Collect · Dec 12, 2010 · ADVENT, WDTPRS
WDTPRS 3rd Sunday of Advent (1962MR) – Collect: illumination of our darkness
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Aurem tuam, quaesumus, Domine, precibus nostris accommoda: et mentis nostrae tenebras, gratia tuae visitationis illustra.Fr. Z’s literal rendering
O Lord, lend your ear to our prayers, we beseech you, and by the grace of your visitation, illuminate the shadows of our mind.
The multi-volume Corpus orationum says this prayer was, with variations, in numerous ancient manuscripts. The mickle Lewis & Short Dictionary says accommodo means “to fit or adapt one thing to another, to lay, put, or hang on”. In English “accommodations” are a place suited to our living needs. An “accommodating” person adjusts his world to suit our exigencies. In relation…