I find myself quite ambivalent about \u00a0attempts to the link the Prayers of the People with the biblical readings for the day (as I realized, once again, today at Mass). \u00a0When did this trend develop? \u00a0As much as I appreciate worship deeply shaped by Scripture, it seems this “shaping” can be taken too far and become quite artificial. \u00a0Prefacing every intention in the prayers of the people by some reference to the biblical readings of the day is — in my experience — often forced, sometimes silly, and always distracting. \u00a0Why not simply announce the intentions, and leave it at that? \u00a0Random detours, even if through biblical texts, are are unhelpful here — or am I missing something (beyond \u00a0a routine impulse that more Scripture is always good?).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I find myself quite ambivalent about attempts to the link the Prayers of the People with the biblical readings for the day. Why not simply announce the intentions, and leave it at that?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[84,1216],"tags":[1784,2278,3020],"class_list":["post-20482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lectionary-liturgy-of-word","category-scripture","tag-general-intercessions","tag-prayer-of-the-faithful","tag-scripture"],"yoast_head":"\n