{"id":36288,"date":"2017-04-14T19:46:32","date_gmt":"2017-04-15T00:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=36288"},"modified":"2017-04-14T20:44:03","modified_gmt":"2017-04-15T01:44:03","slug":"two-challenges-from-the-celebration-of-the-lords-passion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2017\/04\/14\/two-challenges-from-the-celebration-of-the-lords-passion\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Challenges from the Celebration of the Lord\u2019s Passion"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Bernadette Gasslein<\/em><\/p>\n

Two things struck me this morning as I participated in the Celebration of Lord’s Passion.<\/p>\n

In past years, the communities where I have participated, even where they use the 2009 version of the Canadian Lectionary, have always kept what our earlier lectionary used, “the Jewish authorities,” rather than “the Jews,” (2009) in passages such as “If my kingdom were from this world, my followers would be fighting to keep me from being handed over to the Jews [Jewish authorities].” I know that the Canadian bishops worked very hard to retain “the Jewish authorities” in such passages, but Rome did not permit them to do so.<\/p>\n

This morning, to hear that phrase recurring was a lesson in how antisemitism is communicated. If we hear the same thing often enough, and no one catechizes\/instructs\/challenges the message, it becomes ingrained in our subconscious.<\/p>\n

In our world where genocide roams once more, and where even high-placed officials seem ignorant of the rudimentary facts of the Holocaust, this language strikes me as humanly, politically and spiritually dangerous. Words shape reality – and this shaping is distorted. In a world increasingly fraught by violence and hatred towards the “other,” we need to heed the insights of our best scripture scholars who have taught us that it was not the “Jews”, but the “Jewish authorities” who conspired in the death of Jesus – which was not for “many” but for “all.”<\/p>\n

The second thing that struck me is the absence, in the Solemn Intercessions, of two prayers: one for the Muslim people, and one for peace.<\/p>\n

Perhaps the Muslim people are considered to fall under “those who do not believe in Christ,” but in a world where Christians, Muslims, and other adherents of minority religions are being martyred by ISIS, I believe we need to expand this repertoire of prayers. The Roman Missal (n 13, Friday of the Passion of the Lord) foresees the possibility. I think it is time that we petition our diocesan bishops for prayers that address these \u201csituations of grave public need.\u201d I propose the following.<\/p>\n

Let us pray for the Muslim people,
\nwho with us call themselves
\nchildren of God\u2019s covenant
\nwith Abraham,
\nand who also adore the one merciful God.
\nFor the sake of your Son, we pray:<\/p>\n

Priest: Holy and mighty God,
\nthe children of your covenant
\nare more numerous that the grains of sand.
\nGrant to all who share faith in you,
\nthe merciful judge of all humanity,
\nto live in peace and tranquility.
\nWe ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And, this year, in the shadow of the dropping of the world’s largest conventional weapon earlier this week, and nuclear posturing between North Korea and the US, I ache for a more explicit cry for peace. (Ironic how every year there seems to be an event that cries to heaven for the shalom<\/em> of the kingdom just around Good Friday):<\/p>\n

Let us pray for all those brutalized by war
\nand stalked by famine,
\nthat they may know
\nthe dawn of your peace and justice
\nin their lives.
\nFor the sake of your Son, we pray:<\/p>\n

Presider: We veil our faces before your glory,
\nO Holy, Immortal One,
\nand before the cross of your wounded Christ,
\nwe bow low.
\nWith the angels and archangels,
\nwe praise you, our Mercy;
\nwe bless you, our Compassion,
\nfor in our brokenness
\nyou have not abandoned us.
\nHear us as we pray through Jesus,
\nour high priest:
\nheal all division, reconcile all that is estranged,
\nconsole all suffering and raise up to new life
\nall that is bound by death.
\nWe ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

(I composed this prayer many years ago for Revised Common Lectionary Prayers<\/a><\/em> [Fortress Press, 2002], 100.)<\/p>\n

Bernadette Gasslein<\/em> is editor of Worship<\/a><\/em> journal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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