Collect · May 21, 2013 · "How To..." - Practical Notes, Liberals, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, The Drill, Throwing a Nutty, WDTPRS

Lest We Forget: Of surveys, liturgical translations and whining

Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, qui abundantia pietatis tuae et merita supplicum excedis et vota, effunde super nos misericordiam tuam, ut dimittas quae conscientia metuit, et adicias quod oratio non praesumit.
Fr. Z’s literal rendering

Almighty and everlasting God, who in the abundance of Your goodness surpass both the merits and the prayerful vows of suppliants, pour forth Your mercy upon us, so that You set aside those things which our conscience fears, and apply what our prayer dares not.

It has been brought to my attention that there is a survey about how priests in these USA are accepting – or not – the new, corrected ICEL translation of the Roman Missal. STILL? Are they still grizzling on about THIS? The survey was conducted and now publicized by the usual über-liberal suspects.

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The same prayer, discussed elsewhere