DIVINUM OFFICIUM Prayer

Collecta

Advent Ember Days - Fri

"Excita potentiam tuam et veni" (Stir up thy power and come) begins this Ember Friday collect, the classic Advent formula. The prayer for swift liberation from adversity for those trusting in divine goodness (pietas) emphasizes Advent's character as rescue operation. The urgency of "citius" (sooner/more swiftly) expresses longing intensified by fasting.

LATINE
Excita, quaesumus, Domine, potentiam tuam, et veni: ut hi, qui in tua pietate confidunt, ab omni citius adversitate liberentur: Qui vivis.
ENGLISH
Rouse, we beseech thee, O Lord, thy power and come: that they who trust in thy goodness may be the sooner freed from all adversity. Who livest.
NOTA
FONS
Breviarium Romanum (1962)
USUS
Advent Ember Days - Fri
HORA
Lauds
TEMPVS
advent
GENVS
Prayer