Collect · Dec 24, 2016 · Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, WDTPRS
WDTPRS – 24 December – Novus Ordo: The consolations of Thy Coming
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Festina, quaesumus, ne tardaveris, Domine Iesu, ut adventus tui consolationibus subleventur, qui in tua pietate confidunt.Fr. Z’s literal rendering
Hurry, we beseech Thee, O Lord Jesus, and tarry not, that those who rely upon Thy mercy may be sustained by the consolations of Thy Coming.
The Collect for today’s Mass in the Novus Ordo, the last of Advent, stares at the very threshold of the humble place where the Lord was born. The tardaveris form is a perfect subjunctive as a kind of imperative. Remember that adventus here is a genitive with tui. Pietas, when it refers to man has to do with “duty”, but…