Saturday, November 29, 2008

Dominicam I Adventus: "Rorate caeli, desuper...

...et nubes pluant justum.
Aperiatur terra, et germinet Salvatorem."

-- Antiphona Dominicam I Adventus.













Oremus
Excita, quaesumus Domine, potentiam tuam, et veni: ut ab imminentibus peccatorum nostrorum periculis, te mereamur protegente eripi, te liberante salvari:
Per Dominum ...

Let us pray
Stir up, O Lord, we pray thee, thy strength, and come among us, that whereas through our sins and wickedness we do justly apprehend thy wrathful judgments hanging over us, thy bountiful grace and mercy may speedily help and deliver us;
Through our Lord Jesus Christ...

Meeting Christ in the Liturgy offers a reflection for Dominicam I Adventus.