Collect · Aug 21, 2021 · Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Save The Liturgy - Save The World, WDTPRS

WDTPRS – 21st Ordinary Sunday: The smoke of Satan v. Invisible love

Novus Ordo21st Sunday of Ordinary Time — Aug 22, 2027, Aug 27, 2028

Deus, qui fidelium mentes unius efficis voluntatis, da populis tuis id amare quod praecipis, id desiderare quod promittis, ut, inter mundanas varietates, ibi nostra fixa sint corda, ubi vera sunt gaudia.
Fr. Z’s literal rendering

O God, who make the minds of the faithful to be of one will, grant unto Your people to love that thing which You command, to desire that which You promise, so that, amidst the vicissitudes of this world, our hearts may there be fixed where true joys are.

Let’s look at the Collect for the upcoming 21st Sunday of Ordinary Time: A master crafted this prayer. In the 1962 Missale Romanum we use it on the 4th Sunday after Easter. It is also in the ancient Gelasian Sacramentary. Listen to those “eee”s produced by the Latin “i”.

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The same prayer, discussed elsewhere