Collect · Mar 27, 2021 · Benedict XVI, Hard-Identity Catholicism, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Save The Liturgy - Save The World, SESSIUNCULA, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The Drill, The future and our choices, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
WDTPRS: Palm Sunday – an example so perfect that it transforms us
Novus OrdoPalm Sunday — Mar 21, 2027, Apr 9, 2028
Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, qui humano generi, ad imitandum humilitatis exemplum, Salvatorem nostrum carnem sumere et crucem subire fecisti, concede propitius, ut et patientiae ipsius habere documenta et resurrectionis consortia mereamur.Fr. Z’s literal rendering
Almighty eternal God, who, for the human race, made our Savior both assume flesh and undergo the Cross for an example of humility to be imitated, graciously grant, that we may be worthy to grasp both the lessons of His forbearance and also shares in the resurrection.
Palm Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week. Holy week includes the Sacred Triduum. The principal ceremonies of the Palm Sunday Mass include the blessing of palm branches (or olive branches in some parts of the world, such as Rome) and a procession around and into the church. In the Novus Ordo Missale Romanum an interesting rubric about the procession…