Collect · May 8, 2016 · Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, WDTPRS
WDTPRS – Ascension COLLECT (1962MR): The hope that informs our trials in this life
Vetus OrdoAscension of Our Lord — May 6, 2027, May 25, 2028
Concede, quaesumus, omnipotens Deus: ut, qui hodierna die Unigenitum tuum Redemptorem nostrum ad caelos ascendisse credimus; ipsi quoque mente in caelestibus habitemus.Fr. Z’s literal rendering
Grant, we beseech You, Almighty God, that we, who believe Your Only Begotten Son our Redeemer to have ascended on this day to heaven, may ourselves also dwell in mind amongst heavenly things.
We Catholics know that what was not assumed, was not redeemed (St. Gregory of Nazianzus). Our humanity, body and soul, was taken by the Son into an unbreakable bond with His divinity. When Christ rose from the tomb, our humanity rose in Him. When He ascended to heaven, so also did we. In Christ our humanity now sits at the…