WDTPRS: zeal and mercy – 6th Sunday after Pentecost – COLLECT
Vetus Ordo6th Sunday after Pentecost — Jun 27, 2027, Jul 16, 2028
Deus virtutum, cuius est totum quod est optimum: insere pectoribus nostris amorem tui nominis, et praesta in nobis religionis augmentum; ut, quae sunt bona, nutrias, ac pietatis studio, quae sunt nutrita, custodias.O mighty God of hosts, of whom is the entirety of what is perfect: graft the love of Your Name into our hearts, and grant in us an increase of religion; so that You may nourish the things which are good and, by zeal for dutifulness, guard what has been nourished. Here are images having to do with armies and also with vine tending. On the one hand we have the God of hosts who guards the good things we have. On the other, God grafts love into us and then nourishes it into growth.
Please flip open your own trusty copy of the Liber Sacramentorum Romanae Aeclesiae Ordinis Anni Circuli edited by Leo Cunibert Mohlberg, OSB (in other words the Gelasian Sacramentary and yes, it is “Aeclesiae”.). You will find Sunday’s ancient Collect in the second group of prayers for Sundays. This prayer survived the scissor and paste-pot wielding liturgical experts who, under the…