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Thursday, May 25, 2028

Vetus Ordo · 1962 Missale Romanum · 2020 USA calendar

Ascension of Our Lord

I class · White

Mass texts at Divinum Officium ↗

Commentary for this day

CollectMay 14, 2026

WDTPRS: Ascension Thursday – Hope informs our trials

Concede, quaesumus, omnipotens Deus: ut, qui hodierna die Unigenitum tuum Redemptorem nostrum ad caelos ascendisse credimus; ipsi quoque mente in caelestibus habitemus.
Literal rendering

Grant, we beseech You, Almighty God, that we, who believe Your Only Begotten Son our Redeemer to have ascended on this day to heaven, may ourselves also dwell in mind amongst heavenly things.

Let’s have a look at the Collect for the Mass of the Lord’s Ascension… on this THURSDAY. Our hard working Lewis & Short Dictionary can have a little rest today, I think. There is nothing especially noteworthy in the vocabulary. Let us therefore move on to a straight-forward…

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Also posted: May 8, 2016

CollectMay 17, 2012

WDTPRS Ascension (1962MR): cracks into a greater way, a bigger way of living

Praesta nobis, quaesumus, omnipotens et misericors Deus: ut, quae visibilibus mysteriis sumenda percepimus, invisibili consequamur effectu.
Literal rendering

Grant us, we implore, almighty and merciful God: that we may obtain by an invisible effect that which we grasped by means of visible sacramental mysteries.

I was struck today by the beauty of the Communion rite today, the Communion Antiphone and the Post Communion prayer in older, traditional form of Holy Mass today, for the Feast of the Ascension… which falls 40 days after Easter. The Mass texts from the Feast of the Ascension can be used for the feria days that follow.

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PrefaceMay 17, 2010

PODCAzT 101: Preface for Ascension

PREFACE: …per Christum Dominum nostrum. Qui post resurrectionem suam omnibus discipulis suis manifestus apparuit, et ipsis cernentibus est elevatus in caelum, ut nos divinitatis suae tribueret esse participes. Et ideo…
Literal rendering

…through Christ our Lord. Who, after His Resurrection, appeared openly to all His disciples, and, while they were observing, was taken up into heaven, that He might grant unto us to be sharers in His own divinity. And therefore…

Here is an new sort of PODCAzT… for PODCAzT 101. I am trying a slightly new format today. I use this PODCAzT to drill into the Preface for the Ascension, used from Ascension Thursday until Pentecost, in the 1962MR. I will do another on the Preface for the Ascension in the 2002MR which is entirely different.

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From 5th Sunday after Easter

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

CollectMay 10, 2026

WDTPRS – 5th Sunday after Easter (V.O.): Liturgical goop. Wherein Fr. Z rants.

Deus, a quo bona cuncta procedunt, largire supplicibus tuis: ut cogitemus, te inspirante, quae recta sunt; et, te gubernante, eadem faciamus.
Literal rendering

O God, from whom all good things issue forth, bountifully grant to Your supplicants, that, You inspiring, we may think things which are right, and, You guiding, we may accomplish the same.

I am going to drag you – again – through my standard and sustained rant about liturgy, punctuated by Latin vocabulary and Neoplatonism. Consider this a different sort of “food post”. I will apply what I rant about to the Collect for this Sunday’s Mass. Hang on for the ride.

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Also posted: May 7, 2021 · May 5, 2018

CollectMay 12, 2009

PRAYERCAzT 27: 5th 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 5th Sunday after Easter in the 1962 Missale Romanum. I read the texts and then sing the prayers the priest must sing in the Festal tone and sing also the Epistle and Gospel in tones you…

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The same prayer, discussed elsewhere

Novus Ordo · 2002 Missale Romanum

Ascension of the Lord

solemnity · White · Eastertide · Year C

Readings at USCCB ↗

Commentary for this day

CollectMay 28, 2025

Vigil of Ascension – old and new

Deus, cuius Filus hodie in caelos, Apostolis astantibus, ascendit, concede nobis, quaesumus, ut secundum eius promissionem et ille nobiscum semper in terris et nos cum eo in caelo vivere mereamur.
Literal rendering

O God, whose Son today ascended into the heavens as the Apostles were standing close by, grant us, we beseech You, that, according to His promise, we may be worthy both that He lives with us on earth, and that we live with Him in heaven.

Here is something I wrote a loooong time ago – 2006 – for an WDTPRS article in the print version of The Wanderer. I had a column there for 11 years. The Wanderer… they have been faithful warriors for a long time. You could give them some encouragement. With a subscription. Help them out.

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Also posted: May 8, 2013

CollectMay 11, 2024

WDTPRS – Sunday and Ascension (Novus Ordo): Christ is not insensible to our sufferings.

Concede, quaesumus, omnipotens Deus: ut, qui hodierna die Unigenitum tuum Redemptorem nostrum ad caelos ascendisse credimus; ipsi quoque mente in caelestibus habitemus.
Literal rendering

Grant, we beseech You, Almighty God, that we, who believe Your Only Begotten Son our Redeemer to have ascended on this day to heaven, may ourselves also dwell in mind amongst heavenly things.

Today’s prayer – for Sunday with Ascension – because that’s what it is – survived the Consilium’s scissor and gluepot ministrations to live in the 2002 Missale Romanum as the alternative Collect for Mass on the day of Ascension. Rather, the Collect rose to new life in the 2002 edition. It wasn’t in the 1970MR or 1975MR.

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Also posted: May 30, 2019

CollectMay 5, 2016

WDTPRS Ascension – Our humanity, “raised beyond the heights of archangels”

Fac nos, omnipotens Deus, sanctis exsultare gaudiis, et pia gratiarum actione laetari, quia Christi Filii tui ascensio est nostra provectio, et quo processit gloria capitis, eo spes vocatur et corporis.
Literal rendering

Cause us, Almighty God, to exult in holy joys, and to be glad in devout thanksgiving, because the ascension of Christ Your Son is our advancement, and the hope of the Body is being called to that place from whence comes forth the glory of the Head.

On my planet, this coming Sunday is the 7th Sunday after Easter, Ascension Thursday having fallen on Thursday. In most places Ascension Thursday has been transferred to Sunday, but not with malice. The notion the bishops had was to expose more people to the mystery of the Lord’s Ascension. That may indeed occur, but in my opinion the transfer may…

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Also posted: May 15, 2015

CollectMay 10, 2013

WDTPRS Do It Yourself: Friday after (transferred) Ascension

Exaudi, Domine, preces nostras, ut, quod tui Verbi sanctificatione promissum est, evangelico ubique compleatur effectu, et plentiudo adoptionis obtineat quod praedixit testificatio veritatis.

Here is an exercise for you Latinists out there. Here is the Collect for the Friday after Ascension where Ascension is transferred to Sunday. This has antecedents in the Veronose and Gelasian Sacramentaries. What to make of this mess of straw and hay? How to weave this into a basket that holds something?

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CollectMay 17, 2012

WDTPRS Ascension (1962MR): cracks into a greater way, a bigger way of living

Praesta nobis, quaesumus, omnipotens et misericors Deus: ut, quae visibilibus mysteriis sumenda percepimus, invisibili consequamur effectu.
Literal rendering

Grant us, we implore, almighty and merciful God: that we may obtain by an invisible effect that which we grasped by means of visible sacramental mysteries.

I was struck today by the beauty of the Communion rite today, the Communion Antiphone and the Post Communion prayer in older, traditional form of Holy Mass today, for the Feast of the Ascension… which falls 40 days after Easter. The Mass texts from the Feast of the Ascension can be used for the feria days that follow.

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From 6th Sunday of Easter

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

CollectApr 30, 2016

WDTPRS – 6th Sunday of Easter (OF): We are risen, rising, and about to rise all at the same time

Fac nos, omnipotens Deus, hos laetitiae dies, quos in honorem Domini resurgentis exsequimur, affectu sedulo celebrare, ut quod recordatione percurrimus semper in opere teneamus.
Literal rendering

Almighty God, cause us to celebrate these days of joy, which we are carrying out in honor of the rising Lord with zealous affection, so that we may grasp in deed what we are traversing in remembrance.

Here is this week’s Collect, for the 6th Sunday of Easter in the Ordinary Form: This is glued together from bits and pieces gleaned from prayers in the ancient Veronese and Gelasian Sacramentary. Affectus means “a state or disposition of mind, mood” or “affection” in the sense of “love, desire, fondness” etc. Sedulus, is “busy, diligent, careful”. There is also…

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Also posted: May 17, 2009

Post CommunionMay 21, 2006

6th Sunday of Easter: Post Communion

Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, qui ad aeternam vitam in Christi resurrectione nos reparas, fructum in nobis paschalis multiplica sacramenti, et fortitudinem cibi salutaris nostris infunde pectoribus.
Literal rendering

Almighty and everlasting God, who in the resurrection of Christ restore us unto life eternal, multiply in us the fruit of the mysterious paschal sacrament, and pour the strengthening power of this saving food into our souls.

What Does the Prayer Really Say? 6th Sunday of Easter ORIGINALLY PRINTED IN The Wanderer in 2003 Some feedback from you treasured readers: Fr. C of PA writes, “I can’t begin to tell you how much I enjoy reading your column…. Having studied in Rome for seven years (for Theology and Church History) under such greats as Father Witte in…

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The same prayer, discussed elsewhere