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Friday, August 2, 2024

Vetus Ordo · 1962 Missale Romanum · 2020 USA calendar

St. Alphonsus Liguori, Bishop, Confessor and Doctor of the Church

III class · White

Commemoration of St. Stephen Pope and Martyr

Commentary for this day

From 10th Sunday after Pentecost

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

CollectAug 1, 2026

WDTPRS – 10th Sunday after Pentecost (Vetus Ordo): Mercy and Justice are not opposed

Deus, qui omnipotentiam tuam parcendo maxime et miserando manifestas: multiplica super nos misericordiam tuam; ut, ad tua promissa currentes, caelestium bonorum facias esse consortes.
Literal rendering

O God, who manifest Your omnipotence especially by sparing and being merciful, increase Your mercy upon us, [pour Your grace upon us unceasingly, – 2002MR] so that You may make those who are rushing to the things You have promised to be partakers of heavenly benefits.

Symbols of Mercy and Justice on the emblem of the Spanish Inquisition The Collect for the 10th Sunday after Pentecost in the Extraordinary Form survived, sort of survived, to live in the post-Conciliar, reformed Missale Romanum! You can find it, somewhat wounded, for the 26th Sunday of Ordinary Time in the Ordinary Form Missale Romanum. I’ll show you the variation,…

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Also posted: Aug 13, 2017 · Jul 23, 2016

Novus Ordo · 2002 Missale Romanum

Saint Eusebius of Vercelli, Bishop/Saint Peter Julian Eymard, Priest

opt memorial · Green · Ordinary Time · Year B

Commentary for this day

CollectAug 2, 2007

PODCAzT 40: Eusebius of Vercelli in exile; my column in The Wanderer about detractors of Summorum Pontificum

[display_podcast] In today’s PODCAzT you will hear excerpts of a tender letter (ep. 2) from an exiled St. Eusebius of Vercelli to his flock. I have a rather longer selection of the Latin original this time. Also, I read my latest column for The Wanderer, wherein I hit detractors of Summorum Pontificum pretty hard. 039 St. Augustine on Christ the…

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From 17th Sunday of Ordinary Time

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

CollectJul 25, 2026

WDTPRS – 17th Sunday Ordinary Time (Novus Ordo): Sin Teflon, Demon Kevlar

Protector in te sperantium, Deus, sine quo nihil est validum, nihil sanctum, multiplica super nos misericordiam tuam, ut, te rectore, te duce, sic bonis transeuntibus nunc utamur, ut iam possimus inhaerere mansuris.

Shall we look at the Collect for this upcoming Sunday’s Holy Mass in the Ordinary Form? It will the 17th Sunday of Greater Meatloaf…. Ordinary Time. The traditional Roman Missal, 1962MR, places today’s Collect at the 3rd Sunday after Pentecost though it is a little different from the newer version, to wit: sic transeamus per bona temporalia, ut non amittamus…

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