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Wednesday, December 1, 2027

Vetus Ordo · 1962 Missale Romanum · 2020 USA calendar

Wednesday of the 1st week of Advent

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From 1st Sunday of Advent

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

Novus Ordo · 2002 Missale Romanum

Wednesday of the 1st week of Advent

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Commentary for this day

CollectDec 5, 2007

Wednesday of the 1st Week of Advent

Praepara, quaesumus, Domine Deus noster, corda nostra divina tua virtute, ut, veniente Christo Filio tuo, digni inveniamur aeternae vitae convivio, et cibum caelestem, ipso ministrante, percipere mereamur.
Literal rendering

O Lord our God, we beseech You, prepare our hearts by means of Your divine power, so that, as Christ Your Son is coming, we may be found worthy of the banquet of heavenly life, and, He Himself acting as the servant, we may merit to receive the celestial food. ONE PROPOSED VERSION: Prepare our hearts, we pray, O Lord our God, by your divine power, that at the coming of Christ your Son we may be found worthy of the banquet of eternal life and fit to receive the food of heaven from him who serves. Here is the image of Christ as the "minister" of the heavenly Communion.

Let’s continue our Advent preparation with a look at the Collect for Wednesday of the 1st Week of Advent. COLLECT: Praepara, quaesumus, Domine Deus noster, corda nostra divina tua virtute, ut, veniente Christo Filio tuo, digni inveniamur aeternae vitae convivio, et cibum caelestem, ipso ministrante, percipere mereamur.

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Also posted: Dec 6, 2006

From 1st Sunday of Advent

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

Prayer over the OfferingsDec 2, 2012

WDTPRS: 1st Sunday of Advent: Prayer over the Offerings

Placare, Domine, quaesumus, nostrae precibus humilitatis et hostiis, et, ubi nulla suppetunt suffragia meritorum tuae nobis indulgentiae succurre praesidiis.
Literal rendering

Be appeased, O Lord, we beseech You, by the prayers of our humility and by our sacrificial offerings, and, where no favorable points of merits suffice for us, succor us by the helps of Your indulgence.

The Lord’s Coming is a fearful thing to ponder. The First Coming of the Lord, prophesied by Jeremiah in Sunday’s 1st Reading, and His Sacrifice renewed daily on our altars, mean that His Second Coming, described by the Lord in the Gospel reading from Luke 21, and our impending judgment need not raze the thoughtful soul in abject terror. During…

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Prayer over the OfferingsNov 27, 2011

WDTPRS – 1st Sunday of Advent – SUPER OBLATA (2002MR): thresholds

Suscipe, quaesumus, Domine, munera quae de tuis offerimus collata beneficiis, et, quod nostrae devotioni concedis effici temporali, tuae nobis fiat praemium redemptionis aeternae.
Literal rendering

Take up, O Lord, we beg You, the gifts we are offering which were gathered together from Your favors, and let that which You grant to be accomplished by our temporal dedication become for us the reward of Your eternal redemption.

Today’s Ordinary Form Super Oblata prayer, the prayer over the offerings during the Offertory, is found in the ancient Veronese Sacramentary amidst prayers for the month of July. Note the scrambling of word order for rhetorical effect. Words that go together are separated and concepts are embedded between them. This elegant rhetorical interlocking delights both ear and mind. It also…

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Also posted: Dec 3, 2006

CollectDec 3, 2006

1st Sunday of Advent: COLLECT (2)

Da, quaesumus, omnipotens Deus, hanc tuis fidelibus voluntatem, ut, Christo tuo venienti iustis operibus occurrentes, eius dextrae sociati, regnum mereantur possidere caeleste. Per Dominum….
Literal rendering

Almighty God, we beseech You, grant to Your faithful this disposition of will, that those rushing with just works to meet Your Christ, now coming, united at His right hand may merit to possess the heavenly kingdom. This is the first prayer of the liturgical year. We are readying ourselves for Christ who comes! This Sunday is back to back with the Solemnity of Christ the King, honoring the future Second Coming at the end of the world, while it prepares us for celebrating His First Coming at Christmas. Advent is all about how the Lord comes… in every way. He comes in actual graces. He comes when the priest says, “Hoc est enim corpus meum….This is my Body.” He…

What Does the Prayer Really Say? The 1st Sunday of Advent ORIGINALLY PRINTED IN The Wanderer in 2004 ORIGINALLY PRINTED IN The Wanderer in 2004 This is the first offering of the fifth year of WDTPRS. We begin anew. In this series we have been examining the original Latin prayers of Holy Mass in the typical edition of the Missale…

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Post CommunionDec 3, 2006

1st Sunday of Advent: POST COMMUNION (2)

Prosint nobis, quaesumus, Domine, frequentata mysteria, quibus nos, inter praetereuntia ambulantes, iam nunc instituis amare caelestia et inhaerere mansuris.
Literal rendering

We beg You, O Lord, may they be profitable for us, these oft celebrated sacramental mysteries, by which You established that we, walking amidst the things that are passing away, would now in this very moment love heavenly things and cleave to the things that will endure.

What Does the Prayer Really Say? 1st Sunday of Advent – Station: St. Mary Major ORIGINALLY PRINTED IN The Wanderer in 2006 ORIGINALLY PRINTED IN The Wanderer in 2006 Advent marks the beginning of a new liturgical year. We prepare for the coming of the Lord with a season of joyful penance. Last Sunday, the Solemnity of Christ the King,…

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CollectDec 18, 2005

1st Sunday of Advent

LATIN (1970 Missale Romanum) Da, quaesumus, omnipotens Deus, hanc tuis fidelibus voluntatem, ut, Christo tuo venienti iustis operibus occurrentes, eius dextrae sociati, regnum mereantur possidere caeleste, Per Dominum.
Literal rendering

Almighty God, grant, we beg, to your faithful this disposition of will, (namely) that those rushing with just works to meet your Christ who is coming, having been united to His right hand, may merit to possess the heavenly kingdom.

WHAT DOES THE PRAYER REALLY SAY? 1st Sunday of Advent Welcome to the first offering of WDTPRS. In this series we will examine the Latin texts of the Collects (Opening Prayers) taken from the Church’s official text for celebration of Holy Mass for the Latin Church: the typical edition of the Missale Romanum promulgated by Pope Paul VI which can…

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