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Oratio Imperata (Latin, "Obligatory Prayer") is a set of Roman Catholic invocative prayers consisting of the liturgical action and a short, general prayer in which the local ordinary or prelate of the church may publicly pray when a grave need or calamity occurs.[1]
Common reasons for the religious invocation of the prayer are natural calamities such as storms, snow and drought while rare circumstances which merit the prayer are wars, plague and the disruption of public peace in society.[2] The prayers are customarily invoked by an archdiocese on behalf of overwhelming popular requests, and is authorised by a high-ranking prelate or Metropolitan Archbishop.[3]
- ^ "CatholicReference.net : Catholic Dictionary : ORATIO IMPERATA". www.catholicreference.net. Archived from the original on 2007-08-25.
- ^ Modern Catholic Dictionary. Father John Hardon. Eternal Life Publications.
- ^ "Oratio Imperata para sa Paghinto ng Ulan at Baha". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2012-08-24.