Collect · Mar 23, 2012 · Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, SESSIUNCULA, WDTPRS
WDTPRS Friday in the 4th Week of Lent: perfect example of a glued together prayer
Novus OrdoFriday of the 4th week of Lent — Mar 12, 2027, Mar 31, 2028
Deus, qui fragilitati nostrae congrua subsidia praeparasti, concede, quaesumus, ut suae reparationis effectum et cum exsultatione suscipiat, et pia conversatione recenseat.Fr. Z’s literal rendering
O God, who readied suitable helps for our fragility, grant, we beg, that it may both catch up the effect of its own renewal in exultation, and sum it up in upright conduct of life.
Today’s Collect (Ordinary Form) was not in the pre-Concilar Missale Romanum. This had me scratching my head. Once I looked up all the references, I knew why. This prayer is a perfect example of a cut and paste job and it just doesn’t stick together well.