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Seven Sorrows of BVM - Collect (Sep 15)

The collect petitions God 'in cujus passione, secundum Simeonis prophetiam, dulcissimam animam gloriosae Virginis et Matris Mariae doloris gladius pertransivit' (in whose Passion, according to Simeon's prophecy, a sword of grief pierced the most sweet soul of the glorious Virgin and Mother Mary). The theological precision is notable: Mary's soul is 'dulcissima' (most sweet), yet pierced by 'doloris gladius' (sword of grief) - sweetness and sorrow coexist. The petition asks that 'passionis tuae effectum felicem consequamur' (we may obtain the happy effect of thy Passion), connecting Marian compassion to redemptive fruit.

LATINE
Deus, in cujus passione, secundum Simeonis prophetiam, dulcissimam animam gloriosae Virginis et Matris Mariae doloris gladius pertransivit: concede propitius; ut, qui transfixionem ejus et passionem venerando recolimus, gloriosis meritis et precibus omnium Sanctorum cruci fideliter astantium intercedentibus, passionis tuae effectum felicem consequamur. Qui vivis.
ENGLISH
O God, in whose Passion, according to the prophecy of Simeon, a sword of grief pierced through the most sweet soul of the glorious Virgin and Mother Mary: mercifully grant that we who devoutly call to mind her piercing and suffering, may obtain the blessed effect of thy Passion. Who livest.
NOTA
FONS
Breviarium Romanum (1962)
USUS
Seven Sorrows of BVM - Collect (Sep 15)
HORA
Lauds
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