Collect · Dec 15, 2023 · SESSIUNCULA
WDTPRS – “Gaudete” 3rd Sunday of Advent: All the orations!
Novus Ordo3rd Sunday of Advent — Dec 13, 2026, Dec 12, 2027, Dec 17, 2028
Aurem tuam, quaesumus, Domine, precibus nostris accommoda: et mentis nostrae tenebras, gratia tuae visitationis illustra.Fr. Z’s literal rendering
O Lord, lend your ear to our prayers, we beseech you, and by the grace of your visitation, illuminate the shadows of our mind.
This Sunday’s nickname, “Gaudete” means “Rejoice!” Gaudete, an imperative of gaudeo and the first word of the Introit chant, sets the theme in the Novus Ordo and the older, Traditional Mass: joy. Advent is not strictly a penitential season the way Lent is. Since Advent is about Lord’s Second Coming, not just His joyful First at Bethlehem, we also prepare…