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WDTPRS The O Antiphons: 19 December – O Radix Iesse
Here is the O Antiphon for 19 December: O Radix Iesse Again Our Lord is presented as the Liberator. LATIN: O Radix Iesse, qui stas in signum populorum, super quem continebunt reges os suum, quem gentes deprecabuntur: veni ad liberandum … Read More
WDTPRS: O Antiphons – 18 December – O Adonai
The O Antiphons: 18 December – O Adonai LATIN: O Adonai, et Dux domus Israel, qui Moysi in igne flammae rubi apparuisti, et ei in Sina legem dedisti: veni ad redimendum nos in brachio extento. ENGLISH: O Lord and Ruler … Read More
St. Lucy and Advent Ember Week
13 December was the darkest day – with the least sunlight – of the old Julian calendar. Today in the Gregorian calendar is the feast of St. Lucy, whose name from the Latin lux, for “light”, reminds us who dwell in … Read More
WDTPRS – 3rd Sunday of Advent: The childlike dash
We are coming to the 3rd Sunday of Advent, also nicknamed Gaudete…. the plural imperative of gaudeo, “Rejoice!”, the first word of the Introit chant. This Sunday there is a relaxation of the penitential aspect of Advent, just Laetare Sunday does … Read More
Posted in ADVENT, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, WDTPRS
Tagged ADVENT, Gaudete Sunday
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21 Nov: Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. With a prayer of my own.
Today is the Feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary’s Presentation in the Temple. The Collect for the Mass in the traditional form: Deus, qui beátam Maríam semper Vírginem, Spíritus Sancti habitáculum, hodiérna die in templo praesentári voluísti: praesta, quaésumus; ut, … Read More
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Our Solitary Boast, WDTPRS
Tagged Presentation of the BVM
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WDTPRS – 23rd Ordinary Sunday: Submission, manumission, filiation
The Collect for the 23rd Ordinary Sunday – this Sunday – was not in any pre-Conciliar edition of the Roman Missal, but it was in the 8th century Gelasian Sacramentary in a section for evening prayers during Paschaltide. You have … Read More
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Tagged adoption
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WDTPRS – 20th Ordinary Sunday: Live in love to have later Love Himself
The Collect for the 20th Ordinary Sunday, found also in the 8th century Gelasian Sacramentary, is in the 1962 Missale Romanum for the 5th Sunday after Pentecost. Deus, qui diligentibus te bona invisibilia praeparasti, infunde cordibus nostris tui amoris affectum, … Read More
WDTPRS – 15th Ordinary Sunday: Too far right or too far left, we wind up in the ditch in the dark
This week, the 15th Ordinary Sunday in the Novus Ordo calendar, we have a good example of the dramatic difference between the old, Obsolete ICEL version we suffered with for decades, and the Latin with the Current ICEL version. The Collect … Read More
ASK FATHER: Should I pray my Rosary in Latin?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: If one knows the Our Father, Hail Mary & Glory Be in Latin, but one’s mind can’t translate the words directly as one prays them, is it OK to pray the rosary this way or should … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box, WDTPRS
Tagged Holy Rosary, Latin, translation
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Lively on Pentecost Thursday: No Joy in Mudville: “Tom Petty”
