Collect · Apr 12, 2011 · New Evangelization, WDTPRS
WDTPRS Tuesday 5th Week of Lent: bittersweet
Novus OrdoTuesday of the 5th week of Lent — Mar 16, 2027, Apr 4, 2028
Da nobis, quaesumus, Domine, perseverantem in tua voluntate famulatum, ut in diebus nostris et merito et numero populus tibi serviens augeatur.Fr. Z’s literal rendering
Grant us, we beg, O Lord, persevering service in Your will, so that in our days the people serving You may be increased both in merit and in number.
In the Tridentinum and in the 1962 Roman Missal this prayer is listed for Tuesday after Passion Sunday as the Oratio super populum. It also has roots in the Gelasian. The verb famulor gives us famulatus, which in the Lewis & Short means “servitude, slavery”. In Blaise/Chirat there is an additional meaning, which is predictable, “service de Dieu, dévotion” attested…