New Collects in 2002 Missale Romanum
  • SkirpRSkirpR
    Posts: 854
    In case it's of marginal interest to anyone:

    I've discovered that a number of the collects for Easter weekdays are not just new translations in the English 2010 ICEL Roman Missal, but are also new to the Latin 2002 Missale Romanum when compared to previous editions of the Missale and the Liturgia Horarum.

    It seems that for a handful Easter weekdays (and one Sunday) the collects were duplicated from other days of the year, but are now given their own unique collects.

    Here is what I've discovered:

    2nd Week of Easter, Monday
    was previously based on the 19th Week in Ordinary Time, but now has its own collect

    2nd Week of Easter, Thursday
    was previously the same as Monday of the Sixth Week of Easter, but now has its own collect

    2nd Week of Easter, Friday
    was previously the same as Wednesday of Holy Week, but now has its own collect

    2nd Week of Easter, Saturday
    was previously the same as the 23rd Week in Ordinary Time (and the Fifth Sunday of Easter), but now has two unqiue collects from which to choose

    3rd Week of Easter, Monday
    was previously the same as the 25th Week in Ordinary Time, but now has its own collect

    4th Week of Easter, Monday
    was previously the same as the 14th Week in Ordinary Time, but now has its own collect

    4th Week of Easter, Saturday
    now has a new collect because...

    5th Sunday of Easter
    was previously the same as the 23rd Week in Ordinary Time (and Saturday of the 2nd Week of Easter), but now has the collect that was previously assigned to Saturday of the 4th Week of Easter

    5th Week of Easter, Monday
    was previously the same as the 21st Week in Ordinary Time, but now has its own collect

    6th Week of Easter, Tuesday
    was previously the same as the Third Sunday of Easter, but now has its own collect

    There is also a new collect provided for the Vigil Mass (and 1st Vepsers) of the Ascension, as well as an alternate collect for the Ascension itself.

    While most of this work seems to be concentrated on Eastertide, there are a handful of other days in the Proper of Time that have had "touch-ups":

    In Lent, there is an new alternate collect provided for Friday of the Fifth Week of Lent.

    The "new" collect for the Vigil Mass (and 1st Vespers) of the Epiphany was formerly the collect for January 7/Monday after the Epiphany, which has now received a new collect.

    The alternate collect for the Baptism of the Lord is duplicated from January 8/Tuesday after the Epiphany.
    Thanked by 1CHGiffen
  • Please excuse my backward hillbilly confusion. What is a "collect"? This sounds important, and if it is what I think it is, then our Canadian Catholic Book of Worship (c-1994) may be waaaay out of line...
  • BenBen
    Posts: 3,114
    It's the real name for the "Opening Prayer" after the gloria. :)
    Thanked by 1PurpleSquirrel
  • ... and the stress of the word falls on the first syllable.
    Thanked by 1PurpleSquirrel
  • SkirpRSkirpR
    Posts: 854
    ... and the stress of the word falls on the first syllable.


    Yes, we don't want any of the ushers being confused and passing the basket around early!
  • @SkirpR, exactly!!! We wouldn't want to miss any of those late comers, lol.... just make sure to get that basket around before communion. Ever notice how in some churches, they do both collections during offertory?!?!!?! lol