Collect · Sep 16, 2018 · Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, WDTPRS
WDTPRS – 17th Sunday after Pentecost: diabolical contagion
Vetus Ordo17th Sunday after Pentecost — Sep 12, 2027, Oct 1, 2028
Da, quaesumus, Domine, populo tuo diabolica vitare contagia: et te solum Deum pura mente sectari.Fr. Z’s literal rendering
Grant, O Lord, unto Your people, to shun diabolical contamination: and with a pure soul to follow You, the only God.
Is this prayer appropriate today or what?!? I used it as a starting point for my sermon today. This Sunday’s Collect prayer – in the Extraordinary Form: The phrase diabolica vitare contagia is a glory of the Latin Church’s millennial life of prayer. Note the wonder assonance and the separate of diabolica from contagia by the verb, a use of…