The Collect for the 18th Ordinary Sunday was not in any previous edition of the Missale Romanum. It is a grammatically simplified version of a prayer in the ancient Veronese Sacramentary. Similar vocabulary is found in the works of Cicero (d 43 BC), St Ambrose of Milan (d 397) and St Augustine (d 430). Holy Church and surrounding cultures have interwoven through history. When what the world has to give to the Church is given logical priority, false inculturation produces ruin. When what the Church has to give to the world is prioritised inculturation produces riches:
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Before God, we are hope-filled beggars
the collect for the 18th ordinary sunday was not in any previous edition of the missale romanum. it is a grammatically simplified versi...
Fr John Zuhlsdorf
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