3rd Sunday of Advent: COLLECT (2)
Novus Ordo3rd Sunday of Advent — Dec 13, 2026, Dec 12, 2027, Dec 17, 2028
Deus, qui conspicis populum tuum nativitatis dominicae festivitatem fideliter exspectare, praesta, quaesumus, ut valeamus ad tantae salutis gaudia pervenire, et ea votis sollemnibus alacri laetitia celebrare.O God, who attentively does watch Your people look forward faithfully to the feast of the Lord’s birth, grant, we entreat, that we may be able to attain the to joys of so great a salvation and celebrate them with eager jubilation in solemn festive rites. ICEL (1973 translation of the 1970MR): Lord God, may we, your people, who look forward to the birthday of Christ experience the joy of salvation and celebrate that feast with love and thanksgiving. This offertory embodies a word pair describing the attitude of Advent: joyful penance… penitential joy. With the last two week’s of “rushing” in our prayers and doing good works, we have now the added image of eager and unrestrained joy, an…
What Does the Prayer Really Say? 3rd Sunday of Advent “Gaudete” – Station: St. Peter in the Vatican ORIGINALLY PRINTED IN The Wanderer in 2004 This article was an oddity in the series, since there were techincal difficulties in transmitting it to the publisher. So, here is just the part referring to the 3rd Sunday of Advent.