Shall we look at the Collect for this Sunday’s Holy Mass in the Ordinary Form?
Protector in te sperantium, Deus, sine quo nihil est validum, nihil sanctum, multiplica super nos misericordiam tuam, ut, te rectore, te duce, sic bonis transeuntibus nunc utamur, ut iam possimus inhaerere mansuris.
Enjoy the humming alliteration and the clever pairings: nihil validum, nihil sanctum … te rectore, te duce.
Inhaereo means “to stick in, cleave to, adhere to”. Protector is from protego, “to cover before, or in front, cover over” and obviously also “to shield from danger” as well as “put a protecting roof over”. A protector is also “lifeguard or bodyguard”.
