Collect · Mar 30, 2011 · LENT, WDTPRS
WDTPRS Wednesday 3rd Week of Lent: a polishing not a torture
Novus OrdoWednesday of the 3rd week of Lent — Mar 3, 2027, Mar 22, 2028
Praesta, quaesumus, Domine, ut, per quadragesimalem observantiam eruditi et tuo verbo nutriti, sancta continentia tibi simus toto corde devoti, et in oratione tua semper efficiamur concordes.Fr. Z’s literal rendering
Grant, we beg You, O Lord, that we, having been polished by means of the Lenten observance and nourished by Your word, may by holy continence be consecrated with our whole heart, and we may be made always harmonious in Your prayer.
COLLECT Praesta, quaesumus, Domine, ut, per quadragesimalem observantiam eruditi et tuo verbo nutriti, sancta continentia tibi simus toto corde devoti, et in oratione tua semper efficiamur concordes. A bit strange in its style, no? Well, this is of new composition for the Novus Ordo. It takes some inspiration from Sermon 40, 4 of St. Pope Leo I “the Great” (+461).