What is the source of this prayer?

This prayer comes from Breviarium Romanum (1962), the official liturgical book of the 1962 Roman Rite (Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite).

When is this prayer used?

This prayer is used during Lent at Vespers in the traditional Divine Office.

DIVINUM OFFICIUM Collect

Collecta (ad Vesperas)

Feria IV Quatuor Temporum Quadragesimae - Lent Ember Wednesday Vespers Collect

This Vespers collect for Lenten Ember Wednesday asks God to 'illumine our minds with the light of thy brightness, that we may see what things we ought to do and have strength to carry out such things as are rightful.' The collect connects illumination to action, presenting Lenten conversion as both intellectual enlightenment and moral transformation.

LATINE

Mentes nostras, quaesumus, Domine, lumine tuae claritatis illustra: ut videre possimus quae agenda sunt; et, quae recta sunt, agere valeamus. Per Dominum.

ENGLISH

We beseech thee, O Lord, illumine our minds with the light of thy brightness, that we may be able to see what things we ought to do and have strength to carry out such things as are rightful. Through our Lord.

NOTA

FONS

Breviarium Romanum (1962)

USUS

Feria IV Quatuor Temporum Quadragesimae - Lent Ember Wednesday Vespers Collect

HORA

Vespers

TEMPVS

lent

GENVS

Collect

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