"Even to the Jews..."

Many have been dismayed by the prospect of returning to some of the prayers from the 1962 missal, especially this prayer which came up in the comments box discussion yesterday.

"Let us pray: 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."

This came up in our Scripture Study last night and I had a chance to discuss it further with our priest afterwards.

He pointed out that this specific prayer is from a Triduum service and it will never be used. Why? Because the document specifically prohibits using any but the new order (Novus Ordo) for the Triduum services. This is the only time of year that there is such a prohibition.

If what he says is true, and I see no reason to doubt it as he is not only a careful reader but a canon lawyer, then the fuss over that prayer is a lot of sound and fury over an issue that doesn't exist.