Tuesday of the 5th Week of Easter
Novus OrdoTuesday of the 5th week of Easter — Apr 27, 2027, May 16, 2028
Deus, qui ad aeternam vitam in Christi resurrectione nos reparas, da populo tuo fidei speique constantiam, ut non dubitemus implenda, quae te novimus auctore promissa.O God, who in the resurrection of Christ procured us for eternal life, give to Your people perseverance of faith and hope, in order that we not doubt there must be be fulfilled, the things which, you being their author, we know were promised. SMOOTHER YET: O God, who in the resurrection of Christ procured us for eternal life, give to Your people perseverance of faith and hope, in order that we not doubt that the things which You promissed are going to be fulfilled, as You were their author. I think we have to take that nd form in implenda today as a future passive. Surely there may be a dimension of necessity found in it (as is often…
An interesting word here is constantia. This is a virtue. In the potent Lewis & Short Dictionary the word constantia is found to mean “a firm standing, steadiness, firmness, immutability, unchangeableness, constancy, perseverance”. Think of how this derives from con + sto (to stand). By extension, constantia has a moral overtone as “firmness of character, steadfastness, immovability, constancy, self –…