Wednesday of the 3rd Week of Lent
Novus OrdoWednesday of the 3rd week of Lent — Mar 3, 2027, Mar 22, 2028
Praesta, quaesumus, Domine, ut, per quadragesimalem observantiam eruditi et tuo verbo nutriti, sancta continentia tibi simus toto corde devoti, et in oratione tua semper efficiamur concordes.Grant, we beg You, O Lord, that we, having been polished by means of the Lenten observance and nourished by Your word, may by holy continence be consecrated with our whole heart, and we may be made always harmonious in Your prayer. Day by day our Lenten observance ought to be a polishing not a torture. Sometimes people make the mistake in the spiritual life of putting themselves on the rack. The rock tumbler is a better model than the rack.
COLLECT Praesta, quaesumus, Domine, ut, per quadragesimalem observantiam eruditi et tuo verbo nutriti, sancta continentia tibi simus toto corde devoti, et in oratione tua semper efficiamur concordes. A bit strange in its style, no? Well, this is of new composition for the Novus Ordo. It takes some inspiration from Sermon 40, 4 of St. Pope Leo I "the Great" (+461).