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Feria IV Quatuor Temporum Quadragesimae - Lent Ember Wednesday Collect

This collect for Lenten Ember Wednesday petitions for the 'right hand of thy Majesty' to be 'stretched forth against all things opposed to us.' The Ember Days are ancient quarterly fasts traditionally associated with ordinations and seasonal prayer. The collect's militant imagery presents Lenten discipline as spiritual warfare against the enemies of salvation.

LATINE
Preces nostras, quaesumus, Domine, clementer exaudi: et contra cuncta nobis adversantia dexteram tuae majestatis extende. Per Dominum.
ENGLISH
Mercifully hear our prayers, we beseech thee, O Lord; and stretch forth the right hand of thy Majesty against all things opposed to us. Through our Lord.
NOTA
FONS
Breviarium Romanum (1962)
USUS
Feria IV Quatuor Temporum Quadragesimae - Lent Ember Wednesday Collect
HORA
Lauds
TEMPVS
lent
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