Here is the Collect for Wednesday of the 2nd Week of Advent.
COLLECT:
Omnipotens Deus, qui nos praecipis
iter Christo Domino praeparare,
concede propitius, ut nullis infirmitatibus fatigemur,
qui caelestis medici consolantem praesentiam sustinemus.
This prayer is ancient, from Rotulus 6 published together with the Veronese Sacramentary.
Notice the image of Christ as medicus, physician.
English translation?
I think maybe some of you might take a crack at it today.
Coat of Arms by D Burkart
on ASK FATHER: Kissing the priest’s hand in the Latin Mass v. the liturgical spirit of Judas. Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “Thank you Fr Z. Then there’s the scene of Pope Francis violently ripping his hand away from the faithful attempting…”
on ASK FATHER: Kissing the priest’s hand in the Latin Mass v. the liturgical spirit of Judas. Wherein Fr. Z rants.: ““That’s just a remanent of an imperial court…” Sold! I’ll take a double order, please!”
on ASK FATHER: Kissing the priest’s hand in the Latin Mass v. the liturgical spirit of Judas. Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “Beautiful post Fr.The poem is wonderful.I am 71 yrs of age and i thank God for the Latin Mass.You write…”
on ASK FATHER: Kissing the priest’s hand in the Latin Mass v. the liturgical spirit of Judas. Wherein Fr. Z rants.: ““Liberals accuse traditionalists of clinging to the useless bowing and scraping of ancient court practices. They won’t kneel! No! They’ve…”
on ASK FATHER: Kissing the priest’s hand in the Latin Mass v. the liturgical spirit of Judas. Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “When you got to “Sounds like a ritual to me,” it reminded me of the wonderful book by Thomas Edward…”
on ROME 24/4– Day 28: bad news and good news: “I agree with the above sentiments, given that our government seems hell-bent (literally) on starting a war with Russia over…”
on ROME 24/4– Day 28: bad news and good news: “Fr Z I agree with MaternalView above. The world situation is shaky and a trip to Poland… next to Ukraine…”
on ROME 24/4– Day 28: bad news and good news: “I‘ll assume black goes „upward“ and down left is h8. 1. f5+ forcing gf6 (xf5 e. p.) 2. h5+ forcing…”
on Faith practice declining far and wide…. except…: “Lori announced massive parish closings, along with the suppression of the Latin Mass in diocese. Sure suicide by cutting off…”
on ROME 24/4– Day 28: bad news and good news: “I think people have lost confidence in all manner of things, airplane manufacturers, airlines, FAA, government agencies who are supposed…”
on Wednesday after the 2nd Sunday after Easter – traditional Solemnity of ST. JOSEPH! – Terror of demons, Protector of Holy Church!: “Aw, dear St. Joseph. I love him so much. I was blessed to go to a mass of this feast…”
on ROME 24/4– Day 28: bad news and good news: “1. . . . . .. . . . . . . h7-h5+ 2. g5-h6(×h5) . f7-f5+ 3. K-g5 .…”
on Faith practice declining far and wide…. except…: “Dear Masked Chicken, thank you for pointing me to your post of 22 March, which which I largely agree. My…”
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since Sat., 25 Nov. 2006:
Almighty God, who commands us to prepare the way for Christ the Lord,
be Thou disposed to grant that we who endure the present life
by the consolation of the divine physician,
might be wearied by no weaknesses.
(sorry, “by the consolation” is a stretch for an accusative) best on short notice.
Almighty God, who commands us to prepare the way for Christ the Lord, propitiously grant us that we may be wearied by no weaknesses, who preserve the consoling presence of the heavenly Physician.
I am not quite happy with sustinere=preserve. I think sustinere here conveys several nuances, which it is all but impossible to translate, especially for one who is not a native English speaker.
“we who preserve the consoling presence” I like that better. I was thinking for something too complex.
Almighty God, who commands us to prepare the way for Christ the Lord: graciously grant that we, who rely on the present solace of the heavenly physician, may be wearied by no weakness.
Sustinemus could also mean “we await” (Acts 20.5), but that seems to clash with praesentiam. I think the sense is of “running the race”, “enduring to the end” (cf. I Cor 4.12, maledicti benedicimus, persecutionem passi sustinemus, “when reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we endure”).
I came up with a crufty version first, and then looked at the previous entries to adjust mine:
Almighty God, who commands us
to prepare the way for Christ the Lord,
graciously grant that no weakness may tire us,
who are sustained by the present consolation of the Heavenly Physician.
That’s my “literal” translation.
I don’t mean to criticize, but is there a special reason why everyone is making an adjective of “præsentiam” and a noun of “consolantem”?
Almighty God, who teaches us
to make ready a way for Christ our Lord
grant we beseech, that we may not tire from any weakness,
as we uphold the consoling presence of the heavenly physician.