WDTPRS: 20 December
Novus OrdoDecember 20 — Dec 20, 2027, Dec 20, 2028
Deus, aeterna maiestas, cuius ineffabile Verbum, Angelo nuntiante, Virgo immaculata suscepit, et, domus divinitatis effecta, Sancti Spiritus luce repletur, quaesumus, ut nos, eius exemplo, voluntati tuae humiliter adhaerere valeamus.O God, Majesty Eternal, whose ineffable Word the immaculate Virgin received at the moment the Angel was delivering the message, and, having been made the dwelling of divinity, was filled with the light of the Holy Spirit; we entreat You, that from her example, we may be able humbly to cleave to Your will. ANOTHER POSSIBILITY: O God, eternal majesty, whose ineffable Word the immaculate Virgin received through the message of an Angel, we pray that, following the example of her who became divinity’s dwelling and is filled with the Holy Spirit’s light, we may in humility hold fast to your will.
Here is the Collect for 20 December, during this period of intense prayer and longing for the Lord’s Coming. This is from Rotulus 30 published together with the Veronese Sacramentary. It is not in any previous edition of the Missale Romanum. Notice in the first line aeterna maiestas. Maiestas is a divine attribute, like gloria/doxa. But it is also a…