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WDTPRS 32nd Ordinary Sunday – as lightly burdened foot soldiers on an urgent mission
We look today at the Collect for the 32nd Ordinary Sunday, Veterans Day 2012, which, having an antecedent in the Gelasian Sacramentary, is also used in the Extraordinary Form on the 19th Sunday after Pentecost.
Omnipotens et misericors Deus, universa nobis … Continue reading
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Our Catholic Identity, WDTPRS
Tagged Church Militant, expediti
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QUAERITUR: Why He “rose again” in the Creed when we know Christ only rose once?
For some reason I have received questions similar to this one several times, so I will drill into the matter anew… again… um…
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Why do we say “rose again” in the Creed when Christ only rose from death once.
In … Continue reading
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, WDTPRS
Tagged "rose again", Creed, Nicene Creed, resurgo, resurrexit
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Transgendered Scripture readings
Liturgiam authenticam is in force. We have receive a revision of the euchological formulae for Holy Mass in the Novus Ordo. What about the lectionary? Does anyone think the Lectionary needs some work?
An irritated priest friend … Continue reading
WDTPRS 30th Ordinary Sunday: In His will is our peace.
Let’s look at the Collect for the 30th Ordinary Sunday, a prayer also in the 1962 Missale Romanum for the 13th Sunday after Pentecost. It was in the ancient Veronese and the Gelasian Sacramentary.
Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, da nobis fidei spei … Continue reading
WDTPRS 29th Ordinary Sunday: “bear with me” – glory and pregnancy
The Collect for the 29th Ordinary Sunday is found the ancient Gelasian Sacramentary among the prayers for the 5th Sunday after Easter. Those of you who participate in celebrations of Holy Mass according to the 1962 Missale Romanum will hear … Continue reading
Posted in WDTPRS
Tagged doxa, Exodus 34, gero, gloria, kabod, Madonna del parto, maiestas, Monterchi, Piero della Francesca, shekhinah
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WDTPRS 27th Ordinary Sunday: soap was made from ashes
With a minor variation this week’s Collect, for the 27th Ordinary Sunday, was in the ancient Gelasian Sacramentary and in the post-Tridentine editions of the Missale Romanum for the 11th Sunday after Pentecost.
Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, qui abundantia pietatis tuae et … Continue reading
WDTPRS 18th Sunday after Pentecost – Sometimes correction hurts.
The Collect for Sunday Mass this week in the Extraordinary Form wound up in the Ordinary Form Missale Romanum as the Collect for Saturday in the 4th Week of Lent. Go figure. It had an ancient source in the Gelasian … Continue reading
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WDTPRS 25th Ordinary Sunday: Do you have unfinished business?
This week’s Collect, for the 25th Ordinary Sunday, was introduced into the Missale Romanum with the Novus Ordo but it is influenced by a prayer in the ancient Veronese Sacramentary.
Deus, qui sacrae legis omnia constituta in tua et proximi dilectione posuisti, … Continue reading
WDTPRS: 24th Ordinary Sunday – Does it make any difference pray?
The Collect for the 24th Ordinary Sunday was not in pre-Conciliar editions of the Roman Missal but it has an antecedent in the ancient Veronese Sacramentary amongst the prayers used during September.
Respice nos, rerum omnium Deus creator et rector, et, … Continue reading
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Our Catholic Identity, WDTPRS
Tagged impetration, prayer, propitiation
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WDTPRS 22nd Ordinary Sunday: graft into our hearts the love of Your Name
With small differences our Collect for the 22nd Ordinary Sunday is based on a prayer in the 8th century Gelasian Sacramentary and, subsequently, one in the 1962 Roman Missal for the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost.
Deus virtutum, cuius est totum quod … Continue reading
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, WDTPRS
Tagged CCC 2084, Deus virtutum, Holy Name, insero, LA 51, optimum, values, virtue
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