Collect · Dec 7, 2006 · SESSIUNCULA, WDTPRS
1st Week of Advent – Thursday
Novus OrdoThursday of the 1st week of Advent — Dec 3, 2026, Dec 2, 2027, Dec 7, 2028
Excita, Domine, potentiam tuam, et magna nobis virtute succurre, ut, quod nostra peccata praepediunt, gratia tuae propitiationis acceleret.Fr. Z’s literal rendering
Rouse up Your power, O Lord, and hasten to aid us with your great might, so that, what our sins are hindering the grace of Your merciful favor may make swift.
Here is the Collect for Thursday of the 1st week of Advent. COLLECT: Excita, Domine, potentiam tuam, et magna nobis virtute succurre, ut, quod nostra peccata praepediunt, gratia tuae propitiationis acceleret. This prayer was in the ancient Gelasian Sacramentary and other sacramentaries. It was in the 1962MR as well for the 4th Sunday of Advent ("Rorate")