Collect · May 30, 2006 · SESSIUNCULA, WDTPRS
Tuesday after Ascension in the 7th Week of Easter
Novus OrdoTuesday of the 7th week of Easter — May 11, 2027, May 30, 2028
Praesta, quaesumus, omnipotens et misericors Deus, ut Spiritus Sanctus adveniens templum nos gloriae suae dignanter inhabitando perficiat.Fr. Z’s literal rendering
Grant, we beseech You, Almighty and merciful God, that the Holy Spirit, now coming, will by the indwelling of His glory worthily perfect us as a temple.
LITERAL VERSION: Grant, we beseech You, Almighty and merciful God, that the Holy Spirit, now coming, will by the indwelling of His glory worthily perfect us as a temple. Many times in the WDTPRS columns in the paper we have seen how gloria expresses Greek doxa and Hebrew kabod. St. Hilary of Poitier, taught about gloria as that divine characteristic…