Collect · Jun 19, 2010 · SESSIUNCULA, WDTPRS
WDTPRS: 4th Sunday after Pentecost – COLLECT (1962MR)
Vetus Ordo4th Sunday after Pentecost — Jun 13, 2027, Jul 2, 2028
Da nobis, quaesumus, Domine, ut et mundi cursus pacifico nobis tuo ordine dirigatur: et Ecclesia tua tranquilla devotione laetetur.Fr. Z’s literal rendering
Grant us, we beg, O Lord, both that the course of the world be set by Your methodical peace-producing plan for us and that Your Church may be made joyful by means of tranquil devotion. Despite the wordy literal translation I have given this time, I will lend to this a rather poetic aspect.
Today’s prayer is found in ancient sacramentaries, such as the Veronese and the “Hadrian” version of the Gregorian, and the so-called Gelasian. It is unchanged in the “Tridentine” form of the Missale Romanum as my trusty copy of the 1570MR shows. It survived the Consilium’s hack and grafters who pieced together the Novus Ordo as the Collect for the 8th…