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Feria III Hebdomadae Sanctae - Holy Tuesday Vespers Collect

This Vespers collect for Holy Tuesday asks that God's mercy may 'cleanse us from all infection of our old nature and enable us to be formed anew unto holiness.' The Latin 'vetustas' (old nature) contrasts with 'sancta novitas' (holy newness). The Passion effects not merely forgiveness but transformation, making all things new.

LATINE
Tua nos misericordia, Deus, et ab omni subreptione vetustatis expurget: et capaces sanctae novitatis efficiat. Per Dominum.
ENGLISH
May thy mercy, O God, cleanse us from all infection of our old nature, and enable us to be formed anew unto holiness. Through our Lord.
NOTA
FONS
Breviarium Romanum (1962)
USUS
Feria III Hebdomadae Sanctae - Holy Tuesday Vespers Collect
HORA
Vespers
TEMPVS
passiontide
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