Collect · Apr 22, 2016 · Hard-Identity Catholicism, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Our Catholic Identity, WDTPRS

WDTPRS – 4th Sunday after Easter (1962MR): The smoke of Satan

Vetus Ordo4th Sunday after Easter — Apr 25, 2027, May 14, 2028

Is it clear now? COLLECT – (1962MR): Deus, qui fidelium mentes unius efficis voluntatis: da populis tuis id amare quod praecipis, id desiderare quod promittis; ut inter mundanas varietates ibi nostra fixa sint corda, ubi vera sunt gaudia.
Fr. Z’s literal rendering

O God, You who make the minds of the faithful to be of one will, grant unto Your people to love that thing which You command, to desire that which You promise, so that, amidst the vicissitudes of this world, our hearts may there be fixed where true joys are.

This is the 4th Sunday after Easter according to the older, traditional Roman calendar. Today’s Collect survived the slash and hack editors of the Novus Ordo. You can find it in the Novus Ordo for the 21st Sunday of Ordinary Time as well as Monday of the Fifth Week of Easter. That is… of Easter. In the post-Conciliar calendar Sundays…

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The same prayer, discussed elsewhere