Collect · Jan 22, 2016 · Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, WDTPRS
WDTPRS: 3rd Ordinary Sunday – “abound with good works”
Novus Ordo3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time — Jan 24, 2027, Jan 23, 2028
Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, dirige actus nostros in beneplacito tuo, ut in nomine dilecti Filii tui mereamur bonis operibus abundare.Fr. Z’s literal rendering
Almighty eternal God, direct our actions in your gracious purpose, so that in the name of Thy beloved Son, we may merit to abound with good works.
The Collect for the upcoming 3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time in the Ordinary Form. This was in the 1962 Missale Romanum as the Collect for the Sunday in the Octave of Christmas. I wrote about sempiternity HERE. In the superior Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary we learn that beneplacitum means “good pleasure, gracious purpose”. The preposition in using the ablative…