Orationes

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

Sunday, February 19, 2006

 

Sexagesima: Collect

Deus qui conspicis quia ex nulla nostra actione confidimus: concede propitius; ut contra adversa omnia, Doctoris gentium protectione muniamur.

"O God, who see that we can have confidence in nothing arising from our own doing, be pleased to grant that, by the protection of the Teacher of the gentiles, we may be defended against all adversities."

Remarks:
*The Mass of Sexagesima was celebrated by the Pope at the Basilica of St Paul Outside the Walls - hence the invocation of the 'Doctor of the Gentiles' in this oration.
*There is a balance between the things we do, and in which we have no confidence, and the protection of St Paul, through which we pray for strength.

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