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Thursday, August 27, 2026

Vetus Ordo · 1962 Missale Romanum · 2020 USA calendar

St. Joseph Calasanz, Confessor

III class · White

Mass texts at Divinum Officium ↗

From 13th Sunday after Pentecost

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

CollectAug 18, 2024

WDTPRS – 13th Sunday after Pentecost: “E ‘n la sua volontade è nostra pace!”

Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, da nobis fidei, spei et caritatis augmentum: et, ut mereamur assequi quod promittis, fac nos amare quod praecipis.
Literal rendering

Almighty everlasting God, grant us an increase of faith, hope and charity, and cause us to love what You command so that we may merit to obtain what You promise.

Today’s Collect for the 13th Sunday after Pentecost in the Vetus Ordo survived the redactors to live on in the Novus Ordo as the Collect for the 30th Sunday of Ordinary Time. It is an ancient prayer, found in the Veronese and the Gelasian Sacramentary.

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Also posted: Aug 13, 2015 · Sep 10, 2011

Prayer over the OfferingsSep 11, 2011

WDTPRS – SECRET 13th Sunday after Pentecost: a fearful puzzle

Propitiare, Domine, populo tuo, propitiare muneribus, ut, hac oblatione placatus, et indulgentiam nobis tribuas, et postulata concedas.

This is a classic Roman prayer, terse, balanced. Note the elegant repetition of propitiare. These two petitions are followed by two more, set off by an et…et construction. On the page of your Missale Romanum you may not immediately see the parallel construction, but when it is separated into different lines and arranged as below, you can see how it…

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The same prayer, discussed elsewhere

Novus Ordo · 2002 Missale Romanum

Saint Monica

memorial · White · Ordinary Time · Year A

Readings at USCCB ↗

From 21st Sunday of Ordinary Time

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

CollectAug 26, 2023

WDTPRS – 21st Sunday of Ordinary Time: Vicissitudes and confusion, fog of the world, smoke of Satan, coming precisely whence there ought to be coming clarity.

Deus, qui fidelium mentes unius efficis voluntatis, da populis tuis id amare quod praecipis, id desiderare quod promittis, ut, inter mundanas varietates, ibi nostra fixa sint corda, ubi vera sunt gaudia.
Literal rendering

O God, You who make the minds of the faithful to be of one will, grant unto Your people to love that thing which You command, to desire that which You promise, so that, amidst the vicissitudes of this world, our hearts may there be fixed where true joys are.

Let’s have a look in advance of the Collect for Sunday in the Novus Ordo, which I assume most of you attend (perforce or not). A master crafted this. This same Collect is used for the Monday of the Fifth week of Easter and also in the 1962MR on the Fourth Sunday after Easter. Therefore we have seen this prayer…

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Also posted: Aug 21, 2021 · Aug 19, 2016 · Aug 22, 2015 · Aug 24, 2013

Prayer over the OfferingsAug 27, 2006

21st Sunday of Ordinary Time: SUPER OBLATA (2)

Qui una semel hostia, Domine, adoptionis tibi populum acquisisti, unitatis et pacis in Ecclesia tua propitius nobis dona concedas.
Literal rendering

O Lord, who acquired for Yourself a people of adoption by a single victim sacrifice offered once only, graciously grant to us the gifts of unity and peace in Your Church.

What Does the Prayer Really Say? 21st Sunday of Ordinary Time ORIGINALLY PRINTED IN The Wanderer in 2006 ORIGINALLY PRINTED IN The Wanderer in 2006 One of my favorite blogs Laudator Temporis Acti provides amusing daily fare. Recently the blogger cited Joseph Conrad’s The Secret Agent (Ch. 2) and I had to share it with you. It reminds me of…

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The same prayer, discussed elsewhere