Collect · Oct 28, 2023 · Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, WDTPRS
WDTPRS – 30th Ordinary Sunday: “E ‘n la sua volontade è nostra pace… In His will is our peace.”
Novus Ordo30th Sunday of Ordinary Time — Oct 25, 2026, Oct 24, 2027, Oct 29, 2028
Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, da nobis fidei spei et caritatis augmentum, et ut mereamur assequi quod promittis, fac nos amare quod praecipis.Fr. Z’s literal rendering
Almighty eternal God, grant us an increase of faith, hope and charity, and cause us to love what You command so that we may merit to obtain what You promise.
In the Novus Ordo this Sunday it is the 30th Sunday of what an old friend of mine (rest in peace) called “Greater Meatloaf Season”. Let’s look at upcoming Sunday’s Novus Ordo Collect. This prayer has a precedent in the 1962MR as the Collect for the 13th Sunday after Pentecost. It was also in the Veronese and Gelasian, ancient sacramentaries…