Collect · Apr 30, 2016 · Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, WDTPRS
WDTPRS – 6th Sunday of Easter (OF): We are risen, rising, and about to rise all at the same time
Novus Ordo6th Sunday of Easter — May 2, 2027, May 21, 2028
Fac nos, omnipotens Deus, hos laetitiae dies, quos in honorem Domini resurgentis exsequimur, affectu sedulo celebrare, ut quod recordatione percurrimus semper in opere teneamus.Fr. Z’s literal rendering
Almighty God, cause us to celebrate these days of joy, which we are carrying out in honor of the rising Lord with zealous affection, so that we may grasp in deed what we are traversing in remembrance.
Here is this week’s Collect, for the 6th Sunday of Easter in the Ordinary Form: This is glued together from bits and pieces gleaned from prayers in the ancient Veronese and Gelasian Sacramentary. Affectus means “a state or disposition of mind, mood” or “affection” in the sense of “love, desire, fondness” etc. Sedulus, is “busy, diligent, careful”. There is also…