Collect · Apr 12, 2012 · WDTPRS
WDTPRS Easter Thursday – diversity and wholeness
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Deus, qui diversitatem gentium in confessione tui nominis adunasti, da, ut renatis fonte baptismatis una sit fides mentium et pietas actionum.Fr. Z’s literal rendering
O God, who united a variety of peoples in the profession of your Name, grant to those reborn in the font of baptism that there may be one faith of minds and (one) duty of actions.
The Collect for the Ordinary Form and the Extraordinary Form caught my eye: This is a modern tinkering with an ancient prayer. In the post-Tridentine Missal there is a prayer from Holy Saturday after the 10th prophecy: Deus, qui diversitatem gentium in confessione tui nominis adunasti: da nobis, et velle, et posse quae praecipis; ut populo ad aeternitatem vocato, una…