Collect · Dec 14, 2006 · SESSIUNCULA, WDTPRS
2nd Week of Advent: Thursday
Novus OrdoThursday of the 2nd week of Advent — Dec 10, 2026, Dec 9, 2027, Dec 14, 2028
Excita, Domine, corda nostra ad praeparandas Unigeniti tui vias, ut, per eius adventum, purificatis tibi mentibus servire mereamur.Fr. Z’s literal rendering
Stir up our hearts, O Lord, to make ready the paths for Your Only-Begotten, so that through His Coming we may be worthy to serve Your with minds made pure.
Here is the Collect for Thursday of the 2nd Week of Advent COLLECT: Excita, Domine, corda nostra ad praeparandas Unigeniti tui vias, ut, per eius adventum, purificatis tibi mentibus servire mereamur. This was in the 1962 Missale for the 2nd Sunday of Advent. Centuries before, the "Tridentine" Missal it was in the Gelasian Sacramentary, as well as the Gregorian.