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Wednesday, April 28, 2027

Vetus Ordo · 1962 Missale Romanum · 2020 USA calendar

St. Peter Chanel, Priest and Martyr

III class · White

In the 1962 calendar before the 2020 additions: St. Paul of the Cross, Confessor

Mass texts at Divinum Officium ↗

From 4th Sunday after Easter

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

CollectMay 2, 2026

WDTPRS – 4th Sunday after Easter (Vetus Ordo): “The smoke of Satan has entered into the temple of God”

Is it clear now? COLLECT – (1962MR): 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.

We’ve come to the 4th Sunday after Easter according to the older, traditional Roman calendar. Today’s Collect survived the slash and hack editors of the Novus Ordo. You can find it in the Novus Ordo for the 21st Sunday of Ordinary Time as well as Monday of the Fifth Week of Easter. That is… of Easter. In the post-Conciliar calendar…

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Also posted: Apr 26, 2024 · Apr 22, 2016

CollectMay 14, 2022

WDTPRS – 4th Sunday after Easter (1962MR): The smoke of Satan in the Temple of God

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, 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.

The Collect for the 4th Sunday after Easter, in the traditional Roman calendar, is the same as the Collect for the 21st Ordinary Sunday in the post-Conciliar calendar. Or… the other way around! Let’s look at the structure. A master crafted this prayer. It is in the ancient Gelasian Sacramentary. Listen to those “eee”s produced by the Latin “i”.

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Also posted: May 19, 2019

CollectMay 4, 2009

PRAYERCAzT 26: 4th Sunday after Easter (1962MR)

Welcome to another rapid installment of What Does the Prayer Really Sound Like? Today we will learn the antiphons, orations and readings for the 4th Sunday after Easter in the 1962 Missale Romanum. I read the texts and then sing the prayers the priest must sing in the Festal and Solemn tones and sing also the Epistle and Gospel in…

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The same prayer, discussed elsewhere

Novus Ordo · 2002 Missale Romanum

Saint Peter Chanel, Priest and Martyr/Saint Louis Grignon de Montfort, Priest

opt memorial · White · Eastertide · Year B

Readings at USCCB ↗

Commentary for this day

CollectMay 17, 2006

Wednesday in the 5th Week of Easter

Deus, innocentiae restitutor et amator, dirige ad te tuorum corda famulorum, ut, quos de incredulitatis tenebris liberasti, numquam a tuae veritatis luce discedant.
Literal rendering

O God, restorer and lover of innocence, direct the hearts of your servants toward You, that, those whom you freed from the shadows of religious disbelief may never deviate from the light of Your truth. Obviously, incredulitas or "religious disbelief" as the superb Lewis & Short Dictionary reveals, could apply to just about any religion, and even more obviously in the context of this Collect the religion in question is Christianity. Given the antiquity of this prayer, the original word infidelitas was a shot at the Jews and pagans still wandering in the shadows of errors.

COLLECT: Deus, innocentiae restitutor et amator, dirige ad te tuorum corda famulorum, ut, quos de incredulitatis tenebris liberasti, numquam a tuae veritatis luce discedant. In the Gelasian Sacramentary this appeared on Saturday of the Octave of Easter. However, The Redactors changed infidelitatis to incredulitatis. A little "p.c." touch there, perhaps, and I don’t mean "post communionem".

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From 5th Sunday of Easter

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

CollectMay 2, 2026

WDTPRS – 5th Sunday of Easter (Novus Ordo): The prayer’s very word order reveals God’s love – UPDATED/CORRECTED

Omnípotens sempiterne Deus, semper in nobis paschále perfice sacraméntum, ut, quos sacro baptísmate dignátus es renováre, mirábili tuitióne foveas. Per Dóminum.
Literal rendering

O God, from whom both redemption comes to us and adoption is fulfilled for us, kindly give attention to your beloved children, so that both true freedom and an everlasting inheritance may be bestowed on those believing in Christ.

UPDATE 3 May 2026: Well! This shows how out of touch I have been with the Novus Ordo and I posted from my work in the old days, on the 1970 edition. But I did write about the 2002 edition Collect in 2016 HERE. Folks, you can use the SEARCH feature.

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Also posted: Apr 22, 2016 · May 17, 2014

CollectApr 28, 2024

WDTPRS – 5th Sunday of Easter (Novus Ordo): The prayer’s very word order reveals God’s love

Deus, per quem nobis et redemptio venit et praestatur adoptio, filios dilectionis tuae benignus intende, ut in Christo credentibus et vera tribuatur libertas, et hereditas aeterna.
Literal rendering

O God, from whom both redemption comes to us and adoption is fulfilled for us, kindly give attention to your beloved children, so that both true freedom and an everlasting inheritance may be bestowed on those believing in Christ.

As we journey from the passion and Easter toward Ascension and Pentecost, the Church in Holy Mass leads us through meditations on the fruits of the Resurrection and our baptism. Our mysterious procession was made possible by the Cross. Our Collect today, for the 5th Sunday of Easter in the Ordinary Form calendar, is a delightful little piece of polished…

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Post CommunionMay 14, 2006

5th Sunday of Easter: Post Communion

Populo tuo, quaesumus, Domine, adesto propitius, et, quem mysteriis caelestibus imbuisti, fac ad novitatem vitae de vetustate transire.
Literal rendering

We beg you, O Lord, propitiously to stand by your people, and cause them, whom you have imbued with heavenly sacramental mysteries, to cross over from the old state of being unto a new condition of life.

What Does the Prayer Really Say? 5th Sunday of Easter ORIGINALLY PRINTED IN The Wanderer in 2003 Dare we to hope? The 2 May 2003 edition of the Catholic Herald published in the UK provides a story by Simon Caldwell that the Pope is preparing “to lift restrictions on Tridentine Mass: English bishops request secret report from Latin Mass Society”.…

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The same prayer, discussed elsewhere