Collect · Feb 3, 2017 · Hard-Identity Catholicism, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, WDTPRS
WDTPRS – 5th Ordinary Sunday: A clear and certain trumpet
Novus Ordo5th Sunday of Ordinary Time — Feb 7, 2027, Feb 6, 2028
Familiam tuam, quaesumus, Domine, continua pietate custodi, ut, quae in sola spe gratiae caelestis innititur, tua semper protectione muniatur.Fr. Z’s literal rendering
Guard Your family, we beseech You, O Lord, with continual mercy, so that that (family) which is propping itself up upon the sole hope of heavenly grace may always be defended by Your protection.
This Sunday’s Collect is in the pre-Conciliar Missal for the 5th Sunday after Epiphany. Our prayer presents imagery of a family and, on the other hand, a group of dutiful soldiers. Custodio, common in military contexts, means “to watch, protect, defend.” Innitor, also with military overtones, means “to lean or rest upon, to support one’s self by any thing.” Caesar…