Collect · Feb 21, 2009 · SESSIUNCULA, WDTPRS
WDTPRS: Quinquagesima
Vetus OrdoQuinquagesima Sunday — Feb 7, 2027, Feb 27, 2028
Preces nostras, quaesumus, Domine, clementer exaudi: atque, a peccatorum vinculis absolutos, ab omni nos adversitate custodi.Fr. Z’s literal rendering
We beseech You, O Lord, graciously attend to our prayers: and, having been loosed from the fetters of sins, guard us from every adversity. What is the first thing an enemy does to you, once you are captured? He renders you powerless to do your own will.
An excerpt from the column for this Sunday: In our traditional Roman calendar this Sunday is Quinquagesima, Latin for the symbolic “Fiftieth” day before Easter. Today is one of the pre-Lenten Sundays which prepare us for the discipline of Lent. The priest’s vestments are purple. No Alleluia. The prayers and readings for the pre-Lenten Sundays were compiled by St. Gregory…