Prayer over the Offerings · Sep 11, 2011 · WDTPRS

WDTPRS – SECRET 13th Sunday after Pentecost: a fearful puzzle

Vetus Ordo13th Sunday after Pentecost — Sep 3, 2028

Propitiare, Domine, populo tuo, propitiare muneribus, ut, hac oblatione placatus, et indulgentiam nobis tribuas, et postulata concedas.

This is a classic Roman prayer, terse, balanced. Note the elegant repetition of propitiare. These two petitions are followed by two more, set off by an et…et construction. On the page of your Missale Romanum you may not immediately see the parallel construction, but when it is separated into different lines and arranged as below, you can see how it…

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