Collect · Dec 3, 2011 · SESSIUNCULA, WDTPRS
WDTPRS 2nd Sunday of Advent (1962MR)
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Excita, Domine, corda nostra ad praeparandas Unigeniti tui vias; ut, per eius adventum, purificatis tibi mentibus servire mereamur.Fr. Z’s literal rendering
Rouse up our hearts, O Lord, to make ready the paths for Your Only-Begotten, so that through His Coming we may be worthy to serve You with minds made pure.
The 1962MR for the 1st Sunday of Advent stressed the Second Coming, and therefore attentive penance. Yet in the Postcommunion last week, the priest brought us back to preparation also for the approaching feast of the Nativity: “May we receive, O Lord, Thy mercy in the midst of Thy Temple, that we may prepare with due honor for the approaching…