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Collecta - Feria IV Paschae

Feria IV infra Octavam Paschae (Easter Wednesday) - Collecta propria

The collect for Easter Wednesday, asking that the temporal celebration of the Lord's Resurrection lead to eternal joys. The prayer distinguishes temporal feasts (temporalia festa) from eternal joys (gaudia sempiterna), affirming that liturgical celebration anticipates heavenly worship.

LATINE
Deus, qui nos resurrectionis Dominicae annua solemnitate laetificas: concede propitius; ut per temporalia festa quae agimus, pervenire ad gaudia aeterna mereamur. Per eumdem Dominum.
ENGLISH
O God, who gladden us with the annual solemnity of the Lord's Resurrection, mercifully grant that by celebrating these temporal feasts, we may become worthy to attain eternal joys. Through the same.
NOTA
FONS
Breviarium Romanum (1962)
USUS
Feria IV infra Octavam Paschae (Easter Wednesday) - Collecta propria
HORA
Lauds
TEMPVS
paschal
GENVS
Prayer