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COLLECT Tuesday in the 1st Week of Lent – “mortify” yes, “torment” no.

COLLECT (Usus Recentior)
Respice, Domine, familiam tuam, et praesta,
ut apud te mens nostra tuo desiderio fulgeat,
quae se corporalium moderatione castigat.

Today’s prayer was in the 1962 Missale Romanum and, long before that, in the so-called ancient “Gregorian Sacramentary“.  This has been “adapted” … Continue reading

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