Collect · May 25, 2010 · WDTPRS
WDTPRS: Whit Tuesday
Vetus OrdoPentecost Tuesday — May 18, 2027, Jun 6, 2028
MR): Adsit nobis, quaesumus, Domine, virtus Spiritus Sancti: quae et corda nostra clementer expurget, et ab omnibus tueatur adversis.Fr. Z’s literal rendering
May there be present to us, O Lord, we beseech You, the power of the Holy Spirit: with the result that it both mercifully cleanses our hearts, and protects (them) from every adverse thing.
According to the older, traditional Roman calendar, today is Tuesday in the Octave of Pentecost. The octave of Pentecost was lamentably killed off by the cutters and snippers of the Consilium in the post-Conciliar reform of the Roman liturgy. Here is an oldie PODCAzT I made for this day in 2008: