1st Week of Advent – Wednesday
Novus OrdoWednesday of the 1st week of Advent — Dec 2, 2026, Dec 1, 2027, Dec 6, 2028
Praepara, quaesumus, Domine Deus noster, corda nostra divina tua virtute, ut, veniente Christo Filio tuo, digni inveniamur aeternae vitae convivio, et cibum caelestem, ipso ministrante, percipere mereamur.O Lord our God, we beseech You, prepare our hearts by means of Your divine power, so that, as Christ Your Son is coming, we may be found worthy of the banquet of heavenly life, and, He Himself acting as the servant, we may merit to receive the celestial food. What is really interesting here is the image of Christ as the "minister" of the heavenly Communion. Remember what the Lord said about the master of the house who goes away and, on his return, finds the servants ready to let him in when he knocks even if it is at a very inconvenient hour? Jesus says that in the master of the house himself will serve the servants. The…
Here is the Collect for Wednesday of the 1st Week of Advent. This prayer was in the ancient Gelasian Sacramentary. Ministro is "to attend, wait upon, serve, esp. at table, to serve up, pour out, hand food or drink". Percipio is to "to take possession of, to seize, occupy" but also "to learn, know, conceive, comprehend, understand, perceive".