WDTPRS Monday in the 2nd Week of Lent
Novus OrdoMonday of the 2nd week of Lent — Feb 22, 2027, Mar 13, 2028
Deus, qui ob animarum medelam castigare corpora praecepisti, concede, ut ab omnibus possimus abstinere peccatis, et corda nostra pietatis tuae valeant exercere mandata.O God, who commanded the stern correction of our bodies on account of the healing of our souls, grant, that we may be able to abstain from all sins and that our hearts may have the strength to carrying our the commands of Your piety. Note once again we have conceptual pairing of mind and body. In this prayer we have the structure of bodies sins hearts. It is as if when we give ourselves to our appetites, the sins we objectively commit corrupt hearts as well. In another way, sins pray apart, divide us in two, diminish us. They caused the separation of body and soul which is the death in the enslavement of sin. Our first parents caused…
Today’s prayer, quite ancient and designated the Gelasian Sacramentary for the early Roman Church’s use on Tuesday of the 2nd Week of Lent, was once arranged a bit different, but it was the same prayer. It was not in the pre-Conciliar Roman Missal. We have a new theme this week, I think.