Monday in the 4th Week in Lent
Novus OrdoMonday of the 4th week of Lent — Mar 8, 2027, Mar 27, 2028
Deus, qui ineffabilibus mundum renovas sacramentis, praesta, quaesumus, ut Ecclesia tua et aeternis proficiat institutis, et temporalibus non destituatur auxiliis.O God, who does renew the world with sacramental mysteries which can’t be described with words, vouchsafe, we beseech You, that Your Church may both benefit from eternal providential designs and also may not be bereft of temporal helps. It might to tempting to latch onto the military overtone that the plural of auxilium generally bears and, with words like proficiat (which can be "advance" or "make progress") together with the sense of design or purpose inherent in instititum.
COLLECT Deus, qui ineffabilibus mundum renovas sacramentis, praesta, quaesumus, ut Ecclesia tua et aeternis proficiat institutis, et temporalibus non destituatur auxiliis. A form of this prayer was in the ancient Gregorian in the Hadrianum manuscript "FERIA VI AD SANCTUM EUSEBIUM" which means that it was a Lenten prayer on Friday at the Station indicated. In the pre-Conciliar Missale Romanum this…