Postulatum from the First Vatican council, signed by
almost all of the Fathers of the council, and which was
heartily endorsed by Pope Pius IX:
The undersigned Fathers of the Council humbly yet urgently
beseechingly pray that the Holy Ecumenical Council of the
Vatican deign to come to the aid of the unfortunate nation
of Israel with an entirely paternal invitation; that is,
that it express the wish that, finally exhausted by a wait
no less futile than long, the Israelites hasten to recognize
the Messiah, our Savior Jesus Christ, truly promised to
Abraham and announced by Moses; thus completing and crowning,
not changing, the Mosaic religion.
On one hand, the undersigned Fathers
have the very firm confidence that the holy Council will
have compassion on the Israelites, because they are always
very dear to God on account of their fathers, and because
it is from them that the Christ was born according to the
flesh.
On the other hand, the same Fathers
share the sweet and intimate hope that this ardent desire
of tenderness and honor will be, with the aid of the Holy
Spirit, well received by many of the sons of Abraham, because
the obstacles which have held them back until now appear
to be disappearing more and more, the ancient wall of separation
now having fallen.
Would that they then speedily acclaim
the Christ, saying "Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed
be He who comes in the name of the Lord!"
Would that they hurl themselves into
the arms of the Immaculate Virgin Mary, even now their sister
according to the flesh, who wishes likewise to be their
mother according to grace as she is ours!
"Of old, they [the Jews] called down upon themselves the
Blood of the Savior, may it now descend upon them a laver
of redemption and life." - Prayer of Pope Pius XI for the
Feast of Christ the King
"Almighty and everlasting God, You do not refuse Your mercy
even to the Jews; hear the prayers which we offer for the
blindness of that people so that they may acknowledge the
light of Your truth, which is Christ, and be delivered from
their darkness. Through the same our Lord. Amen." [Good
Friday prayer from 1962 Roman Missal.]
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