Collect · Dec 24, 2011 · SESSIUNCULA
WDTPRS 24 December COLLECT (2002MR): The consolations of Thy Coming
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Festina, quaesumus, ne tardaveris, Domine Iesu, ut adventus tui consolationibus subleventur, qui in tua pietate confidunt.Fr. Z’s literal rendering
Hurry, we beseech Thee, O Lord Jesus, and tarry not, that those who rely upon Thy mercy may be sustained by the consolations of Thy Coming.
The Collect for today’s Mass in the 2002MR, the last of Advent, brings us to the very threshold of the humble place where the Lord was born. The tardaveris form is a perfect subjunctive as a kind of imperative. Remember that adventus here is a genitive with tui. Pietas, when it refers to man has to do with “duty”, but…