Collect · Nov 12, 2006 · SESSIUNCULA, WDTPRS

32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time: COLLECT (2)

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Omnipotens et misericors Deus, universa nobis adversantia propitiatus exclude, ut, mente et corpore partier expediti, quae tua sunt liberis mentibus exsequamur.
Fr. Z’s literal rendering

Almighty and merciful God, having been appeased, keep away from us all things opposing us, so that, having been unencumbered in mind and body equally, we may with free minds accomplish the things which you will. This Collect appears also in the Catechism of the Catholic Church 1742 in the section on “Human Freedom in the Economy of Salvation”: “Almighty and merciful God, in your goodness take away from us all that is harmful, so that, made ready both in mind and body, we may freely accomplish your will.”

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The same prayer, discussed elsewhere