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Saturday, January 29, 2028

Vetus Ordo · 1962 Missale Romanum · 2020 USA calendar

St. Francis de Sales, Bishop, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church

III class · White

Mass texts at Divinum Officium ↗

From 3rd Sunday after Epiphany

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

CollectJan 24, 2026

WDTPRS – 3rd Sunday after Epiphany: Shelter from the attacks of Hell

Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, infirmitatem nostram propitius respice, atque ad protegendum nos dexteram tuae maiestatis extende.
Literal rendering

Almighty eternal God, look graciously upon our feebleness; and, in order to protect us, stretch forth the right hand of Your majesty.

ALERT: A small percentage of orations from our Roman heritage survived the the scissors and paste-pots of Bugnini and his merry band of experts in the Consilium. This is one of them. Today’s Collect was in the ancient Veronese and Gelasian Sacramentaries, and so it represents the best of the liturgical tradition of the early Church in Rome, formed out…

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CollectJan 23, 2011

PRAYERCAzT: Sunday Vespers, with lots of frills (Liber Usualis) – 3rd Sunday after Epiphany – Fr. Z rants a little.

Lots of frills this time, for the tired brethren. However, I did something different time. I sang the whole thing from beginning to end using the Liber Usualis. A group of men is getting Sunday Vespers in the older, traditional form of the office, going in NYC. I thought something like this might be helpful for them as they get…

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The same prayer, discussed elsewhere

Novus Ordo · 2002 Missale Romanum

Saturday of the 3rd week of Ordinary Time

feria · Green · Ordinary Time · Year C

Readings at USCCB ↗

From 3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time

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

CollectJan 24, 2021

WDTPRS: 3rd Ordinary Sunday – Which is it? “unity and peace” or “abound with good works”?

Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, dirige actus nostros in beneplacito tuo, ut in nomine dilecti Filii tui mereamur bonis operibus abundare.
Literal rendering

Almighty eternal God, direct our actions in your gracious purpose, so that in the name of Thy beloved Son, we may merit to abound with good works.

The Novus Ordo calendar has people in “Ordered” (better than “Ordinary”) Time. The Collect, or first major oration, for the 3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time in the Ordinary Form” This was in the 1962 Missale Romanum as the Collect for the Sunday in the Octave of Christmas.

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Also posted: Jan 22, 2016 · Jan 22, 2012 · Jan 21, 2007 · Jan 16, 2006 · Jan 16, 2006

The same prayer, discussed elsewhere