Offertory Prayer

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(Usus Antiquior) Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, Feast of St. Bartholomew the Apostle (Double II Classis) – Sunday, 24 August 2014 : Offertory Prayer, Secret Prayer of the Priest, Communion and Postcommunion Prayer

Offertory Prayer

Exaltabo Te, Domine, quoniam suscepisti me, nec delectasti inimicos meos super me : Domine, clamavi ad Te, et sanasti me.

English translation

I will extol You, o Lord, for You had upheld me, and You had not made my enemies to rejoice over me. O Lord, I have cried to You, and You have healed me.

Secret Prayer of the Priest

Respice, Domine, quaesumus, nostram propitius servitutem : ut, quod offerimus, sit tibi munus acceptum, et sit nostrae fragilitatis subsidium. Per Dominum…

English translation

Look with mercy, we beseech You, o Lord, upon our homage, that the gift we offer may be accepted by You and be the support of our frailty. Through our Lord…

Communion

Honora Dominum de tua substantia, et de primitiis frugum tuarum : et implebuntur horrea tua saturitate, et vino torcularia redundabunt.

English translation

Honour the Lord with your substance, and with the first of all your fruits. And your barns shall be filled with abundance, and your presses shall run over with wine.

Postcommunion Prayer

Sentiamus, quaesumus, Domine, tui perceptione sacramenti, subsidium mentis et corporis : ut, in utroque salvati, caelestis remedii plenitudine gloriemur. Per Dominum…

English translation

By receiving Your sacrament, we beseech You, o Lord, that we may experience help in soul and body, that, being saved in both, we may glory in the fullness of our heavenly remedy. Through our Lord…

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(Usus Antiquior) Tenth Sunday after Pentecost (II Classis) – Sunday, 17 August 2014 : Offertory Prayer, Secret Prayer of the Priest, Communion and Postcommunion Prayer

Offertory Prayer

Ad Te, Domine, levavi animam meam : Deus meus, in Te confido, non erubescam : neque irrideant me inimici mei : etenim universi, qui Te exspectant, non confundentur.

English translation

To You, o Lord, I have lifted up my soul. In You, o my God, I put my trust, let me not be ashamed and neither let my enemies laugh at me. For none of them that wait on You shall be confounded.

Secret Prayer of the Priest

Tibi, Domine, sacrificia dicata reddantur : quae sic ad honorem Nominis Tui deferenda tribuisti, ut eadem remedia fieri nostra praestares. Per Dominum…

English translation

Let the sacrifices dedicated to You, o Lord, be rendered back, since You had given them to be presented for the honour of Your Name, so that in them You might afford us a remedy for all of our ills. Through our Lord…

Communion

Acceptabis sacrificium justitiae, oblationes et holocausta, super altare Tuum, Domine.

English translation

You would accept the sacrifice of justice, oblations and holocausts upon Your altar, o Lord.

Postcommunion Prayer

Quaesumus, Domine, Deus noster : ut, quos divinis reparare non desinis sacramentis, Tuis non destituas benignus auxiliis. Per Dominum…

English translation

O Lord, our God, we pray that in Your loving kindness, You would not deprive of Your assistance, those whom You ceased not to restore with the divine sacraments. Through our Lord…

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(Usus Antiquior) Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (I Classis) – Friday, 15 August 2014 : Offertory Prayer, Secret Prayer of the Priest, Communion and Postcommunion Prayer

Offertory Prayer

Inimicitias ponam inter te et Mulierem, et semen tuum et Semen illius.

English translation

I will put enmities between you and the Woman, and between your seed and her Seed.

Secret Prayer of the Priest

Ascendat ad Te, Domine, nostrae devotionis oblatio, et, beatissima Virgine Maria in caelum assumpta intercedente, corda nostra, caritatis igne succensa, ad Te jugiter adspirent. Per Dominum…

English translation

May the offering of our devotion ascend to You, o Lord, and through the intercession of the most Blessed Virgin Mary, who was taken up into heaven, may our hearts be inflamed with the fire of love, and continually long for You. Through our Lord…

Communion

Beatam me dicent omnes generationes, quia fecit mihi magna qui potens est.

English translation

All generations shall call me blessed, because He who is mighty had done great things to me.

Postcommunion Prayer

Sumptis, Domine, salutaribus sacramentis : da, quaesumus; ut, meritis et intercessione beatae Virginis Mariae in caelum assumptae, ad resurrectionis gloriam perducamur. Per Dominum…

English translation

Now that we have received, o Lord, the Sacrament of salvation, grant, we beseech You, that through the merits and the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, who was taken up into heaven, we may be brought to the glory of the resurrection. Through our Lord…

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(Usus Antiquior) Eighth Sunday after Pentecost (II Classis) – Sunday, 3 August 2014 : Offertory Prayer, Secret Prayer of the Priest, Communion and Postcommunion Prayers

Offertory Prayer

Populum humilem salvum facies, Domine, et oculos superborum humiliabis : quoniam quis Deus praeter Te, Domine?

English translation

You would save the humble people, o Lord, and would bring down the eyes of the proud, for who is God but You, o Lord?

Secret Prayer of the Priest

Suscipe, quaesumus, Domine, munera quae tibi de Tua largitate deferimus : ut haec sacrosancta mysteria, gratiae Tuae operante virtute, et praesentis vitae nos conversatione sanctificent, et ad gaudia sempiterna perducant. Per Dominum…

English translation

Receive, we beseech You, o Lord, the gifts which out of Your own bounty we bring to You, that these most holy mysteries may, by the operation of the power of Your grace, both sanctify us in the conduct of our present lives and lead us unto everlasting joys. Through our Lord…

Communion

Gustate et videte, quoniam suavis est Dominus : beatus vir, qui sperat in Eo.

English translation

Taste and see that the Lord is sweet. Blessed is the man that hoped in Him.

Postcommunion Prayer

Sit nobis, Domine, reparatio mentis et corporis caeleste mysterium : ut, cujus exsequimur cultum, sentiamus effectum. Per Dominum…

English translation

Let the heavenly mystery be to us, o Lord, the restoration of soul and body, that, as we perform its worship, we may experience its effect. Through our Lord…

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(Usus Antiquior) Fourth Sunday after Pentecost (II Classis) – Sunday, 6 July 2014 : Offertory Prayer, Secret Prayer of the Priest, Communion and Postcommunion Prayers

Offertory

Illumina oculos meos, ne umquam obdormiam in morte : ne quando dicat inimicus meus : Praevalui adversus eum.

English translation

Enlighten my eyes, that I never sleep in death; lest at any time my enemy say, I have prevailed against him.

Secret Prayer of the Priest

Oblationibus nostris, quaesumus Domine, placare susceptis : et ad te nostras etiam rebelles compelle propitius voluntates. Per Dominum…

English translation

Receiving our oblations, be appeased, we pray to You, o Lord, and in Your kindness constrain our wills towards You, even when resisting. Through our Lord…

Communion Prayer

Dominus firmamentum meum, et refugium meum, et liberator meus : Deus meus, adjutor meus.

English translation

The Lord is my firmament, and my refuge, and my deliverer, my God is my helper.

Postcommunion Prayer

Mysteria nos, Domine, quaesumus, sumpta purificent : et suo munere tueantur. Per Dominum…

English translation

May the mysteries we have received purify us, we beseech You, o Lord, and by their virtue protect us. Through our Lord…