Collect · May 8, 2011 · WDTPRS
WDTPRS: 3rd Sunday of Easter – COLLECT (2002MR): restored in the glory of spiritual adoption
Novus Ordo3rd Sunday of Easter — Apr 11, 2027, Apr 30, 2028
Semper exsultet populus tuus, Deus, renovata animae iuventute, ut, qui nunc laetatur in adoptionis se gloriam restitutum, resurrectionis diem spe certae gratulationis exspectet.Fr. Z’s literal rendering
O God, let your people always rejoice, now that the youth of their spirit has been renewed, so that, he who now rejoices that he has been restored in the glory of spiritual adoption may await the day of the resurrection in the hope of sure thanksgiving.
The genitives, adoptionis…resurrectionis… gratulationis, give the end of this collect a very cohesive feeling. LITERAL TRANSLATION: O God, let your people always rejoice, now that the youth of their spirit has been renewed, so that, he who now rejoices that he has been restored in the glory of spiritual adoption may await the day of the resurrection in the hope…