Collect · Oct 1, 2022 · SESSIUNCULA
WDTPRS 27th Ordinary Sunday: Of ashes, soap and you.
Novus Ordo27th Sunday of Ordinary Time — Oct 3, 2027, Oct 8, 2028
Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, qui abundantia pietatis tuae et merita supplicum excedis et vota, effunde super nos misericordiam tuam, ut dimittas quae conscientia metuit, et adicias quod oratio non praesumit.Fr. Z’s literal rendering
Almighty and everlasting God, who in the abundance of Your goodness surpass both the merits and the prayerful vows of suppliants, pour forth Your mercy upon us, so that You set aside those things which our conscience fears, and apply what our prayer dares not.
When we pray with the right attitude, particularly when kneeling before the altar of Sacrifice, joined in heart and mind with our mediator, the priest, Christ Himself makes up for what we are incapable of accomplishing on our own. St. Augustine (+430) says that Jesus