Collect · Dec 21, 2007 · SESSIUNCULA, WDTPRS
WDTPRS – 21 December
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Preces populi tui, quaesumus, Domine, clementer exaudi, ut, qui de Unigeniti tui in nostra carne adventu laetantur, cum venerit in sua maiestate, aeternae vitae praemium consequantur.Fr. Z’s literal rendering
Gratiously hear the prayers of Your people, we beseech You, O Lord, so that those who are rejoicing about the Coming of Your Only-Begotten in our flesh, may attain the reward of eternal life when He will have come in His majesty.
Here is the Collect for 21 December. This prayer is pretty much identical to a Post Communion in the ancient Gelasian Sacramentary during the "tenth month" ("Decem"-ber). Remember that laetor is deponent. LITERAL VERSION: Gratiously hear the prayers of Your people, we beseech You, O Lord, so that those who are rejoicing about the Coming of Your Only-Begotten in our…