Daily Archives: 3 July 2011

Help from readers for a WDTPRS question.

Posted on 3 July 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From a reader:
I have been tasked with writing an essay about the new translation for our parish’s “glossy.” I would like to incorporate an example of the change in the prayers (collects) to show how the old and new differ.
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WDTPRS 14th Sunday of Ordinary Time – raising from the dust a fallen world

Posted on 3 July 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

COLLECT – (2002MR):
Deus, qui Filii tui humilitate iacentem mundum erexisti,
fidelibus tuis sanctam concede laetitiam,
ut, quos eripuisti a servitute peccati,
gaudiis facias perfrui sempiternis.

Centuries before St. Pius V’s 1570MR and subsequent 1962MR of Bl. John XXIII the ancient Gelasian Sacramentary indicates an … Continue reading →

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WDTPRS – 3rd Sunday of Pentecost: the dangers of worldly things

Posted on 3 July 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

In the older, traditional calendar of the Roman Rite, today is the 3rd Sunday after Pentecost.
Let’s have a look at the
COLLECT: (1962 Missale Romanum):
Protector in te sperantium, Deus,
sine quo nihil est validum, nihil sanctum:
multiplica super nos misericordiam tuam;
ut, te rectore, … Continue reading →

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