Collect · Dec 18, 2016 · ADVENT, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, WDTPRS
WDTPRS – 4th Sunday of Advent (TLM): Mass is a glimpse of heaven
Vetus Ordo4th Sunday of Advent — Dec 20, 2026, Dec 19, 2027
Excita, quaesumus, Domine, potentiam tuam, et veni: et magna nobis virtute succurre; ut, per auxilium gratiae tuae, quod nostra peccata praepediunt, indulgentia tuae propitiationis acceleret.Fr. Z’s literal rendering
Rouse up Your power, O Lord, we beseech You, and come: and hasten to aid us with your great might, so that, through the help of Your grace, what our sins are hindering the indulgence of Your merciful favor may make swift.
We are drawing close, though because Christmas falls on Sunday we still have a week to go. This prayer was in the ancient Gelasian Sacramentary and other sacramentaries. It survived in edited form in the Novus Ordo on Thursday of the 1st week of Advent.