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Vetus Ordo · 1962 Missale Romanum · 2020 USA calendar

Ash Wednesday

I class · Violet

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Commentary for this day

CollectFeb 25, 2009

WDTPRS: Ash Wednesday

Concede nobis, Domine, praesidia militiae christianae sanctis inchoare ieiuniis, ut, contra spiritales nequitias pugnaturi, continentiae muniamur auxiliis.
Literal rendering

Grant us, O Lord, to commence the defenses of the Christian field campaign by means of holy fasts, so that, we who are about to do battle against spiritual negligences, may be fortified by the support of continence.

Today’s Roman Station is Santa Sabina. The Collect in the 2002 Missale Romanum, is an ancient prayer found in the Gelasian Sacramentary for the Vigil of Pentecost. It is also among the prayers for the 4th day of the 4th month, which more than likely involved the traditional fast of the fourth month (there were fasts in the 4th, 7th…

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Also posted: Feb 6, 2008

From Quinquagesima Sunday

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

CollectFeb 15, 2026

WDTPRS – Quinquagesima Sunday: Prepare for BATTLE!

Preces nostras, quaesumus, Domine, clementer exaudi: atque, a peccatorum vinculis absolutos, ab omni nos adversitate custodi.
Literal rendering

We beseech You, O Lord, graciously attend to our prayers: and, having been loosed from the fetters of sins, guard us from every adversity.

In our traditional Roman calendar, Sunday is Quinquagesima, Latin for the symbolic “Fiftieth” day before Easter. This is one of the pre-Lenten Sundays which prepare us for the discipline of Lent. The priest’s vestments are purple. No Gloria. No Alleluia. The prayers and readings for the pre-Lenten Sundays were compiled by St. Gregory the Great (+604).

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Also posted: Feb 10, 2024 · Feb 19, 2023 · Feb 13, 2010 · Feb 21, 2009 · Feb 3, 2008

Prayer over the OfferingsFeb 14, 2010

WDTPRS: Quinquagesima – SECRET

Haec hostia, Domine, quaesumus, emundet nostra delicta: et ad sacrificium celebrandum, subditorum tibi corpora mentesque sanctificet.
Literal rendering

O Lord, may this sacrificial offering cleanse away our sins, and may it sanctify the bodies and minds of those subject to You unto the Sacrifice now to be celebrated. Human beings are both body and soul. The wounds to our human nature from the Fall of our First Parents affected us both spiritually and physically. The whole human person needs healing. Therefore, the Word took up all of our human nature, perfect human body and soul, so that the whole of man could be redeemed. At Mass there is also an inward component and an outward physical expression. Both must be active, each in their own proper manner and moment. The key in both cases is that we who…

This prayer was in the ancient L.S. Engolismensis. It didn’t survive the Consilium for the newer missal. Subdo is “to put, place, set, or lay under; to bring under, subject, subdue”. After Mary and Joseph found the young Jesus in the Temple, Our Lord went with them and was “subject” them (Luke 2:51). Subdo is used to describe also the…

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The same prayer, discussed elsewhere

Novus Ordo · 2002 Missale Romanum

Ash Wednesday

feria · Violet · Lent · Year A

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Commentary for this day

CollectMar 9, 2011

WDTPRS – Ash Wednesday (2002MR) – BATTLE!

Concede nobis, Domine, praesidia militiae christianae sanctis inchoare ieiuniis, ut, contra spiritales nequitias pugnaturi, continentiae muniamur auxiliis.
Literal rendering

Grant us, O Lord, to commence the defenses of the Christian field campaign by means of holy fasts, so that, we who are about to do battle against spiritual negligences, may be fortified by the support of continence.

The Roman Station for Ash Wednesday is Santa Sabina on the Aventine Hill. The Collect in the 2002 Missale Romanum, is an ancient prayer found in the Gelasian Sacramentary for the Vigil of Pentecost. It is also among the prayers for the 4th day of the 4th month, which more than likely involved the traditional fast of the fourth month…

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Also posted: Feb 17, 2010 · Mar 1, 2006

CollectFeb 17, 2010

WDTPRS: Ash Wednesday – Prayer over the people – (1962MR & 2002MR)

ORATIO SUPER POPULUM (2002MR): Super inclinantes se tuae maiestati, Deus, spiritum compunctionis propitius effunde, ut praemia paenitentibus repromissa misericorditer consequi mereantur.
Literal rendering

O God, graciously pour forth a spirit of compunction upon those bowing themselves to Your majesty, so that they may merit to obtain the rewards promised to penitents.

I am delighted that in the 2002 Missale the tradition of the "Prayer over the people" was revived in Lent. This is an important custom. The origin of the Oratio super populum is quite complex and hard to pin down. Turning to Fr. Joseph A. Jungmann’s monumental two volume The Mass of the Roman Rite: Its Origins and Development we…

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CollectFeb 21, 2007

Ash Wednesday

Sacrificium quadragesimalis initii sollemniter immolamus, te, Domine, deprecantes, ut per paenitentiae caritatis labores a noxiis voluptatibus temperemus, et, a peccatis mundati, ad celebrandam Filii tui passionem mereamur esse devoti.
Literal rendering

Praying to You, O Lord, we solemnly raise up the Sacrifice of the beginning of Lent, so that through the exertions of the charity of penitence we may abstain from harmful pleasures, and, cleansed from sins, we may be worthy to be dedicated to celebrating the Passion of Your Son.

Last year we examined the Collects for Mass during Lent. This year let’s look at the Super Oblata. There is a page for Lenten prayers. Also, you can right click the calendar image to "View" and see a larger version. This prayer has roots in the ancient Gelasian and the Gregorian Sacramentary. REALLY LITERAL VERSION: Praying to You, O Lord,…

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From 7th Sunday of Ordinary Time

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

CollectFeb 19, 2022

WDTPRS – 7th Ordinary Sunday: Rational things and a student’s prayer

Praesta, quaesumus, omnipotens Deus, ut, semper rationabilia meditantes, quae tibi sunt placita, et dictis exsequamur et factis.
Literal rendering

Grant, we beg, Almighty God, that we, meditating always on rational things, may fulfill those things which are pleasing to You by both words and deeds.

Let us look at the Collect for the upcoming 7th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Novus Ordo. Note the spiffy separation of et dictis…et factis by the verb. Rationabilis is an adjective meaning “reasonable, rational”. A Biblical source for part of the oration could be John 8:28-29:

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Prayer over the OfferingsFeb 19, 2006

7th Sunday of Ordinary Time: Super Oblata ()

Mysteria tua, Domine, debitis servitiis exsequentes, supplices te rogamus, ut, quod ad honorem tuae maiestatis offerimus, nobis proficiat ad salutem.
Literal rendering

Who, the day before He suffered, took bread into His holy and venerable hands and, when (His) eyes were raised to heaven to You, O God, His Father Almighty, giving thanks to You He blessed it, broke it, and gave it to His disciples, saying: All of you receive and eat of this: for this is My Body which will be handed over for you. 1st NEW ICEL DRAFT: Who on the day before he was to suffer took bread into his holy and venerable hands, and with eyes raised to heaven to you, God, his almighty Father, giving you thanks, he blessed, broke, and gave it to his disciples, saying: Take this, all of you, and eat of it,…

What Does the Prayer Really Say? 7th Sunday of Ordinary Time I must tip my biretta to the Internet blog called The Commonplace Book of Zadok the Roman for a story in the British Telegraph. Apparently a group of Latin students in Germany formed a hip hop band about a decade ago named Ista and are now producing and selling…

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Post CommunionFeb 19, 2006

7th Sunday of Ordinary Time: Post Communion

Praesta, quaesumus, omnipotens Deus, ut illius capiamus effectum, cuius per haec mysteria pignus accepimus.
Literal rendering

Grant, we implore you, Almighty God, that we may obtain the effect of that of which we have received a pledge token by means of these sacramental mysteries.

What Does the Prayer Really Say? 7th Sunday in of Ordinary Time ORIGNINALLY PRINTED IN The Wanderer in 2003 Once again I rely on the terrier-like reporting of the ubiquitous Mr. John L. Allen, Jr. of the National Catholic Reporter. In his 7 February 2003 Word From Rome Mr. Allen reports about ICEL and its latest comings and goings… to…

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The same prayer, discussed elsewhere