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Wednesday, December 20, 2028

Vetus Ordo · 1962 Missale Romanum · 2020 USA calendar

Ember Wednesday of Advent

II class · Violet

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CollectDec 15, 2010

WDTPRS Ember Wednesday “Missa Aurea” Collect: solace for the lonely

Festina quaesumus, Domine, ne tardaveris, et auxilium nobis supernae virtutis impende; ut adventus tui consolationibus subleventur, qui in tua pietate confidunt.
Literal rendering

Hurry, we beseech You, O Lord, tarry not, and expend upon us the help of heavenly power; that those who rely upon Your mercy may be sustained by the consolations of Your Coming.

Today, Ember Wednesday of Advent, those who have the use of the older, traditional Roman Missal, offer worship to God with the so-called Missa aurea, the “Golden Mass”. There is a strong Marian overtone to today’s Mass formulary. The Roman Station for today is St. Mary Major. the Gospel is the Annunciation.

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Also posted: Dec 16, 2009

Novus Ordo · 2002 Missale Romanum

Wednesday of the 3rd week of Advent

feria · Violet · Advent · Year A

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CollectDec 20, 2025

WDTPRS The O Antiphons: 20 December – O Clavis David – The Key to everything

O clavis David, et sceptrum domus Israel: qui aperis, et nemo claudit; claudis, et nemo aperit: veni, et educ vinctum de domo carceris, sedentem in tenebris.

We continue our look at the O Antiphons with today’s O Clavis David Again we hear the theme of Christ as the Liberator. LATIN: O clavis David, et sceptrum domus Israel: qui aperis, et nemo claudit; claudis, et nemo aperit: veni, et educ vinctum de domo carceris, sedentem in tenebris. ENGLISH: O Key of David, and scepter of the house…

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Also posted: Dec 20, 2022 · Dec 20, 2020 · Dec 20, 2019

CollectDec 20, 2011

WDTPRS: Last Days of Advent: 20 December – “ineffable Word”

Deus, aeterna maiestas, cuius ineffabile Verbum, Angelo nuntiante, Virgo immaculata suscepit, et, domus divinitatis effecta, Santi Spiritus luce repletur, quaesumus, ut nos, eius exemplo, voluntati tuae humiliter adhaerere valeamus.
Literal rendering

O God, eternal majesty, whose ineffable Word, received by the Immaculate Virgin as the angel was announcing, and, having been made the house of divinity, was filled with the light of the Holy Spirit, we implore, that we, by her example, may be able to cleave humbly to Your will.

Today’s Collect, as we move solemnly through the last days of Advent, once again underscores the dimension of the mystery of the approach Feast more than it emphasizes the penitential spirit we adopt during this season. As with the other Collects in this period, this prayer is based on a text from the Rotulus of Ravenna, which is published with…

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Also posted: Dec 20, 2008 · Dec 20, 2007

CollectDec 15, 2010

WDTPRS: Wednesday of the 3rd Week of Advent

Praesta, quaesumus, omnipotens Deus, ut Filii tui ventura sollemnitas et praesentis nobis vitae remedia largiatur, et praemia aeterna concedat.
Literal rendering

Almighty God, grant, we beseech You, that the upcoming solemn feast of Your Son, both may lavish upon us remedies for this present life, and also concede to us eternal rewards.

Here is the Collect for Wednesday of the 3rd Week of Advent. This prayer was in Rotulus 6 published with the Veronese Sacramentary. It was in the Gelasian Sacramentary. It is interesting that this is more or less the Collect that is in the 1962MR, though changed. I add some emphasis.

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CollectDec 20, 2006

Last Days of Advent: 20 December

Deus, cuius ineffabile Verbum, Angelo nuntiante, Virgo immaculata suscepit, et, domus divinitatis effecta, Sancti Spiritus luce repletur, quaesumus, ut nos, eius exemplo, voluntati tuae humiliter adhaerere valeamus.
Literal rendering

O God, whose ineffable Word the immaculate Virgin took up when the herald Angel was speaking, and, having been made the dwelling of divinity, was filled with the light of the Holy Spirit, we beseech You, that, by her example, we may be able humbly to adhere to Your will. In this prayer we taking a moment to look back to the moment of the Incarnation, which made the Coming to light of the Incarnate Word possible for us.

Here is the Collect for 20 December, during this period of intense prayer and longing for the Lord’s Coming. This is from Rotulus 30 published together with the Veronese Sacramentary. It is not in any previous edition of the Missale Romanum. LITERAL VERSION: O God, whose ineffable Word the immaculate Virgin took up when the herald Angel was speaking, and,…

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From 3rd Sunday of Advent

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

CollectDec 15, 2023

WDTPRS – “Gaudete” 3rd Sunday of Advent: All the orations!

Aurem tuam, quaesumus, Domine, precibus nostris accommoda: et mentis nostrae tenebras, gratia tuae visitationis illustra.
Literal rendering

O Lord, lend your ear to our prayers, we beseech you, and by the grace of your visitation, illuminate the shadows of our mind.

This Sunday’s nickname, “Gaudete” means “Rejoice!” Gaudete, an imperative of gaudeo and the first word of the Introit chant, sets the theme in the Novus Ordo and the older, Traditional Mass: joy. Advent is not strictly a penitential season the way Lent is. Since Advent is about Lord’s Second Coming, not just His joyful First at Bethlehem, we also prepare…

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Also posted: Dec 12, 2010

CollectDec 13, 2019

WDTPRS – 3rd Sunday of Advent: The childlike dash

Deus, qui conspicis populum tuum nativitatis dominicae festivitatem fideliter exspectare, praesta, quaesumus, ut valeamus ad tantae salutis gaudia pervenire, et ea votis sollemnibus alacri laetitia celebrare.
Literal rendering

O God, who attentively watch Your people look forward faithfully to the feast of the Lord’s birth, grant, we entreat, that we may be able to attain the to joys of so great a salvation and celebrate them with eager jubilation in solemn annual festive rites.

Our rose set for Sung Masses on Gaudete and Laetare when we have an Asperges. DONATE We are coming to the 3rd Sunday of Advent, also nicknamed Gaudete…. the plural imperative of gaudeo, “Rejoice!”, the first word of the Introit chant. This Sunday there is a relaxation of the penitential aspect of Advent, just Laetare Sunday does during Lent.

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Also posted: Dec 16, 2017 · Dec 9, 2016 · Dec 12, 2014 · Dec 10, 2010 · Dec 13, 2008 · Dec 17, 2006

CollectDec 16, 2007

WDTPRS on the 3rd Sunday of Advent

Tuam, Domine, clementiam imploramus, ut haec divina subsidia, a vitiis expiatos, ad festa ventura nos praeparent.
Literal rendering

O God, who attentively does watch Your people look forward faithfully to the feast of the Lord’s birth, grant, we entreat, that we may be able to attain to the joys of so great a salvation and celebrate them with eager jubilation in solemn festive rites. ANOTHER VERSION: O God, who look upon your people awaiting in faith the feast of the Lord’s birth, strengthen us, we pray, to reach the joys of so great a salvation, and to celebrate them always with solemn worship and glad rejoicing. ICEL (1973 translation of the 1970MR): Lord God, may we, your people, who look forward to the birthday of Christ experience the joy of salvation and celebrate that feast with love and…

Let’s have a look at the prayers for Holy Mass with the 2002 Missale Romanum. In the print version of the WDTPRS in The Wanderer we are examining the prayers for the 1962 Missale. For those of you who want to hear the prayers in Latin in the 1962 Missale, you can go here: PRAYERCAzT 13: “Gaudete” Sunday, the 3rd…

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Prayer over the OfferingsDec 17, 2006

3rd Sunday of Advent: SUPER OBLATA (2)

Devotionis nostrae tibi, Domine, quaesumus, hostia iugiter immoletur, quae et sacri peragat instituta mysterii, et salutare tuum nobis potenter operetur.
Literal rendering

We now beg, O Lord, let there be offered up to You continuously the sacrificial victim of our devotion, which may both carry through the actions of the sacred mystery that was instituted, and mightily effect for us Your salvation. ICEL (1973 translation of the 1970MR): Lord, may the gift we offer in faith and love be a continual sacrifice in your honor and truly become our eucharist and our salvation. I guess, you can’t object to what the ICEL prayer says all in all, except for the fact that it doesn’t translate what the Latin really says. Notice that ICEL made Latin devotio, that single-minded dedication, into “faith and love.” They ought to have simply said “devotion”, but that…

What Does the Prayer Really Say? 3rd Sunday of Advent – Gaudete – Roman Station: Basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican ORIGINALLY PRINTED IN The Wanderer in 2005 ORIGINALLY PRINTED IN The Wanderer in 2005 His Eminence Francis Card. Arinze, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments (CDWDS) was interviewed recently by Inside the…

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Post CommunionDec 17, 2006

3rd Sunday of Advent: POST COMMUNION (2)

Tuam, Domine, clementiam imploramus, ut haec divina subsidia, a vitiis expiatos, ad festa ventura nos praeparent.
Literal rendering

We implore Your mercy, O Lord, that these divine supports may prepare us, purified from our faults, for the coming feast days.

What Does the Prayer Really Say? 3rd Sunday of Advent “Gaudete” – Station: St. Peter in the Vatican ORIGINALLY PRINTED IN The Wanderer in 2006 ORIGINALLY PRINTED IN The Wanderer in 2006 I have had interesting correspondence with a scholar of Latin, Claudia Wick, who works for the Munich based Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL) project. The TLL is to Latin…

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The same prayer, discussed elsewhere