commentary for this day

CollectJun 30, 2008

WDTPRS 30 June (2002MR): Proto-martyrs of Rome

Concede nobis, domine, gratiam tuam in beati Laurentii martyris celebritate multiplicem, ut de tanti agone certaminis discat populus christianus et firma solidari patientia et pia exsultare victoria.
Literal rendering

O God, who consecrated the rich beginnings of the Roman Church with the blood of martyrs, grant, we beseech You, that from the struggle of such a great contest may be made steadfast in constant virtue and we may rejoice always in pious victory.

In 412 St. Augustine was preaching on the meaning of a psalm in the city of Carthage. Remember that Augustine had stenographers who wrote with astonishing accuracy everything he said. You can hear the "oratorical" quality of this piece. You can tell it is a sermon and that the people are reacting to him as he speaks. The force of…

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CollectJun 30, 2006

30 June: Proto-martyrs of Rome

Deus, qui Romanae Ecclesiae copiosa primordia martyrum sanguine consecrasti, concede, quaesumus, ut firma virtute de tanti agone certaminis solidemur et pia semper victoria gauedeamus.
Literal rendering

O God, who consecrated the rich beginnings of the Roman Church with the blood of martyrs, grant, we beseech You, that from the struggle of such a great contest may be made steadfast in constant virtue and we may rejoice always in pious victory.

In 412 St. Augustine was preaching on the meaning of a psalm in the city of Carthage. Remember that Augustine had stenographers who wrote with astonishing accuracy everything he said. You can hear the "oratorical" quality of this piece. You can tell it is a sermon and that the people are reacting to him as he speaks. The force of…

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From 13th Sunday of Ordinary Time

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

CollectJun 27, 2026

WDTPRS – Collect of the 13th Ordinary Sunday (Novus Ordo): the sticky goo of error and the freeing splendor of the truth. Wherein Fr. Z rants.

Deus, qui, per adoptionem gratiae, lucis nos esse filios voluisti, praesta, quaesumus, ut errorum non involvamur tenebris, sed in splendore veritatis semper maneamus conspicui.
Literal rendering

O God, who willed us, through the adoption of grace, to be children of light, grant, we beg, that we may not be wrapped up in the shadows of errors, but that we may remain always conspicuous in the splendor of truth.

At work in the Collect for the 13th Sunday of Ordinary Time are themes of divine adoption, the liberation of the children of God, the peril of error, and the splendor of Truth. Here is the Collect: O God, who willed us, through the adoption of grace, to be children of light, grant, we beg, that we may not be…

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Also posted: Jun 29, 2019

Prayer over the OfferingsJul 2, 2006

13th Sunday of Ordinary Time: SUPER OBLATA (2)

Deus, qui mysteriorum tuorum dignanter operaris effectus, praesta, quaesumus, ut sacris apta muneribus fiant nostra servitia.
Literal rendering

O God, who do favorably work the effects of Your sacraments, grant, we beseech You, that our cultic acts may be made suitable for these sacred gifts.

What Does the Prayer Really Say? 13th Sunday of Ordinary Time ORIGINALLY PRINTED IN The Wanderer in 2006 ORIGINALLY PRINTED IN The Wanderer in 2006 During their plenary meeting in Los Angeles last week the American bishops voted overwhelmingly to approve a new English draft translation of the ordinary of the Mass, their (and our) magnum opus et arduum. There…

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Prayer over the OfferingsJul 2, 2006

13th Sunday of Ordinary Time: SUPER OBLATA (1)

Hanc oblationem, quaesumus, Domine quam maiestati tuae pro peccatis nostris offerimus, propitius respice et praesta, ut sacrificium ex quo hominibus profluit fons veniae Sancti Spiritus gratiam lacrimas effundendi pro nostris offensionibus largiatur.
Literal rendering

O God, who graciously produce the effects of your sacraments, grant, we beseech Thee, that our servitude may be made well-suited for these sacrificial gifts.

What Does the Prayer Really Say? 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time ORIGINALLY PRINTED IN The Wanderer in 2002 I am sure all of you were riveted either to the TV or the computer display watching the live transmission of the US bishops’ meeting in Dallas. The event is too recent for me to express calmly what I thought of it.…

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