Collect · Jan 23, 2016 · Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, WDTPRS
WDTPRS Septuagesima Sunday: “What am I getting myself into?!?”
Vetus OrdoSeptuagesima Sunday — Jan 24, 2027, Feb 13, 2028
Preces populi tui, quaesumus, Domine, clementer exaudi: ut, qui iuste pro peccatis nostris affligimur, pro tui nominis gloria misericorditer liberemur.Fr. Z’s literal rendering
We beseech You, O Lord, graciously to hark to the prayers of Your people: so that we who are justly afflicted for our sins, may mercifully be freed for the glory of Your Name.
In the traditional Roman calendar this Sunday is called Septuagesima, Latin for the “Seventieth” day before Easter. Already! It is quite early this year. This number, 70, is more symbolic than arithmetical. The Sundays which follow are Sexagesima (“sixtieth”) and Quinquagesima (“fiftieth”) before Ash Wednesday brings in Lent, called in Latin Quadragesima, “Fortieth”.