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Category Archives: WDTPRS
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
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, WDTPRS
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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WDTPRS – Vigil of Pentecost (1962MR): from gerbils to lions
Can you believe that today is already the Vigil of Pentecost? COLLECT (1962MR): Praesta, quaesumus, omnipotens Deus: ut claritatis tuae super nos splendor effulgeat; et lux tuae lucis corda eorum, qui per gratiam tuam renati sunt, Sancti Spiritus illustratione confirmet. Splendor … Read More
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Tagged claritas, gerbils, illustratio, splendor, vigil, Vigil of Pentecost
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WDTPRS: Ascension Thursday: That hope informs our trials
Tonight at 6:30 PM at St. Mary’s in Pine Bluff we will have a Solemn Mass for the Feast of the Ascension of the Lord… because it is Ascension THURSDAY… today. A priest friend wrote this morning: “Today we have … Read More
WDTPRS – 4th Sunday after Easter (1962MR): The smoke of Satan
The Collect for the 4th Sunday after Easter, in the traditional Roman calendar, is the same as the Collect for the 21st Ordinary Sunday in the post-Conciliar calendar. Or… the other way around! Let’s look at the structure. Deus, qui … Read More
WDTPRS – Spy Wednesday, the last Collect of Lent
The term “Spy” Wednesday is probably an allusion to Christ’s betrayal by Judas. This prayer was the Collect for this same day in the 1962 Missale Romanum. It was also in the ancient Gregorian Sacramentary in both the Hadrianum and … Read More
WDTPRS – 4th Sunday of Lent- Laetare: Prompt devotion, eager faith – PHOTOS
The nickname Laetare originated from the first word of the Introit chant for Sunday’s Mass, “Rejoice!” On Laetare Sunday there is a slight relaxation of Lent’s penitential spirit, because we have a glimpse of the joy that is coming at Easter, … Read More
Posted in LENT, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, WDTPRS
Tagged devotio, hic et nunc, Louis Bourdaloue, rosacea, rose
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WDTPRS – 8th Ordinary Sunday: The “Barque of Peter” on turbulent seas
Let us has a swift look at the Collect for the upcoming 8th Sunday of Ordinary Time. This formulary doesn’t present itself each year because of the vagaries of the Moon. This year, in the Ordinary Form, there are more … Read More
Fr. John Zuhlsdorf on Tickets to attend the Beatification of Archbp. Fulton Sheen in St. Louis, 24 Sept: “First, it is NOT in a church. Also, do you suppose that use of the stadium is without expense? You…”
