Collect · Feb 2, 2006 · SESSIUNCULA, WDTPRS
2 February: Presentation of the Lord
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Deus, qui in hodierna die unigenitus tuus in nostra carne quam adsumpist pro nobis in templo est praesentatus, praesta, ut quem redemptorem nostrum laeti suscipimus, uenientem quoque iudicem securi videamus: …Fr. Z’s literal rendering
Almighty and everlasting God, we humbly beseech Thy majesty, that, just as Thine only-begotten Son was on this day in the substance of our flesh, presented in the temple, so too You may cause us, once our minds have been purified, to be presented unto you.
2 Feb: Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, once called the Purification of Mary. Also called “Candlemas” and even YPOPANTI AD SANCTAM MARIAM Today’s Collect was in the 1962 Missal and is based on one in the ancient Gelasian Sacramentary amidst the prayers “in purificatione sanctae Mariae” on the date iiii Nonas Februarias (read 2 February).