Seasonal Collects

Advent

¶ The Collect of the Day of a festal mass during Advent is said under its own ending, and then the collect for the preceding Sunday is said as the first commemoration as a commemoration of the feria.

¶ The following collects for Saint Mary are used as the seasonal prayers in each mass during Advent, except when otherwise specified. In the case of a mass of the Blessed Virgin Mary, including one in which the Blessed Virgin is commemorated, the seasonal collect is that of the Holy Spirit, as given below.

Of Saint Mary

Collect

O God, thou hast willed that at the message of an angel thy Word should take flesh in the womb of the Blessed Virgin Mary; grant to thy suppliant people, that we, who believe her to be truly the Mother of God, may be helped by her intercession with thee. Through.

Secret

We beseech thee, O Lord, to strengthen in our minds the mysteries of the true faith: that we who confess him, who was conceived of the Virgin, to be true God and man, may by the power of his saving resurrection, merit to attain eternal joy. Through the same.

Postcommunion

Pour forth, we beseech thee O Lord, thy grace into our hearts; that we to whom the incarnation of Christ thy Son was made known by the message of an angel may, by his passion and cross, be brought to the glory of his resurrection. Through the same.

Of the Holy Spirit

Collect

O GOD, who taught the hearts of the faithful by the light of the Holy Spirit, grant that, by the gift of the same Spirit, we may be always truly wise, and ever rejoice in his consolation. Through.

Secret

Sanctify, we beseech thee, O Lord, the gifts we offer, and cleanse our hearts with the enlightenment of the Holy Spirit. Through...in the unity of the same Holy Ghost.

Postcommunion

May the infusion of the Holy Spirit cleanse our hearts, O Lord, and make them fruitful by the inward watering with his heavenly dew. Through.

Passiontide

¶ During Passiontide, beginning with Vespers on Saturday before Passion Sunday, the crosses, icons, and statues are either removed from view or veiled in purple cloth. They remain thus until the mass of Easter Vigil. Also, the Gloria Patri is omitted in all instances in masses of the sesason, but is included in feasts. The Psalm Judica me is also omitted from the Prayers at the Foot of the Altar in masses of the Season. In the Introit, the antiphon is repeated up until the Psalm as usual, but is repeated immediately after the Psalm is recited (as there is no Gloria Patri). Musical instruments, including bells, are not heard after the Gloria in Excelsis at the Maundy Thursday mass until the Gloria of Easter Vigil.

¶ During Passiontide, the Seasonal Collects are as follows:

Against the Persecutors 

of the Church

Collect

Graciously accept the prayers of thy Church, we beseech thee, O Lord, that, overcoming all hostility and error, she may serve thee in safety and freedom. (Through.)

Secret

Protect us, we beseech thee, O Lord, who assist at thy mysteries, that holding fast to things divine, we may serve thee both in body and soul. (Through.)

Postcommunion

We beseech thee, O Lord our God, that thou wouldst not allow to be exposed to human perils, those whom thou hast been pleased to make sharers of these divine mysteries. (Through.)

Easter Week

¶ Beginning on Easter Wednesday, the following Seasonal Collects are used in all masses through Easter Saturday inclusive:

Against the Persecutors of the Church

Collect

Graciously accept the prayers of thy Church, we beseech thee, O Lord, that, overcoming all hostility and error, She may serve thee in safety and freedom. (Through.)

Secret

Protect us, we beseech thee, O Lord, who assist at thy mysteries, that holding fast to things divine, we may serve thee both in body and soul. (Through.)

Postcommunion

We beseech thee, O Lord our God, that thou wouldst not allow to be exposed to human perils, those whom thou hast been pleased to make sharers of these divine mysteries. (Through.)

Paschaltide

¶ The following Seasonal Collects are used in all masses, except where otherwise noted, from Low Sunday through the Friday after the Octave Day of the Ascension inclusive. For feasts of our Lady, use the Collects Of the Holy Spirit instead of the Collects Of Saint Mary, as given before the propers for Advent.

Of Saint Mary 

Collect

O LORD God almighty, we beseech thee to keep us thy servants both outwardly in our bodies and inwardly in our souls: that by the glorious intersession of blessed Mary Ever-Virgin, we may be delivered from our present heaviness and attain in the end to everlasting gladness. (Through.)

Secret

WE beseech thee, O Lord, that by the bountiful goodness of thy mercy, and by the intercession of blessed Mary Ever-Virgin, these our oblations may be acceptable in thy sight: that we being delivered in this present life from all adversities may obtain in that which is to come peace everlasting. (Through.)

Postcommunion

O LORD, who hast appointed this holy sacrament which we have received to be the means of our salvation: mercifully grant that we who have offered these our gifts unto thy divine majesty in honor of blessed Mary Ever-Virgin may, by her protection be preserved both in body and soul. (Through.)

Against the Persecutors of the Church

Collect

Graciously accept the prayers of thy Church, we beseech thee, O Lord, that, overcoming all hostility and error, She may serve thee in safety and freedom. (Through.)

Secret

Protect us, we beseech thee, O Lord, who assist at thy mysteries, that holding fast to things divine, we may serve thee both in body and soul. (Through.)

Postcommunion

We beseech thee, O Lord our God, that thou wouldst not allow to be exposed to human perils, those whom thou hast been pleased to make sharers of these divine mysteries. (Through.)

Lent

¶ From the mass on Ash Wednesday until the last mass on Saturday before Passion Sunday inclusive, the following two Seasonal Collects are said. At feasts, the collect of the feast is said, followed by the ferial collect, all under one ending. All Collects other than the one of the Day and, on feasts, also that of the feria are combined as usual under one ending, except where otherwise directed. The Last Gospel on feasts is the Gospel of the Lenten feria.

Of the Saints

Collect

Defend us, O Lord, we beseech thee, from all dangers, both of body and soul : and at the intersession of the blessed and glorious ever-Virgin Mary, Mother of God, of blessed Joseph, of thy Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, of blessed N. (patron of the church), and of all thy Saints, grant us thy saving health and peace; that being defended from all adversities and false doctrines, thy Church may serve thee in freedom and quietness. (Through.)

Secret

Graciously hear us, O God of our salvation, and by the power of this Sacrament defend us from all dangers, both of body and soul: granting us in this world the succor of thy grace and in the world to come, life everlasting. (Through.)

Postcommunion

Grant, we beseech thee, O Lord, that the gifts now offered by us in these holy mysteries may evermore cleanse and defend us: that at the intersession of the blssed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, of blessed Joseph, of thy holy Apostles Peter and Paul, of blessed N., and of all thy Saints, we may be absolved from all our offences and defended against all adversities. (Through.)

For the Quick and the Dead

Collect

Almighty and everlasting God, who hast dominion both of the quick and of the dead, who likewise hast mercy upon all men, whom by reason of their faith and works thou hast foreknown: we commend unto thee all those for whom we now do offer our prayers, whether in this world they still be held in the bonds of the flesh, or being delivered therefrom have passed into that which is to come; beseeching thee that at the intersession of all thy Saints they may of thy bountiful goodness obtain the remission of all their sins. Through.

Secret

O God, to whom alone is known the number of thine elect, whom thou hast chosen to set in eternal felicity: grant, we beseech thee, that at the intersession of all thy Saints, the names of all them that are commended to our prayers and of all thy faithful people may be found written in the book of them that are ordained to everlasting blessedness. (Through.)

Postcommunion

Almighty and most merciful God, cleanse us, we pray thee, by the Sacrament which we have received: and at the intercession of all thy Saints grant that this holy Communion may bring upon us not guilt to our damnation but pardon to our salvation; that it may cleanse the guilty and confirm the feeble, that it may strengthen us against every danger in this world, and obtain for thy faithful people both quick and dead the remission of all their sins. (Through.)