Collect · Feb 17, 2010 · WDTPRS
WDTPRS: Ash Wednesday (2002MR)
Novus OrdoAsh Wednesday — Feb 10, 2027, Mar 1, 2028
Concede nobis, Domine, praesidia militiae christianae sanctis inchoare ieiuniis, ut, contra spiritales nequitias pugnaturi, continentiae muniamur auxiliis.Fr. Z’s literal rendering
Grant us, O Lord, to commence the defenses of the Christian field campaign by means of holy fasts, so that, we who are about to do battle against spiritual negligences, may be fortified by the support of continence.
The Roman Station for Ash Wednesday is Santa Sabina on the Aventine Hill. The Collect in the 2002 Missale Romanum, is an ancient prayer found in the Gelasian Sacramentary for the Vigil of Pentecost. It is also among the prayers for the 4th day of the 4th month, which more than likely involved the traditional fast of the fourth month…