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Friday, January 31, 2025

Vetus Ordo · 1962 Missale Romanum · 2020 USA calendar

St. John Bosco, Confessor

III class · White

Mass texts at Divinum Officium ↗

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

Saint John Bosco, Priest

memorial · White · Ordinary Time · Year C

Readings at USCCB ↗

Commentary for this day

CollectJan 31, 2006

31 Jan: St. John Bosco

Deus, qui beatum Ioannem presbyterum adulescentium patrem et magistrum excitasti, concede, quaesumus, ut, eodem caritatis igne succensi, animas quaerere tibique soli servire valeamus.
Literal rendering

O God, who roused up blessed John the priest as a father and teacher of young men, grant, we beseech You, that we, enflamed with the same fire of charity, may be able to seek after souls and to serve only You.

St. John Bosco (+1888) was a great father figure and educator, working especially with orphaned boys and young men, organizing schools and workshops to teach them trades and give them formation with guidance. These days a horrible war has been declared on boys and young men in common culture, which is riddled with the rot of a degrading type of…

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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