Post CommunionFeb 27, 2009
EM: Quaesumus, omnipotens Deus, ut, huius participatione mysterii a delictis omnibus expiati, remediis tuae pietatis aptemur.
Literal renderingWe beseech You, Almighty God, that, having made satisfaction for all trespasses, by the participation of this mystery, we may be made properly disposed for the remedies of Your mercy.
WDTPRS Friday after Ash Wednesday – Post communionem (2002MR) I am not sure about the origin of this prayer. It seems to be comprised of prayers in ancient sacramentaries, such as the Gelasian and Veronese and the Hadrianum and Paduense manuscripts of the Gregorian. I don’t think it was in the post-Tridentine editions of the Missale Romanum.
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Sacrificium, Domine, observantiae quadragesimalis offerimus, quod tibi, quaesumus, mentes nostras reddat acceptas, et continentiae promptioris nobis tribuat facultatem.
Literal renderingWe are offering, O Lord, the Sacrifice of the Lenten observance, which, we beseech You, may render our minds acceptable to You, and may impart to us the grace of a more ready continence. Since the Fall, we all suffer temptations which are mainly of the spirit and mainly of the flesh. Both affect our whole person, since we are both body and soul which are intended by God to form one person. Thus we want our thoughts and motions of the mind to be properly disposed and directed for our overall human/spiritual well-being and we want those motions of the flesh and its urgings to be well under control so that our human/spiritual well-being is not threatened.
We continue our Lenten journey through the prayers of Holy Mass with today’s Both the grand Lewis and Short as well as Blaise/Dumas indicate that acceptus is not just "accepted" but "welcome, acceptable, agreeable". Blaise/Dumas says that in liturgical Latin facultas is "possibility" or also "grace" as in f. sufficiens. In classical Latin facultas already as the connotation of sufficiency.…
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Inchoata paenitentiae opera, quaesumus, Domine, benigno favore prosequere, ut observantiam, quam corporaliter exercemus, mentibus etiam valeamus implere sinceris.
Literal renderingO Lord, we beseech You, follow up with kind good will on the works of penance which have just commenced, so that we may be able to fulfill dutifully the religious observance which we are now carrying out corporally also with sound consideration. Sure, if you want you can do it this way:
COLLECT: Inchoata paenitentiae opera, quaesumus, Domine, benigno favore prosequere, ut observantiam, quam corporaliter exercemus, mentibus etiam valeamus implere sinceris. An observantia is "an obedient observance; a keeping, following, performing of laws, customs" which also has a juridical/religious over tone: "an observance of religious duties, divine worship, religion". The Theodosian Code uses observantia in this sense, as does the Vulgate. So,…
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