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Vetus Ordo · 1962 Missale Romanum · 2020 USA calendar

Sexagesima Sunday

II class · Violet

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Commentary for this day

CollectFeb 6, 2021

WDTPRS – Sexagesima Sunday: Some will make it but many will not

Deus, qui conspicis, quia ex nulla nostra actione confidimus: concede propitius; ut, contra adversa omnia, Doctoris gentium protectione muniamur.
Literal rendering

O God, You who perceive that we trust in no action of our own: propitiously grant; that we may be fortified against every adverse thing by the protection of the Doctor of the Gentiles. This ancient prayer makes explicit reference to St. Paul, the Doctor of the Gentiles.

In the traditional Roman calendar, last week was the first of the pre-Lenten Sundays, Septuagesima or “Seventieth” before Easter. This Sunday is called Sexagesima, “Sixtieth”. This number is more symbolic than arithmetical. For a fuller explanation, HERE. Pre-Lent Sundays have Roman Station churches. The Roman Station is at St. Paul’s outside-the-walls.

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Also posted: Feb 15, 2020 · Jan 26, 2008

CollectFeb 26, 2011

WDTPRS Sexagesima Sunday

Oblatum tibi, Domine, sacrificium vivificet nos semper et muniat.
Literal rendering

O God, You who perceive that we trust in no action of our own: propitiously grant; that we may be fortified against every adverse thing by the protection of the Doctor of the Gentiles. This is a very interesting and ancient prayer, in that it makes explicit reference to St. Paul, the Doctor of the Gentiles.

In the traditional Roman calendar this Sunday is called Sexagesima, Latin for the “Sixtieth” day before Easter. This number is more symbolic than arithmetical. Last week was the first of these pre-Lenten Sundays, Septuagesima or “Seventieth. The pre-Lenten Sundays prepare us for the discipline of Lent, which once was far stricter. Purple is worn rather than the green of the…

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Also posted: Feb 14, 2009

Novus Ordo · 2002 Missale Romanum

7th Sunday of Ordinary Time

sunday · Green · Ordinary Time · Year C

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Commentary for this day

CollectFeb 19, 2022

WDTPRS – 7th Ordinary Sunday: Rational things and a student’s prayer

Praesta, quaesumus, omnipotens Deus, ut, semper rationabilia meditantes, quae tibi sunt placita, et dictis exsequamur et factis.
Literal rendering

Grant, we beg, Almighty God, that we, meditating always on rational things, may fulfill those things which are pleasing to You by both words and deeds.

Let us look at the Collect for the upcoming 7th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Novus Ordo. Note the spiffy separation of et dictis…et factis by the verb. Rationabilis is an adjective meaning “reasonable, rational”. A Biblical source for part of the oration could be John 8:28-29:

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Prayer over the OfferingsFeb 19, 2006

7th Sunday of Ordinary Time: Super Oblata ()

Mysteria tua, Domine, debitis servitiis exsequentes, supplices te rogamus, ut, quod ad honorem tuae maiestatis offerimus, nobis proficiat ad salutem.
Literal rendering

Who, the day before He suffered, took bread into His holy and venerable hands and, when (His) eyes were raised to heaven to You, O God, His Father Almighty, giving thanks to You He blessed it, broke it, and gave it to His disciples, saying: All of you receive and eat of this: for this is My Body which will be handed over for you. 1st NEW ICEL DRAFT: Who on the day before he was to suffer took bread into his holy and venerable hands, and with eyes raised to heaven to you, God, his almighty Father, giving you thanks, he blessed, broke, and gave it to his disciples, saying: Take this, all of you, and eat of it,…

What Does the Prayer Really Say? 7th Sunday of Ordinary Time I must tip my biretta to the Internet blog called The Commonplace Book of Zadok the Roman for a story in the British Telegraph. Apparently a group of Latin students in Germany formed a hip hop band about a decade ago named Ista and are now producing and selling…

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Post CommunionFeb 19, 2006

7th Sunday of Ordinary Time: Post Communion

Praesta, quaesumus, omnipotens Deus, ut illius capiamus effectum, cuius per haec mysteria pignus accepimus.
Literal rendering

Grant, we implore you, Almighty God, that we may obtain the effect of that of which we have received a pledge token by means of these sacramental mysteries.

What Does the Prayer Really Say? 7th Sunday in of Ordinary Time ORIGNINALLY PRINTED IN The Wanderer in 2003 Once again I rely on the terrier-like reporting of the ubiquitous Mr. John L. Allen, Jr. of the National Catholic Reporter. In his 7 February 2003 Word From Rome Mr. Allen reports about ICEL and its latest comings and goings… to…

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The same prayer, discussed elsewhere