Prayer over the Offerings · Nov 27, 2011 · ADVENT, SESSIUNCULA, WDTPRS
WDTPRS – 1st Sunday of Advent – SUPER OBLATA (2002MR): thresholds
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Suscipe, quaesumus, Domine, munera quae de tuis offerimus collata beneficiis, et, quod nostrae devotioni concedis effici temporali, tuae nobis fiat praemium redemptionis aeternae.Fr. Z’s literal rendering
Take up, O Lord, we beg You, the gifts we are offering which were gathered together from Your favors, and let that which You grant to be accomplished by our temporal dedication become for us the reward of Your eternal redemption.
Today’s Ordinary Form Super Oblata prayer, the prayer over the offerings during the Offertory, is found in the ancient Veronese Sacramentary amidst prayers for the month of July. Note the scrambling of word order for rhetorical effect. Words that go together are separated and concepts are embedded between them. This elegant rhetorical interlocking delights both ear and mind. It also…