Collect · Jul 22, 2023 · Hard-Identity Catholicism, Latin, SESSIUNCULA, WDTPRS
WDTPRS – 16th (Novus Ordo) Sunday in Ordinary Time:
Novus Ordo16th Sunday of Ordinary Time — Jul 18, 2027, Jul 23, 2028
Propitiare, Domine, famulis tuis, et clementer gratiae tuae super eos dona multiplica, ut, spe, fide et caritate ferventes, semper in mandatis tuis vigili custodia perseverent.Fr. Z’s literal rendering
Look propitiously on Your servants, O Lord, and indulgently multiply upon them the gifts of Your grace so that, burning with faith, hope and charity, they may with vigilant watchfulness persevere always in your commands.
“I do not know you!” We have been cheated of the beauty of our Catholic worship in Latin, which is our common patrimony. In fact, the swindle is far deeper. People have been denied the opportunity to learn Latin, which pretty much every more or less schooled person had as something so fundamental that it wasn’t even questioned. At a…