Collect · Jan 6, 2009 · SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, WDTPRS

WDTPRS – Epiphany (1962MR)

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Deus, qui hodierna die Unigenitum tuum gentibus stella duce revelasti: concede propitius; ut, qui iam te ex fide cognovimus, usque ad contemplandam speciem tuae celsitudinis perducamur.
Fr. Z’s literal rendering

O God, who this very day revealed your Only-begotten, a star having been the guide, graciously grant, that we, who have already come to know You from faith, may be led all the way unto the contemplation of the beauty of Your majesty.

What Does the Prayer Really Say? 6 January – Epiphany (1962 Missale Romanum – Roman Station: San Pietro in Vaticano) “Epiphany” comes from the Greek word for a divine “manifestation” or “revelation”. The antiphons for Vespers in the Liturgy of the Hours reflect the ancient tradition that Epiphany was thought to be the day not only on which the Magi…

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The same prayer, discussed elsewhere