Collect · Mar 22, 2012 · SESSIUNCULA
WDTPRS Thursday in the 4th Week of Lent: “The Father through the Holy Spirit writes His Word upon our hearts”
Novus OrdoThursday of the 4th week of Lent — Mar 11, 2027, Mar 30, 2028
Vetus OrdoThursday of the 4th week of Lent — Mar 11, 2027, Mar 30, 2028
Clementiam tuam, Domine, supplici voto deposcimus, ut nos famulos tuos, paenitentia emendatos et bonis operibus eruditos, in mandatis tuis facias perseverare sinceros, et ad paschalia festa pervenire illaesos.Fr. Z’s literal rendering
O Lord we are beseeching Your mercy with this humble prayer, that you cause us, Your servants, corrected by means of penance and polished by means of good works, to persevere genuine in Your commands, and to attain unscathed to the paschal celebrations.
Today’s Collect in the Ordinary Form was not in the 1962 or previous editions of the Missale Romanum. However, the Gelasianum Vetus provides a predecessor of this prayer. How about that chain of accusatives? “emendatos… eruditos… sinceros… illaesos.” The whole thing is a little gem of tropes and sounds and parallels.