# Read directly from web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/08-16.txt's own # [Oratio] and its English counterpart. id: st-joachim-collect text: la: | Orémus. Deus, qui præ ómnibus Sanctis tuis beátum Jóachim Genetrícis Fílii tui patrem esse voluísti: concéde, quǽsumus; ut, cujus festa venerámur, ejus quoque perpétuo patrocínia sentiámus. Per eúndem Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum, Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum. R. Amen. en: | Let us pray. O God, Who, out of all thy Saints, didst choose blessed Joachim to be the father of the mother of thy Son, mercifully grant that as we hold his Festival in honour, we may ever feel his protection. Through the same Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. R. Amen. status: la: verified en: verified