These prayers were part of the Roman Missal from the Early Middle Ages until 1955.
H/T to Roman Christendom
"O God, who prepared the Roman
Empire for the preaching of the Gospel of the eternal King, extend to
Thy servant, our Emperor, the armoury of heaven, so that the peace of
the churches may remain undisturbed by the storms of war. Through Christ
our Lord. Amen."
[From the Mass Pro Imperatore
for the Holy Roman Emperor, used also at the Coronation of an emperor,
when the Emperor-elect was anointed by the Cardinal-bishop of Ostia,
given the sword and orb by the Pope, ordained by him a Sub-deacon and
then crowned Caesar semper Augustus, Romanorum Imperator with the sacred crown of Charlemagne, after which, as Deacon, he served the papal mass.]
"Let
us pray also for our most Christian Emperor that the Lord God may
reduce to his obedience all barbarous nations for our perpetual peace. O
almighty and eternal God, in whose hands are all the power and right of
kingdoms, graciously look down on the Roman Empire that those nations
who confide in their own haughtiness and strength, may be reduced by the
power of Thy right hand. Through the same Lord..."
[Good Friday Intercessions for the Roman Emperor, said after those for pope and clergy in the Roman rite until 1955]
"Regard also our most devout Emperor [Name]
and since Thou knowest, O God, the desires of his heart, grant by the
ineffable grace of Thy goodness and mercy, that he may enjoy with all
his people the tranquillity of perpetual peace and heavenly victory."
[The imperial prayers came at the end of the Exsultet
at the Easter Vigil on Holy Saturday until they were abolished in 1955
by the impious hand of Archbishop Annibale Bugnini, the great architect
of the modern, ungainly, liturgy]
07 February 2020
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I cannot see what reason there would have been to retain prayers for the Roman Emperor of the German People in a much later time. If the empire would be restored, (highly doubtful), then a new prayer could be provided. Perhaps, Bugnini was given too much amplitude and too little oversight ! Read the Wikipedia article on him.
ReplyDeleteOur valid Priests + Bishops pray for the Emporer in waiting.
DeleteAs a Catholic your citizenship in the HRE is granted at your Baptism.
We all patiently await the arrival of our Emporer.
Thus we must pray for his future pontificate.
-Andrew