WDTPRS: Sexagesima Sunday
Vetus OrdoSexagesima Sunday — Jan 31, 2027, Feb 20, 2028
Deus, qui conspicis, quia ex nulla nostra actione confidimus: concede propitius; ut, contra adversa omnia, Doctoris gentium protectione muniamur.O God, You who perceive that we confide in no action of our own: propitiously grant; that we may be fortified against every adverse thing by the protection of the Doctor of the Gentiles. This is a very interesting and ancient prayer, in that it makes explicit reference to St. Paul, the Doctor of the Gentiles. Remember that the Roman Station today is the Major Basilica of St. Paul “outside the walls”. Very few prayers of the Roman Missal display such an intimate connection with the place the Mass was celebrated in Rome and the readings. In the Epistle from 2 Cor 11 and 12 St. Paul gives us a portrait of how we must live, the battle we face…
What Does the Prayer Really Say? Sexagesima Sunday (1962 Missale Romanum) Roman station Mass: St. Paul outside the walls In the traditional Roman calendar this Sunday is called Sexagesima, Latin for the “Sixtieth” day before Easter. This number is more symbolic than arithmetical. Last week was the first of these pre-Lenten Sundays, Septuagesima or “Seventieth. The pre-Lenten Sundays prepare us…