Collect · Nov 23, 2025 · WDTPRS
WDTPRS – 24th and Last Sunday after Pentecost: Like lightning in the East
Vetus Ordo24th Sunday after Pentecost — Nov 22, 2026, Nov 21, 2027, Nov 26, 2028
Excita, quaesumus, Domine, tuorum fidelium voluntates: ut, divini operis fructum propensius exsequentes; pietatis tuae remedia maiora percipiant.Fr. Z’s literal rendering
Rouse up, we beseech You, O Lord, the wills of Your faithful, that they, pursuing more earnestly the fruit of the divine work, may obtain the more greatly the remedies of Your mercy.
This is the Last Sunday of the liturgical year. The last part of the liturgical year thematically dovetails with the first part of the new liturgical year. Advent was once longer, so the overlap of reflection on the End Times across this whole period goes way back into our long history as a pilgrim people, soldiering on toward our meeting…