Collect · Oct 6, 2025 · WDTPRS
Diabolical Contagion – 17th Sunday after Pentecost – WDTPRS
Vetus Ordo17th Sunday after Pentecost — Sep 12, 2027, Oct 1, 2028
Da, quaesumus, Domine, populo tuo diabolica vitare contagia: et te solum Deum pura mente sectari.Fr. Z’s literal rendering
Grant, O Lord, unto Your people, to shun diabolical contamination: and with a pure soul to follow You, the only God.
Is this prayer appropriate today or what?!? This Sunday’s Collect prayer – in the Vetus Ordo: So might say, “Why look at a prayer from last Sunday?” Firstly, in a sense the prayers from Sunday are retained during the week that follows except when there is a Feast Day that outweighs the feria. This week we have beautiful feasts every…