Collect · Mar 10, 2014 · LENT, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, WDTPRS
WDTPRS Monday in the 1st Week of Lent (NO)
Novus OrdoMonday of the 1st week of Lent — Feb 15, 2027, Mar 6, 2028
Converte nos, Deus, salutaris noster, et, ut nobis opus quadragesimale proficiat, mentes nostras caelestibus instrue disciplinis.Fr. Z’s literal rendering
Convert us, O God, our salvation, and instruct our minds by means of heavenly teaching so that the forty day operation may be advantageous for us. I wanted to get a touch of the military under-layer, and so I used “operation” for opus.
There are curiosities in this prayer, even controversial things. COLLECT Converte nos, Deus, salutaris noster, et, ut nobis opus quadragesimale proficiat, mentes nostras caelestibus instrue disciplinis. Today’s prayer comes from the Gelasian Sacramentary in the section for prayers from the 10th month, a time when there was a fast (think of the penitential character of Advent), but it was slightly…