WDTPRS: Easter Sunday (1962MR): the remedy of eternity
Vetus OrdoEaster Sunday — Mar 28, 2027, Apr 16, 2028
Suscipe, quaesumus, Domine, preces populi tui cum oblationibus hostiarum: ut paschalibus initiata mysteriis, ad aeternitatis nobis medelam, te operante, proficient.O God, who today, death having been conquered, unbarred for us the gateway of eternity through Your Only-begotten, follow up upon our prayers which You instill in us by anticipating them. The word praevenio (prae – “before” + venio “to come”) reminds us of a distinction made when speaking about grace. God gives us habitual grace, also called sanctifying grace, which is in us in a stable and abiding manner. Actual graces are given according to our needs here and now, in this or that circumstance. Among the actual graces is gratia praeveniens, or “prevenient grace”, called sometimes “preventing grace” (cf. Council of Trent, Session VI, ch. 5). When we fall into habitual sin and our will has little strength…
We have come to the high point of the Church’s liturgical year. Each year Holy Church sacramentally re-presents the history of our salvation from creation to Second Coming together with the earthly life of the Lord from conception and birth to death, resurrection and ascension.