2nd Sunday of Lent: SUPER OBLATA (2)
Novus Ordo2nd Sunday of Lent — Feb 21, 2027, Mar 12, 2028
ORATIO SUPER POPULUM (2002MR): Benedic, Domine, fideles tuos benedictione perpetua, et fac eos Unigeniti tui Evangelio sic adhaerere, ut ad illam gloriam, cuius in se speciem Apostolis ostendit, et suspirare iugiter et feliciter valeant pervenire.Let this sacrificial offering cleanse our sins, we beg, O Lord, and let it sanctify the bodies and minds of Thy faithful for celebrating the paschal feasts. Humans are not angels. We have both body and soul. The bond between body and soul is so great that when the one is separated from the other we die. But so powerful is that bond that our soul awaits the moment when it will once again (using philosophical language) inform matter which is our body. We will arise from the dust from which we were formed. Some will rise to the unending happiness of heaven, some to perpetual damnation of hell. Our eternal destiny is determined by our state of soul at…
What Does the Prayer Really Say? 2nd Sunday of Lent – Roman Station: St. Mary in Domnica alla Navicella ORIGINALLY PRINTED IN The Wanderer in 2006 DR writes via e-mail: “The response to ‘The Lord be with you’ should be ‘and with your spirit.’ My question here is, what is the meaning of ‘and with your spirit.’ What are we…