Collect · Dec 1, 2008 · ADVENT, SESSIUNCULA, WDTPRS
WDTPRS: Monday 1st Week of Advent – COLLECT (2002MR)
Novus OrdoMonday of the 1st week of Advent — Nov 29, 2027, Dec 4, 2028
Fac nos, quaesumus, domine deus noster, peruigiles atque sollicitos aduentum expectare Christi filii tui domini nostri, ut dum uenerit pulsans, non dormientis peccatis sed uigilantes et in suis inueniat laudibus exultantes. (GeV 1128)Fr. Z’s literal rendering
Cause us, we beg, O Lord our God, full of concern to await the coming of Christ Your Son, so that, when He will have come knocking, He may find us vigilant in prayers and exulting in His praises.
Today in the newer calendar, it is Monday of the 1st Week of Advent. The Collect today is ancient. You can find it in the Gelasian Sacramentary in the Orationes de aduentu Domini. It is also in the Liber sacramentorum or LS Augustodunensis, LS Engolismensis, and the LS Romanae ecclesiae ordine exscarpsus. It was not in the "Tridentine" edition of…