Collects
Saint Louis IX, King of France
DEUS, qui beatum Ludovicum confessorem tuum, de terreno ac temporali regno ad caelestis et aeterni regni gloriam transtulisti, eius quesumus meritis et intercessione regis regum Iesu Christi filii tui nos cohaeredes efficias, et eiusdem regni tribuas esse consortes. Qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitate Spiritus Sancti Deus, per omnia saecula saeculorum. Amen.
O God, who have translated your blessed confessor Louis from an earthly and temporal kingdom to the glory of a heavenly and eternal kingdom, we beseech you by his merits and intercession to make us co-heirs of the king of kings, Jesus Christ your son, and that you may grant us to be consorts of his kingdom. He who liveth and reigneth with thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God forever and ever. Amen.
The Holy Crown of Thorns of Our Lord Jesus Christ
PRÆSTA, quæsumus, omnípotens Deus: ut, qui in memóriam passiónis Dómini nostri Iesu Christi Corónam eius spíneam venerámur in terris, ab ipso glória et honóre coronári mereámur in cælis. Qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitate Spiritus Sancti Deus, per omnia saecula saeculorum. Amen.
Grant, we beseech Thee, almighty God, that we who for remembrance of the passion of our Lord Jesus Christ do reverence His Crown of thorns on earth may deserve to be crowned with glory and honour in heaven by Him who liveth and reigneth with thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God forever and ever. Amen.