What Does The Prayer Really Say?
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THERE IS AN UPDATE TO THE TEXT OF THE HYMN HERE.

A friend sent me this and it just wouldn’t be fair not to share, with my translation:

Hymnus proelii pro Missa Tridentina 1. Resurrecta ex ruina Versus tabernaculum Spiret Missa Tridentina Ad firmandum populum. REFRAIN: Lupos ovium in pelle Vincimus Rosario. Mediatrix, Co-Redemptrix, Virgo Dei Genitrix, Tu adjuva nos! Tu adjuva nos! 2. Sancte Pater, pastor Sancti, Sacrum duc Imperium! Gregi da desideranti Sacrum ritum veterum! REFRAIN 3. Re divina celebrata Ori nostro sacerdos Corpus ex Immaculata Det cum eo jungens nos! REFRAIN

Battle Hymn for the Tridentine Mass 1. Risen from the ruin toward the tabernacle let the Tridentine Mass breathe in order to strengthen the people. REFRAIN: We will with the Rosary defeat the wolves in sheep’s clothing Mediatrix, Coredemptrix, Virgin Mother of God. Help us! Help us! 2. Holy Father, shepherd of the Holy One Lead the Sacred Empire! Give to the flock desiring it the sacred rite of the ancients! REFRAIN 3. Once the divine matter has been celebrated let the priest put the Body from the Immaculate One into our mouth joining us with Him. REFRAIN

 

Just a bit of fun, no? I should add a little disclaimer about Mary as Co-redemptrix, however. So far this is not an official teaching of the Church. But it fits the meter.

I’ll give extra credit to those who can talk about the meter and any other verses similar to this.

I don’t recall where, but someone asked me for the citation of St. Augustine of Hippo (+430) who said that he would not accept the Scriptures were it not for the backing of the Catholic Church.   Here it is:

ego uero euangelio non crederem, nisi me catholicae ecclesiae conmoueret auctoritas. ... But I would not believe in the Gospel, except that the authority of the Catholic Church moved me to do so.

This is from Contra epistulam Manichaei quam uocant fundamenti liber unus 5.6  (abbreviated as c. ep. Man. 5,6)

I picked up form Orthometer this YouTube of one of the funniest things WDTPRS has ever seen on the silver screen.