Category Archives: LENT

WDTPRS Friday in the 4th Week of Lent

Posted on 8 April 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

COLLECT
Deus, qui fragilitati nostrae congrua subsidia praeparasti,
concede, quaesumus, ut suae reparationis effectum
et cum exsultatione suscipiat,
et pia conversatione recenseat.
This prayer today was not in the pre-Concilar Missale Romanum.
It also has me scratching my head. Once I looked up all the … Continue reading →

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LENTCAzT 31: Friday of the 4th Week of Lent

Posted on 8 April 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

These 5 minute daily podcasts for Lent are intended to give you a small boost every day, a little encouragement in your own use of this holy season.
Today is the Friday of the 4th Week of Lent. … Continue reading →

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WDTPRS Wednesday 4th Week of a Lent: “He crowns His own merits in us”

Posted on 6 April 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

COLLECT (2002MR):
Deus, qui et iustis praemia meritorum
et peccatoribus veniam per paenitentiam praebes,
tuis supplicibus miserere,
ut reatus nostri confessio
indulgentiam valeat percipere delictorum.

In the Gelasianum Vetus for Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Lent we find “Omnipotens sempiterne deus, qui et iustis praemia … Continue reading →

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QUAERITUR: How early can the Easter Vigil 2011 begin?

Posted on 4 April 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Here is an oldie but goodie. Updated for 2011.
From a reader:
There is a parish in our diocese that is advertising (in the bulletin and even in the diocesan paper) a 4:00 p.m. Easter Vigil. Are there ANY circumstances … Continue reading →

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WDTPRS – Laetare Sunday (2002MR)

Posted on 2 April 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

The nickname Laetare originated from the first word of the Introit chant for the today’s Mass, “Rejoice!”
On Laetare Sunday there is a slight relaxation of Lent’s penitential spirit, because today we have a glimpse of the joy that is coming … Continue reading →

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WDTPRS Wednesday 3rd Week of Lent: a polishing not a torture

Posted on 30 March 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

COLLECT
Praesta, quaesumus, Domine,
ut, per quadragesimalem observantiam eruditi
et tuo verbo nutriti,
sancta continentia tibi simus toto corde devoti,
et in oratione tua semper efficiamur concordes.

A bit strange in its style, no? Well, this is of new composition for the Novus Ordo. … Continue reading →

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WDTPRS Thursday in the 2nd Week of Lent (2002MR) – steadfastness and the human heart

Posted on 24 March 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

In the older, pre-conciliar Missal, today’s Collect was used on Wednesday of the 2nd Week of Lent as an Oratio super populum or “Prayer over the people” which followed the Post Communions of the Mass. As such, … Continue reading →

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WDTPRS: Tuesday in the 2nd Week of Lent

Posted on 22 March 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

COLLECT (2002MR):
Custodi, Domine, quaesumus,
Ecclesiam tuam propitiatione perpetua,
et quia sine te labitur humana mortalitas,
tuis semper auxiliis et abstrahatur a noxis,
et ad salutaria dirigatur.

Propitiatio in its fundamental meaning meanings and “an appeasing, atonement, propitiation”. The dictionary of liturgical Latin Blaise … Continue reading →

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WDTPRS Monday in the 2nd Week of Lent

Posted on 21 March 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Today’s prayer, quite ancient and designated the Gelasian Sacramentary for the early Roman Church’s use on Tuesday of the 2nd Week of Lent, was once arranged a bit different, but it was the same prayer. It was not in … Continue reading →

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WDTPRS Friday of the 1st Week of Lent (2002MR)

Posted on 18 March 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

In the ancient Gelasian Sacramentary today’s Collect was used on the Friday after Quinquagesima. I assume it was dragged into Lent because of the themes present in the vocabulary.
However, the redactors of the Novus Ordo made a substitution. … Continue reading →

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