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SEPTUAGESIMA.

420

nos Corporis et Sanguinis tui sacra Mysteria venerari, Reclemptionis tuae frucin nobis jugiter sentia-

lit

tum

mus.

1

Concede

nos famulos quaesumus, Domine Deus, perpetua mentis et corporis sanitate gaudere: et gloriosa beatae Mariae semper Virginia intercessione, a praesenti liberari tristitia, tuos,

et seterna perfrui lsetitia.

beseech thee, so to reverence the sacred Mysteries of thy Body and Blood, that in our we may always be souls sensible of the fruit of the Redemption thou hast purchased for us. 1 Grant, O Lord, we beseech thee, that we thy servants may enjoy constant health of body and mind and by the glorious intercession of Blessed Mary, ever a Virgin, be delivered from all present affliction, and

come

to

that joy, which

is

eternal.

Omnipotens Deus, miserere

sempiterne tuo

f amulo

Pontifici nostro N., et dirige

eum, secundum tuam clementiam, in viam salutis seternse

tit,

te donante, tibi

placita cupiat, et tota virtute perficiat.

Deus refugium nostrum et virtus, adesto piis Ecclesiaa tuae precibus, auctor ipse pietatis, et praesta ; ut

quod

fideliter

caciter

petimus,

effi-

consequamur.

O

servant N., our chief Bishop, according direct him, to thy clemency, in the way everlasting salvation of

and

that, by thy grace, he may desire those things that are agreeable to thee, and perform them with all his strength.

O

our refuge and fountain of all goodness, mercifully give ear to the fervent prayers of thy Church, and grant, that what we ask with faith, we

sempiterne Deus, in cujus manu sunt

omnium

potestates, et

om-

nia jura regnorum, respice in auxilium Christianorum ut gentes paganorum et haereticorum, quae in sua feritate et fraude confidunt, dexterae tuae potentia con;

terantur.

God,

strength,

may Omnipotens

Almighty and Eternal have mercy on thy

God,

effectually obtain.

O

Almighty and Eternal God, in whose hand are all the powers and all the rights of kingdoms, come to the assistance

people

of

that

thy all

Christian

pagan

and

heretical nations, who trust in their own violence and craft,

may

be broken by the might

of thy right hand.

1 This Collect varies in Advent, Collects for these times in page 421.

and at Christmas.

See the