Wednesday in the 5th Week of Easter
Novus OrdoWednesday of the 5th week of Easter — Apr 28, 2027, May 17, 2028
Deus, innocentiae restitutor et amator, dirige ad te tuorum corda famulorum, ut, quos de incredulitatis tenebris liberasti, numquam a tuae veritatis luce discedant.O God, restorer and lover of innocence, direct the hearts of your servants toward You, that, those whom you freed from the shadows of religious disbelief may never deviate from the light of Your truth. Obviously, incredulitas or "religious disbelief" as the superb Lewis & Short Dictionary reveals, could apply to just about any religion, and even more obviously in the context of this Collect the religion in question is Christianity. Given the antiquity of this prayer, the original word infidelitas was a shot at the Jews and pagans still wandering in the shadows of errors.
COLLECT: Deus, innocentiae restitutor et amator, dirige ad te tuorum corda famulorum, ut, quos de incredulitatis tenebris liberasti, numquam a tuae veritatis luce discedant. In the Gelasian Sacramentary this appeared on Saturday of the Octave of Easter. However, The Redactors changed infidelitatis to incredulitatis. A little "p.c." touch there, perhaps, and I don’t mean "post communionem".