The elegant Collect for the 28th Ordinary Sunday has been used for centuries on the 16th Sunday after Pentecost, according to the traditional Roman calendar. This is a lovely prayer to sing.
Tua nos, quaesumus, Domine, gratia semper et praeveniat et sequatur, ac bonis operibus iugiter praestet esse intentos.
Note the classic “et … et”, “both … and” construction. The pair of verbs praeveniat … sequatur to my ear hearken to a lovely prayer in the traditional Rituale Romanum under blessings of people who are sick: “May the Lord Jesus Christ be with you that He may defend you, within you that He may sustain you, before you that He may lead you, behind you that He may protect you, above you that He may bless you. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.”
