Ordo for

Tuesday, March 23, 2027

Vetus Ordo · 1962 Missale Romanum · 2020 USA calendar

Tuesday of Holy Week

I class · Violet

From Palm Sunday

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

Novus Ordo · 2002 Missale Romanum

Tuesday of Holy Week

holy week · Violet · Holy Week · Year B

Commentary for this day

CollectMar 31, 2026

WDTPRS – Tuesday in Holy Week: Our grasp on Christ, His grasp on us

Perceptio Corporis et Sanguinis tui, Domine Iesu Christe, non mihi proveniat in iudicium et condemnationem; sed pro tua pietate prosit mihi ad tutamentum mentis et corporis et ad medelam percipiendam.
Literal rendering

Almighty everlasting God, grant us so to celebrate the mysteries of the Lord’s Passion, that we may merit to grasp pardon.

[A special note for priests alone at the end. Nobody else look! o{];¬) ] COLLECT (1962MR & 2002MR): Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, da nobis ita dominicae passionis sacramenta peragere, ut indulgentiam percipere mereamur. This prayer was in the 1962MR on Tuesday of Holy Week. It was in the Hadrianum and Paduenese of the ancient Gregorian Sacramentary for the same day, when…

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CollectMar 30, 2010

WDTPRS – Tuesday of Holy Week – COLLECT

Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, da nobis ita dominicae passionis sacramenta peragere, ut indulgentiam percipere mereamur.
Literal rendering

Almighty everlasting God, grant us so to celebrate the mysteries of the Lord’s Passion, that we may merit to receive pardon.

COLLECT (2002MR): Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, da nobis ita dominicae passionis sacramenta peragere, ut indulgentiam percipere mereamur. This prayer was in the 1962MR on Tuesday of Holy Week. It was in the Hadrianum and Paduenese of the ancient Gregorian Sacramentary for the same day, when the Station is at Santa Prisca. So, it seems that today we have a prayer which…

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Also posted: Apr 11, 2006

From Palm Sunday

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

CollectMar 23, 2024

WDTPRS – Palm Sunday: transforming example

Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, qui humano generi, ad imitandum humilitatis exemplum, Salvatorem nostrum carnem sumere et crucem subire fecisti, concede propitius, ut et patientiae ipsius habere documenta et resurrectionis consortia mereamur.
Literal rendering

Almighty eternal God, who, for the human race, made our Savior both assume flesh and undergo the Cross for an example of humility to be imitated, graciously grant, that we may be worthy both to grasp both the lessons of His forbearance and also to have shares in the resurrection.

Palm Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week. The Sacred Triduum (triduum from tres dies – “three day space”) were once days of obligation when people were freed from servile work so that they could attend the liturgies, once celebrated in the morning. In the 17th century, however, the obligation was removed under the influence of changing social and religious…

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Also posted: Mar 27, 2021 · Mar 24, 2018 · Mar 20, 2016 · Apr 16, 2011 · Mar 27, 2010

Post CommunionApr 9, 2006

Palm Sunday: POST COMMUNION)

Sacro munere satiati, supplices te, Domine, deprecamur, ut, qui fecisti nos morte Filii tui sperare quod credimus, facias nos, eodem resurgente, pervenire quo tendimus.
Literal rendering

Filled to satiety by the sacred gift, we humble ones entreat you, Lord, that you, who made us in the death of your Son to hope for what we believe, will make us, the same Son arising, to reach the place toward which we are striving.

What Does the Prayer Really Say? Palm Sunday – Station: St. St. John Lateran ORIGINALLY PRINTED IN The Wanderer in 2003 Some feedback HE in TN writes via e-mail about my comment that I was sending my article to the publisher from Florida: “This week in Florida, you dive into Lewis & Short as always. Does your weighty personal copy…

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