Collect · Mar 27, 2024 · ADVENT, LENT
WDTPRS – Spy Wednesday: The final prayers
Novus OrdoWednesday of Holy Week — Mar 24, 2027, Apr 12, 2028
Vetus OrdoWednesday of Holy Week — Mar 24, 2027, Apr 12, 2028
Deus, qui pro nobis Filium tuum crucis patibulum subire voluisti, ut inimici a nobis expelleres potestatem, concede nobis famulis tuis, ut resurrectionis gratiam consequamur.Fr. Z’s literal rendering
O God, who desired Your Son to undergo on our behalf the yoke of the Cross so that You might drive away from us the power of the enemy, grant to us Your servants, that we may attain the grace of the resurrection.
The term “Spy” Wednesday is probably an allusion to Christ’s betrayal by Judas. In the ancient Roman Church at the time of St. Pope Leo I, “the Great” (+461), there was no Mass during the day. Instead, many of the feria days were without Mass. There would be gatherings at “station” churches, however, where there would be vigils with preaching.…