Collect · Dec 15, 2006 · SESSIUNCULA, WDTPRS
2nd Week of Advent: Friday
Novus OrdoFriday of the 2nd week of Advent — Dec 11, 2026, Dec 10, 2027, Dec 15, 2028
Concede, quaesumus, omnipotens Deus, plebi tuae adventum Unigeniti tui cum summa vigilantia expectare, ut, sicut ipse docuit auctor nostrae salutis, accensis lampadibus in eius occursum vigilantes properemus.Fr. Z’s literal rendering
Almighty God, we beseech You, grant it to Your people to await the Coming of Your Only-Begotten with the greatest vigilance, so that, just as the author of our salvation Himself instructed, we may wide awake rush with lighted lamps to meet Him in His approach.
Here is the Collect for the 2nd Week of Advent. This prayer was in the ancient Gelasian Sacramentary but not in any edition of the Missale Romanum before the Novus Ordo. LITERAL VERSION: Almighty God, we beseech You, grant it to Your people to await the Coming of Your Only-Begotten with the greatest vigilance, so that, just as the author…