# Verified against Divinum Officium (Monastic Tridentinum 1617) — read
# directly from the reference engine's own real-date output (2025-08-29).
id: decollation-of-st-john-baptist-collect
text:
  la: |
    Orémus.
    Sancti Joánnis Baptístæ Præcursóris et Mártyris tui, quǽsumus, Dómine, veneránda festívitas: salutáris auxílii nobis præstet efféctum:
    Qui vivis et regnas cum Deo Patre, in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
    ℟. Amen.
  en: |
    Let us pray.
    Lord, we beseech thee, that the keeping of this honourable feastday in memory of the holy Baptist John, thy Fore-runner, and thy Martyr, may be a mean to draw upon us the effectual outpouring of thy saving help.
    Who livest and reignest with God the Father in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end.
    ℟. Amen.
status:
  la: verified
  en: verified