WDTPRS 4th Sunday after Pentecost (1962MR): Our great Captain

Da nobis, quaesumus, Domine, ut et mundi cursus pacifico nobis tuo ordine dirigatur: et Ecclesia tua tranquilla devotione laetetur.

Today’s prayer is found in ancient sacramentaries, such as the Veronese and the “Hadrian” version of the Gregorian, and the so-called Gelasian. It is unchanged in the “Tridentine” form of the Missale Romanum as my trusty copy of the 1570MR shows. It survived the Consilium’s hackers and grafters who pieced together the Novus Ordo as the Collect for the 8th…

Read the full post on wdtprs.com →