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WDTPRS – 31st Ordinary Sunday: Running and stumbling! Wherein Fr. Z rants.
Novus Ordo31st Sunday of Ordinary Time — Oct 31, 2027, Nov 5, 2028
Omnipotens et misericors Deus, de cuius munere venit, ut tibi a fidelibus tuis digne et laudabiliter serviatur, tribue, quaesumus, nobis, ut ad promissiones tuas sine offensione curramus.Fr. Z’s literal rendering
Almighty and merciful God, from whose gift it comes that You be served by the faithful worthily and laudably, grant us, we beseech You, that we may run toward Your promises without stumbling.
At the end, I rant. The Collect for the 31st Ordinary Sunday, which was in the ancient Veronese Sacramentary, is also found in the Extraordinary Form on the 12th Sunday after Pentecost. Servio, “to serve”, is very rarely found in the passive. We must break “that it be served in reference to You” down into “that You be served”.