3rd Sunday of Lent: COLLECT (1)
Novus Ordo3rd Sunday of Lent — Feb 28, 2027, Mar 19, 2028
Deus, omnium misericordiarum et totius bonitatis auctor, qui peccatorum remedia in ieiuniis, orationibus et eleemosynis demonstrasti, hanc humilitatis nostrae confessionem propitius intuere, ut, qui inclinamur conscientia nostra, tua semper misericordia sublevemur.O God, author of all merciful gestures and all goodness, who pointed out the remedies of sins in fasts, prayers, and acts of almsgiving, look propitiously on this testimony of our humility, so that we who are flagging in our conscience may be sustained by your mercy always. While misericordia means generally “tender-heartedness, pity, compassion, mercy”, in the plural is can refer to works of charity. Bonitas, on the other hand, is the “good quality of a thing” and also all sorts of good, benevolent and virtuous behaviors. When used in reference to a parent bonitas can also mean “parental love, tenderness.” Demonstro is not dissimilar from English “demonstrate” but in Latin it first means, “to point out” as with…
What Does the Prayer Really Say? Third Sunday of Lent – Station: St. Lawrence outside the walls ORIGINALLY PRINTED IN The Wanderer in 2001 LATIN (1970 Missale Romanum): Deus, omnium misericordiarum et totius bonitatis auctor, qui peccatorum remedia in ieiuniis, orationibus et eleemosynis demonstrasti, hanc humilitatis nostrae confessionem propitius intuere, ut, qui inclinamur conscientia nostra, tua semper misericordia sublevemur. I…