Collect · Aug 1, 2026 · WDTPRS

WDTPRS – 10th Sunday after Pentecost (Vetus Ordo): Mercy and Justice are not opposed

Vetus Ordo10th Sunday after Pentecost — Jul 25, 2027, Aug 13, 2028

Deus, qui omnipotentiam tuam parcendo maxime et miserando manifestas: multiplica super nos misericordiam tuam; ut, ad tua promissa currentes, caelestium bonorum facias esse consortes.
Fr. Z’s literal rendering

O God, who manifest Your omnipotence especially by sparing and being merciful, increase Your mercy upon us, [pour Your grace upon us unceasingly, – 2002MR] so that You may make those who are rushing to the things You have promised to be partakers of heavenly benefits.

Symbols of Mercy and Justice on the emblem of the Spanish Inquisition The Collect for the 10th Sunday after Pentecost in the Extraordinary Form survived, sort of survived, to live in the post-Conciliar, reformed Missale Romanum! You can find it, somewhat wounded, for the 26th Sunday of Ordinary Time in the Ordinary Form Missale Romanum. I’ll show you the variation,…

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The same prayer, discussed elsewhere