Friday in the 3rd Week of Lent
Novus OrdoFriday of the 3rd week of Lent — Mar 5, 2027, Mar 24, 2028
Cordibus nostris, quaesumus, Domine, gratiam tuam benignus infunde, ut ab humanis semper retrahamur excessibus, et monitis inhaerere valeamus, te largiente, caelestibus.O Lord, we beg, kindly pour Your grace into our hearts, so that we may always be drawn back from human aberrations, and we may be strong enough, you making it possible, to cleave to heavenly admonishings. God admonished our First Parents not to eat of the fruit of the tree. Yet, because of the wiles of the Enemy, they turned their will from God’s command and made the choice to decide their own good and evil. Now, because of the rupture with God, our intellect and will is gravely wounded, still good, but wounded. We can still reason to what what is good and right and true by means of the tangle of our minds and through the help…
COLLECT Cordibus nostris, quaesumus, Domine, gratiam tuam benignus infunde, ut ab humanis semper retrahamur excessibus, et monitis inhaerere valeamus, te largiente, caelestibus. This prayer is in the ancient Veronese Sacramentary in the month of December, which was a fast time, of course: Cordibus nostris, quaesumus, domine, benignus infunde, ut sicut ab escis corporalibus temperamus, ita sensos quoque nostros a noxio…