Collect · Dec 20, 2011 · SESSIUNCULA
WDTPRS: Last Days of Advent: 20 December – “ineffable Word”
Novus OrdoDecember 20 — Dec 20, 2027, Dec 20, 2028
Deus, aeterna maiestas, cuius ineffabile Verbum, Angelo nuntiante, Virgo immaculata suscepit, et, domus divinitatis effecta, Santi Spiritus luce repletur, quaesumus, ut nos, eius exemplo, voluntati tuae humiliter adhaerere valeamus.Fr. Z’s literal rendering
O God, eternal majesty, whose ineffable Word, received by the Immaculate Virgin as the angel was announcing, and, having been made the house of divinity, was filled with the light of the Holy Spirit, we implore, that we, by her example, may be able to cleave humbly to Your will.
Today’s Collect, as we move solemnly through the last days of Advent, once again underscores the dimension of the mystery of the approach Feast more than it emphasizes the penitential spirit we adopt during this season. As with the other Collects in this period, this prayer is based on a text from the Rotulus of Ravenna, which is published with…