Collect · Mar 7, 2015 · Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, WDTPRS
WDTPRS 3rd Sunday of Lent (2001MR): “Sticking to a plan even though it is hard”
Novus Ordo3rd Sunday of Lent — Feb 28, 2027, Mar 19, 2028
Deus, omnium misericordiarum et totius bonitatis auctor, qui peccatorum remedia in ieiuniis, orationibus et eleemosynis demonstrasti, hanc humilitatis nostrae confessionem propitius intuere, ut, qui inclinamur conscientia nostra, tua semper misericordia sublevemur.Fr. Z’s literal rendering
O God, author of all acts of mercy and all goodness, who in fasts, prayers, and acts of almsgiving indicated the remedies of sins, look propitiously on this confession of our humility, so that we who are being humbled in our conscience may always be consoled by your mercy.
We can become weary in the midst of our Lenten discipline and the enemy is tirelessly working for our defeat. In the Ordinary Form Collect for the 3rd Sunday of Lent we beg God to pick us up, and help us stay upright for the rest of the hard Lenten march. Do not forget the military imagery of exercises and…