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Tag Archives: ADVENT
23 December 2011
WDTPRS: Last Days of Advent: 23 December – discerning
Here is the first prayer for the Mass of 23 December, the last full day of Advent before the Vigil of Christmas.
COLLECT:
Omnipotens sempiterne Deus,
nativitatem Filii tui secundum carnem
propinquare cernentes,
quaesumus, ut nobis indignis famulis tuis
misericordiam praestet Verbum,
quod ex Virgine Maria dignatum … Continue reading
22 December 2011
WDTPRS: Last Days of Advent: 22 December – God gazes upon man, fallen into death
We are closing in on our goal. Let’s look at the Collect for 22 December in the 2002MR. The Roman Station today is the Basilica of the Twelve Apostles.
In the last days before Christmas, many of our Collects have been … Continue reading
21 December 2011
WDTPRS: Last Days of Advent: 21 December – “majesty which transforms us”
Here is the Collect for 21 December. Remember, that in the Novus Ordo, the Last Days of Advent, from 17-24 December, shift in focus in the Collects to images of light and glory, moving the listener to attend to the … Continue reading
WDTPRS The O Antiphons: 21 December – O Oriens
LATIN: O Oriens, splendor lucis aeternae, et sol iustitiae: veni, et illumina sedentes in tenebris et umbra mortis.
ENGLISH: O dawn of the east, brightness of light eternal, and sun of justice: … Continue reading
19 December 2011
WDTPRS The O Antiphons: 19 December – root and branch
Here is the O Antiphon for 19 December: O Radix Jesse
Again O Lord is presented a the Liberator.
LATIN: O Radix Jesse, qui stas in signum populorum, super quem continebunt reges os suum, quem gentes deprecabuntur: veni ad liberandum nos, iam … Continue reading
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Tagged ADVENT, Antiphonae Maiores, O Antiphon, O Radix Jesse
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18 December 2011
WDTPRS: Last Days of Advent: 18 December – Liberation Theology
In these final days of Advent preparation, the Church prays with great intensity. It is one of the “greater feria” of Advent, the home stretch, as it were.
Here is today’s
COLLECT (2002MR):
Concede, quaesumus, omnipotens Deus,
ut, qui sub peccati … Continue reading
17 December 2011
WDTPRS: Last Days of Advent: 17 December
We are in the last day of Advent. Observe this period with greater intensity of preparation, remembering especially that Advent is mostly about preparation for the Second Coming of the Lord, even as we rejoice that the Son took up … Continue reading
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Tagged 17 December, ADVENT, WDTPRS
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WDTPRS (AWYS): 4th Sunday of Advent: “many people pit faith against reason”
This Sunday’s Collect is also the Post Communion for the Feast of the Annunciation (25 March) in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite (1962MR). Some of you who recite the Angelus will recognize it.
The Annunciation was the moment of … Continue reading
O!
Today we begin the final days of Advent, which bring with them the beautiful O Antiphons, or “Great Antiphons”.
Years ago I made a page about these antiphons. I have intended for years to update the last couple days.
The … Continue reading
WDTPRS: O Antiphons – 17 December
On December 17th we enter into that final stretch of our Advent preparation. In the Church’s solemn prayer of the hours, at Vespers, the great “O Antiphons” are sung. Today we have … Continue reading
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Tagged ADVENT, Antiphonae Maiores, O Antiphons, O Sapientia
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9 December 2011
WDTPRS 3rd Sunday of Advent – Collect (200MR): the childlike dash towards the long-desired thing
We are coming to the 3rd Sunday of Advent, also nicknamed Gaudete…. the plural imperative of gaudeo, “Rejoice!”. This Sunday there is a relaxation of the penitential aspect of Advent. Yes, Advent is a penitential time, … Continue reading
3 December 2011
WDTPRS 2nd Sunday of Advent (1962MR)
The 1962MR for the 1st Sunday of Advent stressed the Second Coming, and therefore attentive penance. Yet in the Postcommunion last week, the priest brought us back to preparation also for the approaching feast of the Nativity: “May we … Continue reading
1 December 2011
REVIEW: iPhone “Advent App” from Magnificat
I was sent a code for an iPhone/iPad app for Advent developed by the folks who put out the Magnificat liturgical aid. Click HERE for a link to the app. $0.99 in iTunes.
Advent Companion App is a fusion of … Continue reading
28 November 2011
O Magnum Mysterium
For your Advent, pre-Christmas reflection… the text from Matins of Christmas.
Think about this for the next month, in the version by Lauridsen, sung about as well as you might hear it sung.
O magnum mysterium,
et admirabile sacramentum,
ut animalia viderent Dominum natum,
jacentem … Continue reading
27 November 2011
WDTPRS – 1st Sunday of Advent – SUPER OBLATA (2002MR): thresholds
Today’s Ordinary Form Super Oblata prayer, the prayer over the offerings during the Offertory, is found in the ancient Veronese Sacramentary amidst prayers for the month of July.
SUPER OBLATA – (2002MR):
Suscipe, quaesumus, Domine, munera
quae de tuis offerimus collata beneficiis,
et, quod … Continue reading

























