DIVINUM OFFICIUM Collect

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Advent I - Sunday Collect

Advent I's collect employs the classic formula "Excita potentiam tuam et veni" (Stir up Thy power and come). The petition for rescue from threatening dangers of sin and deliverance to salvation establishes Advent's spiritual warfare framework. This collect introduces the entire season's theme of divine intervention.

LATINE
Excita, quaesumus, Domine, potentiam tuam, et veni: ut ab imminentibus peccatorum nostrorum periculis, te mereamur protegente eripi, te liberante salvari: Qui vivis.
ENGLISH
Lord, we beseech thee, stir up thy power, and come; that by thy protection we may deserve to be rescued from the threatening dangers of our sins, and to be saved by thy deliverance. Who livest.
NOTA
FONS
Breviarium Romanum (1962)
USUS
Advent I - Sunday Collect
HORA
Lauds
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