Orationes

A blog devoted to the collects of the Latin liturgy, classical and more recent.

Saturday, January 21, 2006

 

Third Sunday of the Year: Collect

Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, dirige actus nostros in beneplacito tuo, ut in nomine dilecti Filii tui mereamur bonis operibus abundare.

"Almighty, eternal God, direct our actions in your good pleasure, that in the name of your beloved Son we may merit to abound in good works."

Remarks
*Dirige...in beneplacito tuo may be taken either as "direct them so that they may be pleasing to you", or as "be pleased to direct them".
*There seems to be a reference to Matt 3:17: Hic est Filius meus dilectus in quo mihi complacui. As Jesus is the one in whom the Father is well pleased, we pray that in his name our actions also may be pleasing to God.
*Note the implicit theology of grace. We wish to abound in good works, but it is only if God directs our actions (prevenient grace) that we shall be worthy so to abound.

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