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I enjoyed an image from Give Us This Day’s<\/em> morning prayer this morning. One of the most effective aspects of liturgical prayer is its intertextuality – its ability to read scriptural texts against other scriptural texts, bringing new life to how we experience these texts. This would probably be an interesting subject for a longer post, or even a series – there are all kinds of interesting academic questions, from why it works, to how it develops and changes over time, to what kind of authority the intertextual readings of scripture have, and many more.<\/p>\n

For today, though, I just want to draw attention to this lovely and touching example. It’s an antiphon read against (against as a background, here, rather than in opposition to) the Canticle of Zechariah:<\/p>\n

Ask of me and I will give you living water.<\/em>
\nThis was the oath he swore to our father Abraham:
\nto set us free from the hands of our enemies,
\nfree to worship him without fear,
\nholy and righteous in his sight
\nall the days of our life.
\nAsk of me and I will give you living water.<\/em><\/p>\n

This juxtaposition<\/a> presents an image, here in the midst of Lent, of a God tenderly and assiduously reassuring those who are thirsty. “Do not be too afraid to ask for relief. Do you not remember all I have done for you, for your people? Ask, ask again and again, and drink.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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