Collect · Mar 16, 2011 · WDTPRS
WDTPRS – Ember Wednesday of Lent (1962MR & 2002MR)
Vetus OrdoEmber Wednesday of Lent — Feb 17, 2027, Mar 8, 2028
Remember today’s LENTCAzT. COLLECT (1962RM): Devotionem populi tui, quaesumus, Domine, benignus intende: ut, qui per abstinentiam macerantur in corpore, per fructum boni operis reficiantur in mente.Fr. Z’s literal rendering
We beg You, O Lord, kindly look upon the devotion of Your people, with the result that they who by means of abstinence are being sparing in due measure in respect to the body may by means of the fruit of good work be refreshed in respect to the mind.
In the Novus Ordo the prayer is somewhat softened. Are you getting used to that now? COLLECT (2002MR): Devotionem populi tui, quaesumus, Domine, benignus intende, ut, qui per abstinentiam temperantur in corpore, per fructum boni operis reficiantur in mente. Our prayers this week are giving us different virtues to think about: devotio, moderatio, temperatio. There is a frequent juxtaposition of…