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Vetus Ordo · 1962 Missale Romanum · 2020 USA calendar

Ash Wednesday

I class · Violet

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Commentary for this day

CollectFeb 25, 2009

WDTPRS: Ash Wednesday

Concede nobis, Domine, praesidia militiae christianae sanctis inchoare ieiuniis, ut, contra spiritales nequitias pugnaturi, continentiae muniamur auxiliis.
Literal rendering

Grant us, O Lord, to commence the defenses of the Christian field campaign by means of holy fasts, so that, we who are about to do battle against spiritual negligences, may be fortified by the support of continence.

Today’s Roman Station is Santa Sabina. The Collect in the 2002 Missale Romanum, is an ancient prayer found in the Gelasian Sacramentary for the Vigil of Pentecost. It is also among the prayers for the 4th day of the 4th month, which more than likely involved the traditional fast of the fourth month (there were fasts in the 4th, 7th…

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Also posted: Feb 6, 2008

From Quinquagesima Sunday

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

CollectFeb 15, 2026

WDTPRS – Quinquagesima Sunday: Prepare for BATTLE!

Preces nostras, quaesumus, Domine, clementer exaudi: atque, a peccatorum vinculis absolutos, ab omni nos adversitate custodi.
Literal rendering

We beseech You, O Lord, graciously attend to our prayers: and, having been loosed from the fetters of sins, guard us from every adversity.

In our traditional Roman calendar, Sunday is Quinquagesima, Latin for the symbolic “Fiftieth” day before Easter. This is one of the pre-Lenten Sundays which prepare us for the discipline of Lent. The priest’s vestments are purple. No Gloria. No Alleluia. The prayers and readings for the pre-Lenten Sundays were compiled by St. Gregory the Great (+604).

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Also posted: Feb 10, 2024 · Feb 19, 2023 · Feb 13, 2010 · Feb 21, 2009 · Feb 3, 2008

Prayer over the OfferingsFeb 14, 2010

WDTPRS: Quinquagesima – SECRET

Haec hostia, Domine, quaesumus, emundet nostra delicta: et ad sacrificium celebrandum, subditorum tibi corpora mentesque sanctificet.
Literal rendering

O Lord, may this sacrificial offering cleanse away our sins, and may it sanctify the bodies and minds of those subject to You unto the Sacrifice now to be celebrated. Human beings are both body and soul. The wounds to our human nature from the Fall of our First Parents affected us both spiritually and physically. The whole human person needs healing. Therefore, the Word took up all of our human nature, perfect human body and soul, so that the whole of man could be redeemed. At Mass there is also an inward component and an outward physical expression. Both must be active, each in their own proper manner and moment. The key in both cases is that we who…

This prayer was in the ancient L.S. Engolismensis. It didn’t survive the Consilium for the newer missal. Subdo is “to put, place, set, or lay under; to bring under, subject, subdue”. After Mary and Joseph found the young Jesus in the Temple, Our Lord went with them and was “subject” them (Luke 2:51). Subdo is used to describe also the…

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The same prayer, discussed elsewhere

Novus Ordo · 2002 Missale Romanum

Ash Wednesday

feria · Violet · Lent · Year C

Readings at USCCB ↗

Commentary for this day

CollectMar 9, 2011

WDTPRS – Ash Wednesday (2002MR) – BATTLE!

Concede nobis, Domine, praesidia militiae christianae sanctis inchoare ieiuniis, ut, contra spiritales nequitias pugnaturi, continentiae muniamur auxiliis.
Literal rendering

Grant us, O Lord, to commence the defenses of the Christian field campaign by means of holy fasts, so that, we who are about to do battle against spiritual negligences, may be fortified by the support of continence.

The Roman Station for Ash Wednesday is Santa Sabina on the Aventine Hill. The Collect in the 2002 Missale Romanum, is an ancient prayer found in the Gelasian Sacramentary for the Vigil of Pentecost. It is also among the prayers for the 4th day of the 4th month, which more than likely involved the traditional fast of the fourth month…

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Also posted: Feb 17, 2010 · Mar 1, 2006

CollectFeb 17, 2010

WDTPRS: Ash Wednesday – Prayer over the people – (1962MR & 2002MR)

ORATIO SUPER POPULUM (2002MR): Super inclinantes se tuae maiestati, Deus, spiritum compunctionis propitius effunde, ut praemia paenitentibus repromissa misericorditer consequi mereantur.
Literal rendering

O God, graciously pour forth a spirit of compunction upon those bowing themselves to Your majesty, so that they may merit to obtain the rewards promised to penitents.

I am delighted that in the 2002 Missale the tradition of the "Prayer over the people" was revived in Lent. This is an important custom. The origin of the Oratio super populum is quite complex and hard to pin down. Turning to Fr. Joseph A. Jungmann’s monumental two volume The Mass of the Roman Rite: Its Origins and Development we…

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CollectFeb 21, 2007

Ash Wednesday

Sacrificium quadragesimalis initii sollemniter immolamus, te, Domine, deprecantes, ut per paenitentiae caritatis labores a noxiis voluptatibus temperemus, et, a peccatis mundati, ad celebrandam Filii tui passionem mereamur esse devoti.
Literal rendering

Praying to You, O Lord, we solemnly raise up the Sacrifice of the beginning of Lent, so that through the exertions of the charity of penitence we may abstain from harmful pleasures, and, cleansed from sins, we may be worthy to be dedicated to celebrating the Passion of Your Son.

Last year we examined the Collects for Mass during Lent. This year let’s look at the Super Oblata. There is a page for Lenten prayers. Also, you can right click the calendar image to "View" and see a larger version. This prayer has roots in the ancient Gelasian and the Gregorian Sacramentary. REALLY LITERAL VERSION: Praying to You, O Lord,…

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From 8th Sunday of Ordinary Time

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

CollectMar 2, 2019

WDTPRS – 8th Ordinary Sunday: The “Barque of Peter” on turbulent seas

Da nobis, quaesumus, Domine, ut et mundi cursus pacifico nobis tuo ordine dirigatur, et Ecclesia tua tranquilla devotione laetetur.
Literal rendering

Grant us, we beg, O Lord, both that the course of the world be set by your methodical peace producing plan for us and that your Church may be made joyful by means of tranquil devotion.

Let us has a swift look at the Collect for the upcoming 8th Sunday of Ordinary Time. This formulary doesn’t present itself each year because of the vagaries of the Moon. This year, in the Ordinary Form, there are more “green” Sundays than usual before Ash Wednesday ushers in Lent. In the Extraordinary Form, the traditional form, this Sunday is…

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Also posted: Feb 27, 2006

Prayer over the OfferingsFeb 27, 2006

8th Sunday of Ordinary Time: Super Oblata (2)

Deus, qui offerenda tuo nomini tribuis, et oblata devotioni nostrae servitutis ascribis, quaesumus clementiam tuam, ut, quod praestas unde sit meritum, proficere nobis largiaris ad praemium.
Literal rendering

After the supper was concluded, in a similar way taking into His holy and venerable hands also this noble chalice, in like manner giving thanks to You He blessed and He gave it to His disciples, saying: All of you receive and drink from this: for this is the chalice of my Blood of the new and eternal covenant, which will be poured out abundantly on your behalf and on the behalf of multitudes for the remission of sins. Do this for my remembrance. 1st NEW ICEL DRAFT: In the same way, when supper was ended, taking also this noble cup into his holy and venerable hands, once more giving you thanks, he blessed and gave it to his disciples,…

What Does the Prayer Really Say? 8th Sunday of Ordinary Time ORIGINALLY PRINTED IN The Wanderer in 2006 Let’s continue our comparison of the first draft of the ICEL translation of ordinary prayers of Holy Mass, the second draft, and our own WDTPRS version which we worked through in fourth year of this series (2003-04). We have reached the Roman…

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Post CommunionFeb 27, 2006

8th Sunday of Ordinary Time: Post Communion

Satiati munere salutari, tuam, Domine, misericordiam deprecamur, ut, hoc eodem quo nos temporaliter vegetas sacramento, perpetuae vitae participes benignus efficias.
Literal rendering

Having been filled to satiety with the saving gift, we beg, O Lord, your mercy, that by means of that same sacrament by which you are enlivening us now for a time, you will kindly make us participants of life everlasting.

What Does the Prayer Really Say? 8th Sunday in of Ordinary Time (or Quinquagesima) ORIGINALLY PRINTED IN The Wanderer in 2003 GJB, who clearly picked up my play on words with the “Big Apple” and Callimachus’ adage about the “mega kakon” hollers from the hollers via e-mail: “I’m just a country boy who loves the back roads and hollers of…

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The same prayer, discussed elsewhere