Collect · Mar 21, 2026 · LENT, WDTPRS
WDTPRS – 5th Sunday of Lent: The Church, liturgically dying
Novus Ordo5th Sunday of Lent — Mar 14, 2027, Apr 2, 2028
Quaesumus, Domine Deus noster, ut in illa caritate, qua Filius tuus diligens mundum morti se tradidit, inveniamur ipsi, te opitulante, alacriter ambulantes.Fr. Z’s literal rendering
O Lord our God, we beg that, You assisting us, we ourselves may be found walking swiftly in that selfsame sacrificial love by which Your Son, loving the world, handed Himself over to death.
Traditionally this upcoming Sunday is called First Passion Sunday or First Sunday of the Passion. “Passiontide” begins. It is also known as Iudica Sunday, from the first word of the Introit of Mass (from Ps 42/41), and sometimes Repus (from repositus analogous to absconditus, “hidden”) because crosses and other images in churches are to be veiled. From today, in the…