Collect · Feb 22, 2006 · SESSIUNCULA, WDTPRS
22 Feb: Cathedra of St. Peter
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Ecclesiae tuae, quaesumus, Domine, preces et hostias benignus admitte, ut, beato Petro pastore, ad aeternam perveniat hereditatem, quo docente fidei tenet integritatem.Fr. Z’s literal rendering
O Lord, we beseech Thee, kindly suffer to receive the prayers and sacrificial offerings of Thy Church, so that, blessed Peter being Her shepherd, and, by whom as he is teaching holds fast to the integritry of the Faith, She may attain to the eternal inheritance.
COLLECT: Praesta, quaesumus, omnipotens Deus, ut nullis nos permittas perturbationibus concuti, quos in apostolicae confessionis petra solidasti. There is nothing especially difficult about the grammar and vocabulary of this prayer, though it is theologically profound. NB: the solidasti is really solidavisti, a "syncopated" form. This is a good deal harder than the Collect. From the point of view of vocabulary,…