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Vetus Ordo · 1962 Missale Romanum · 2020 USA calendar

Wednesday after the 19th Sunday after Pentecost

IV class · Green

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From 19th Sunday after Pentecost

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

CollectOct 14, 2022

DIEBUS SALTEM DOMINICIS – 19th Sunday after Pentecost: You might not have a tomorrow.

Indue me, Domine, novum hominem, qui secundum Deum creatus est in iustitia et sanctitate veritatis. Amen.

When this Sunday comes around, with its snappy Collect, I am minded of the early 4th c. martyr St. Expeditus. Here is the Latin and my own slavishly literal version. You spotted “expediti” of course, in this prayers clearly military language. This is from expedio, “to extricate, disengage, let loose, free up from impediments, liberate any thing entangled.” When applied…

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CollectOct 10, 2020

WDTPRS Collect 19th Sunday after Pentecost- “Why did God make you?”

Omnipotens et misericors Deus, universa nobis adversantia propitiatus exclude: ut mente et corpore pariter expediti, quae tua sunt, liberis mentibus exsequamur.
Literal rendering

Almighty and merciful God, having been appeased, keep away all things opposing us, so that, having been unencumbered in mind and body equally, we may with free minds accomplish the things which You command.

The snippers and stitchers of the Consilium allowed this Sunday’s prayer to survive unscathed in the post-Conciliar editions of the Missale Romanum. The Collect still echoes the ancient sentiments of Holy Church wherever the Roman Rite’s Ordinary Use of Holy Mass is offered in Latin on the 32nd Sunday of Ordinary Time.

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Also posted: Oct 3, 2015

Prayer over the OfferingsOct 14, 2017

WDTPRS 19th Sunday after Pentecost: SECRET – saving and healing

Haec munera quaesumus, Domine, quæ oculis tuae maiestatis offerimus, salutaria nobis esse concede.
Literal rendering

We beseech You, O Lord, grant that these gifts which we are offering in the sight of Your majesty, are for us saving things. SMOOTHER:

Today’s Secret for the 19th Sunday after Pentecost was in ancient versions of the Gelasian Sacramentary, such as the 8th c. Gellonensis. I don’t think it survived the scissors of the Consilium, wielded by Fr. Bugnini’s liturgical experts. In prayers which stress propitiation we will often have looking words or imagery. For example, we get orations with the gentle imperative…

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The same prayer, discussed elsewhere

Novus Ordo · 2002 Missale Romanum

Pope Saint John Paul II

opt memorial · Green · Ordinary Time · Year C

Readings at USCCB ↗

Commentary for this day

CollectApr 11, 2011

Collect for the Commemoration of Bl. John Paul II

Deus, dives in misericordia, [As I suspected] qui beatum Ioannem Paulum, papam, universae Ecclesiae tuae praeesse voluisti, [ditto] praesta, quaesumus, ut, eius institutis edocti, [hmmm… ] corda nostra salutiferae gratiae Christi, [perhaps better gratiae Christi salutiferae] unius redemptoris hominis, fidenter aperiamus. [As I suspected, on both counts.]

When a person is beatified their “cult” or the public liturgical observance of the person is normally restricted to the place most closely associated with the blessed’s life and work or the blessed’s religious institute, if a member. The liturgical cult of Bl. Pope John Paul II will be observed in Rome and in Poland. Bishops would have to seek…

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CollectNov 21, 2006

Did John Paul II write “pro omnibus”?

I learned about something at The Undercroft, stemming from something else at Valle Adurni … something rather serious. I am obliged to add additional information to put things straight. Some folks have incorrectly speculated that the late Pope John Paul II, in Ecclesia de Eucharistia, wrote "pro omnibus" instead of "pro multis".

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From 29th Sunday of Ordinary Time

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

CollectOct 19, 2024

WDTPRS – 29th Ordinary Sunday (Novus Ordo): It’s about the children. Wherein Fr. Z rants.

Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, fac nos tibi semper et devotam gerere voluntatem, et maiestati tuae sincero corde servire.
Literal rendering

Almighty eternal God, cause us always both to bear towards You a devout faith, and to serve Your majesty with a sincere heart.

A little rant, before launching into this comment on a prayer for Mass, which called to mind a beautiful piece of art with a special theme. At the “Walking Together about Walking Togetherity” and in papal audiences there is increasing support – at least by inuendo – of same-sex couples, which is effectively a betrayal of God who made man…

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Also posted: Oct 20, 2023 · Oct 20, 2018

Post CommunionOct 22, 2006

29th Sunday of Ordinary Time: POST COMMUNION (1)

Fac nos, quaesumus, Domine, caelestium rerum frequentatione proficere, ut et temporibus beneficiis adiuvemur, et erudiamur aeternis.
Literal rendering

We beseech thee, O Lord, make us to make progress by a frequent use of heavenly things, so that we may both be sustained with temporal beneficial helps, and also be polished by the eternal.

What Does the Prayer Really Say? 29th Sunday of Ordinary Time ORIGINALLY PRINTED IN The Wanderer in 2003 You might recall reading about the rather recently established “permission” for priests holding the relevant documents (“celebrets”) issued by the Holy See to use the 1962 Missale Romanum in the Basilica of St. Peter in Rome. The present Archpriest of the Basilica…

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