CollectMar 18, 2023
Deus, qui per Verbum tuum humani generis reconciliationem mirabiliter operaris, praesta, quaesumus, ut populus christianus prompta devotione et alacri fide ad ventura sollemnia valeat festinare.
Literal renderingO God, who by Your Word wondrously effect the reconciliation of the human race, grant, we beg, that the Christian people may be able to hasten toward the upcoming solemnities with ready devotion and eager faith.
Fr. Finigan when he was still PP of Blackfen in the Rose vestments YOU readers helped to purchase in 2009! The nickname Laetare originated from the first word of the Introit chant for Sunday’s Mass, “Rejoice!” On Laetare Sunday there is a slight relaxation of Lent’s penitential spirit, because we have a glimpse of the joy that is coming at…
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CollectMar 10, 2013
ORATIO SUPER POPULUM (2002MR): Tuere, Domine, supplices tuos, sustenta fragiles, et inter tenebras mortalium ambulantes tua semper luce vivifica, atque a malis omnibus clementer ereptos, ad summa bona pervenire concede.
Literal renderingDefend, O Lord, your humble ones, sustain the fragile, and by your light always breathe life into those walking amidst the shadows of mortal things, and grant them, having been mercifully snatched away from all evils, to attain to the highest of all goods.
Something that will slowly but surely become – again- an annual exspectation, is the traditional “Prayer over the people” at the end of Mass during Lent. They were restored to the Ordinary Form with the Latin 3rd edition of the Missale Romanum in 2002. With the implementation of the corrected ICEL translation, people will have now experienced this Lent and…
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CollectMar 2, 2008
Concede, quaesumus, omnipotens Deus: ut, qui ex merito nostrae actionis affligimur, tuae gratiae consolatione respiremus.
Literal renderingGrant, we beseech You, almighty God: that we who are being afflicted because of the blamefulness of our acting, may revive by consolation of Your grace. Ancient Roman prayers are courtly, elegant. They turn divine characteristics, such as glory and grace, into forms of address, like “tua gratia”. In England people address Cardinals as “Your Grace”. Latin gratia concerns “favor”, the kindness extended to us or the thanks we return (gratias agere). Conceptually it also has, like meritum, an undertone of recompense. “Grace” in the Christian view is something God is in no way compelled to give: it is free gift.
Here is an excerpt of the article I wrote for the print version of WDTPRS about Laetare Sunday. This year, in the print version, we are focusing on the Extraordinary Form of Mass rather than the Novus Ordo as we have for the last 7 years:
Read the full post on wdtprs.com →Prayer over the OfferingsMar 26, 2006
Remedii sempiterni munera, Domine, laetantes offerimus, suppliciter exorantes, ut eadem nos et fideliter venerari, et pro salute mundi congruenter exhibere perficias.
Literal renderingBent down imploring, O Lord, we rejoicing people are offering the gifts of the eternal remedy, so that You will make us both to venerate the same faithfully, and to show them forth for the salvation of the world suitably.
What Does the Prayer Really Say? 4th Sunday of Lent – Roman Station: Basilica of the Holy Cross in Ierusalem I received via e-mail a note from SM (slightly edited): “As a reader (of The Wanderer), I enjoy your column. It is both instructive and well written. As a two year old Traditionalist now, I realize that I (still have…
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