Pro Perfidis Judaeis

Abstract

f\N GOOD Friday, the Church solemnly intercedes for all within and ^ without her fold. Among her petitions is one for the Jewish people. Oremus et pro perfidis Judaeis: ut Deus et Dominus noster auf erat velamen de cordibus eorum; ut et ipsi agnoscant Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum. Non respondetur Amen, nee dicitur Oremus, aut Flectamus genua, aut Levate, sed statim dicitur: Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, qui etiam Judaicam perfidìam a tua misericordia non repellis: exaudí preces nostras, quas pro illiuspopuli obcaecatione deferimus; ut, agnita veritatis tuae luce, quae Christus est, a suis tenebris eruantur. Per eumdem Dominum. Amen.This is the text given in the Roman Missal. Two problems arise in regard to this prayer: the meaning of perfidia and perfidus, and the significance of the rubric directing certain omissions.