# Verified against Divinum Officium (Monastic Tridentinum 1617) — read
# directly from the reference engine's own real-date output (2026-09-21).
id: st-matthew-collect
text:
  la: |
    Orémus.
    Beáti Apóstoli et Evangelístæ Matthǽi, Dómine, précibus adjuvémur: ut, quod possibílitas nostra non óbtinet, ejus nobis intercessióne donétur.
    Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum, Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
    ℟. Amen.
  en: |
    Let us pray.
    Help us, O Lord, by the prayers of thine holy Apostle and Evangelist Matthew, that what for ourselves we are not able to obtain, may be freely given us at his petition.
    Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
    ℟. Amen.
status:
  la: verified
  en: verified