WDTPRS: yet another reason why we need the new translation
Concede nobis, misericors Deus, ut haec nostra oblatio tibi sit accepta, et per eam nobis fons omnis benedictionis aperiatur.Grant to us, O merciful God, that this our sacrificial offering might be acceptable to You, and that through it the fount of every blessing be may opened to us. The central image in the prayer is that of a grace flowing out from God as from a font, a source, almost like living water, that is, water which flows. Look at the movement concepts here. God is identified as merciful. We ask that what we bring to the altar will be acceptable by God’s power, for He is the origin of all blessings. A blessing from God, a sharing of something of Himself with us, is to be given by means of the offering. This sharing and God’s gift…
The new translation of the Missale Romanum is coming and, my oh my, do we need it and soon. Yesterday when I was saying Mass in English at the parish of a priest friend, I nearly gaped at the inept translation of the Super oblata, the "Prayer over the gifts" (26th Sunday of Ordinary Time).