DIVINUM OFFICIUM Prayer

Collecta

Advent Ember Days - Wed

The Ember Wednesday collect petitions that the coming solemnity of redemption may provide both present assistance and eternal blessings. The dual focus on "praesentis vitae subsidia" (helps for present life) and "aeternae beatitudinis praemia" (rewards of eternal happiness) characterizes Advent's eschatological tension. Ember Days' penitential observance grounds this petition in ascetical practice.

LATINE
Praesta, quaesumus, omnipotens Deus: ut redemptionis nostrae ventura solemnitas, et praesentis nobis vitae subsidia conferat, et aeternae beatitudinis praemia largiatur. Per Dominum.
ENGLISH
Grant, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that the coming solemnity of our redemption may both confer upon us assistance in this present life and bestow upon us the rewards of everlasting happiness. Through our Lord.
NOTA
FONS
Breviarium Romanum (1962)
USUS
Advent Ember Days - Wed
HORA
Lauds
TEMPVS
advent
GENVS
Prayer