Collect · Mar 18, 2006 · SESSIUNCULA, WDTPRS
Saturday in the 2nd Week of Lent
Novus OrdoSaturday of the 2nd week of Lent — Feb 27, 2027, Mar 18, 2028
Deus, qui nos gloriosis remediis in terris adhuc positos iam caelestium rerum facis esse consortes, tu, quaesumus, in ista qua vivimus nos vita guberna, ut ad illam, in qua ipse es, lucem perducas.Fr. Z’s literal rendering
O God, who are already making us, still set in place upon this earth, to be sharers of heavenly things by means of glorious remedies, let You steer us in this life in which we are living, with the result that, You lead us through unto that light in which You are.
Today’s prayer was not in the 1962MR and its previous editions. This is indeed a Lenten prayer to be found in the ancient Gelasian Sacramentary. In the ancient Veronese, a version was found among the prayers for the September fast: Percepimus, domine, gloriosa mysteria, quibus in terris positos iam caelestium facis esse consortes. Tu inter ista quae uiuimus guberna nos,…