Prayer over the Offerings · Feb 12, 2006 · SESSIUNCULA, WDTPRS
5th Sunday of Ordinary Time: Super oblata (2)
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Domine Deus noster qui has potius creaturas ad fragilitatis nostrae subsidium condidisti, tribue, quaesumus, ut etiam aeternitatis nobis fiant sacramentum.Fr. Z’s literal rendering
O Lord our God, who made these creatures above all others unto a support of our frailty, grant, we beseech Thee, that they may become for us the sacrament also of eternity.
What Does the Prayer Really Say? 5th Sunday of Ordinary Time Once upon a time, papal documents were composed in Latin. The Pope would either write them himself or provide points which his Latin secretaries would then draft and polish. For example, when Leo XIII (+1903) wrote his milestone Rerum novarum (1891) the composition was entirely in Latin. The notebooks…