Collect · Aug 1, 2026 · WDTPRS
WDTPRS – 18th Ordinary (Novus Ordo) Sunday: cold reality
Novus Ordo18th Sunday of Ordinary Time — Aug 1, 2027
Adesto, Domine, famulis tuis, et perpetuam benignitatem largire poscentibus, ut his, qui te auctorem et gubernatorem gloriantur habere, et grata restaures, et restaurata conserves.Fr. Z’s literal rendering
Be present to Your servants, O Lord, and grant Your unending kindness to those seeking it, so that You may restore favors to those who glory in having You as author and guide, and You may preserve them once restored.
When the priest, alter Christus, says our prayers during Holy Mass, Christ, Head of the Body, speaks. His words have power to form us. Formed according to the mind of the Church, we Catholics then go out from Mass to shape our world around us.