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Thursday, July 20, 2028

Vetus Ordo · 1962 Missale Romanum · 2020 USA calendar

St. Jerome Emiliani, Confessor

III class · White

Commemoration of St. Margarita, Virgin and Martyr

Mass texts at Divinum Officium ↗

From 6th Sunday after Pentecost

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

CollectJul 4, 2026

WDTPRS – 6th Sunday after Pentecost: Collect – FIND THE CHIASM!

Deus virtutum, cuius est totum quod est optimum: insere pectoribus nostris amorem tui nominis, et praesta in nobis religionis augmentum; ut, quae sunt bona, nutrias, ac pietatis studio, quae sunt nutrita, custodias.
Literal rendering

O mighty God of hosts, of whom is the entirety of what is perfect: graft the love of Your Name into our hearts, and implant in us an increase of religion; so that You may nourish the things which are good and, by zeal for dutifulness, guard what has been nourished.

Please flip open your own trusty copy of the Liber Sacramentorum Romanae Aeclesiae edited by Leo Cunibert Mohlberg, OSB (in other words the Gelasian Sacramentary and yes, it is “Aeclesiae”.). You will find Sunday’s ancient Collect in the second group of prayers for Sundays. This prayer survived the scissor and paste-pot wielding liturgical experts who, under the aegis of the…

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Also posted: Jul 19, 2025 · Jul 3, 2010

The same prayer, discussed elsewhere

Novus Ordo · 2002 Missale Romanum

Saint Apollinaris

opt memorial · Green · Ordinary Time · Year C

Readings at USCCB ↗

From 15th Sunday of Ordinary Time

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

CollectJul 10, 2026

WDTPRS – 15th Ordinary Sunday (N.O.): Too far right or too far left, we wind up in the ditch in the dark

Deus, qui errantibus, ut in viam possint redire, veritatis tuae lumen ostendis, da cunctis qui christiana professione censentur, et illa respuere, quae huic inimica sunt nomini, et ea quae sunt apta sectari.
Literal rendering

O God, who show the light of Your truth to the erring so that they might be able to return unto the way grant to all who are distinguished by their profession of Christ that they may both strongly reject those things which are inimical to this name of Christian and follow eagerly the things which are suited to it.

This week, the 15th Ordinary Sunday in the Novus Ordo calendar, we have a good example of the dramatic difference between the old, Obsolete ICEL version we suffered with for decades, and the Latin with the Current ICEL version. The Collect or Opening Prayer for this 15th Sunday of Ordinary Time in the Novus Ordo is also used in the…

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Also posted: Jul 12, 2019 · Jul 14, 2017

Post CommunionJul 16, 2006

15th Sunday of Ordinary Time: POST COMMUNION

Sumptis muneribus, quaesumus, Domine, ut, cum frequentatione mysterii, crescat nostrae salutis effectus.
Literal rendering

The gifts having been consumed, we beg you, O Lord, that the effect of our salvation may grow with frequent participation in the sacramental mystery.

What Does the Prayer Really Say? 15th Sunday of Ordinary Time ORIGINALLY PRINTED IN The Wanderer in 2003 More than one of you the faithful readers of WDTPRS have inquired about the Latin text of the Holy Father’s recent encyclical Ecclesia de Eucharistia which I said was on the Vatican’s internet website. Apparently some folks are having difficulties locating it…

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The same prayer, discussed elsewhere