ithinkjesusiscool Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 Pax! At Mass we have two prayers that is very interesting: Collecta and Orate fratres. Oremus is subjunctive mood Orate is imperative mood Why does Collecta begin with subjective mood and Orate fratres with imperative mood? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AveMariaPurissima Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 Oremus = Let us pray. (an invitation.) Orate = Pray. (a command) The words are different because they occur in two different grammatical contexts. Does that answer your question? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slappo Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 Pax! At Mass we have two prayers that is very interesting: Collecta and Orate fratres. Oremus is subjunctive mood Orate is imperative mood Why does Collecta begin with subjective mood and Orate fratres with imperative mood? One is an invitation to pray while the second is a directive to pray for something specific. Let us pray - continue with the prayer Pray brethren that my sacrifice and yours... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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