{"id":44313,"date":"2018-12-09T16:05:59","date_gmt":"2018-12-09T22:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=44313"},"modified":"2018-12-18T16:18:23","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T22:18:23","slug":"ars-praedicandi-ed-foley-on-the-second-sunday-of-advent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2018\/12\/09\/ars-praedicandi-ed-foley-on-the-second-sunday-of-advent\/","title":{"rendered":"<i>Ars Praedicandi:<\/i> Ed Foley on the Second Sunday of Advent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Second Sunday of Advent, Cycle C<br \/>\n<em>by Edward Foley, Capuchin<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As my alderman knows<br \/>\ngospel texts about road repair<br \/>\nsmoothing out the rough ways<br \/>\nfilling in the ruts and potholes and fissures<br \/>\ncould trigger anxiety and anger in my neighborhood<br \/>\nwhose streets have been in chaos for almost 6 months<br \/>\nwith excavations for new water pipes<br \/>\nand now the endless preparation for repaving<br \/>\nwith the incessant towing of cars of those of us<br \/>\nwho have to park on the street<\/p>\n<p>Over the past few weeks<br \/>\nthis chaos included the unwelcome appearance<br \/>\nof compact caterpillar bulldozers<br \/>\nWith jack hammers rigged to their front<br \/>\nthey look like something fresh from the mind<br \/>\nof George Lucas or one of his Star Wars collaborators<br \/>\nas they careen around the neighborhood<br \/>\ndevastating curbs and driveways<br \/>\nat an excruciating decibel level<\/p>\n<p>Road construction is violent<br \/>\nloud, chaotic and expensive<br \/>\nToday\u2019s word<br \/>\nthis advent season<br \/>\nannounces an even more chaotic construction project<br \/>\none of global, even cosmic proportions<br \/>\nAccording to the prophet Baruch<br \/>\nit involves mountain moving<br \/>\ncanyon filling<br \/>\nand forest transplanting<br \/>\nAnd what is the goal of this cosmic construction project?<br \/>\nNot a new silk road to generate political influence<br \/>\nNot some congressional infrastructure bill<\/p>\n<p>to placate voters<br \/>\nand line the pockets of cronies<br \/>\nNot even a good will gesture<br \/>\nto keep Hyde Park residents happy<br \/>\nor disgruntled clergy from badmouthing<br \/>\nhis local alderman in the pulpit<br \/>\nNope: the goal of this divine fabrication program<br \/>\nis the creation of a holy thoroughfare<br \/>\na sacred turnpike<br \/>\nfor the very inbreaking of God\u2019s reign<br \/>\nin our contentious and often unwelcoming world<\/p>\n<p>And of what does that inbreaking consist?<br \/>\nWhat is the inner core of this sacred intrusion:<br \/>\nin a word; one that Baruch tricefold invokes: Justice<\/p>\n<p>The justice demands of this sacred assault<br \/>\nare both ancient and contemporary<br \/>\ntimeless and timely<br \/>\nfor Baruch speaks to a time<br \/>\nwhen countrymen had been deported<br \/>\nhis own nation was in ruin<br \/>\nand the shining city of Jerusalem in chains<br \/>\nIt is a theme echoed in the Psalm<br \/>\nRestoring freedom to the diaspora<br \/>\nand returning the land to them<br \/>\nPaul in that second reading understands something of that<br \/>\nfor his Philippian pep talk<br \/>\nis issued from a jail cell<br \/>\npraying that Philippians be filled with fruit of righteousness<br \/>\n<em>dikaiosune<\/em>\u00a0in Greek<br \/>\nbetter defined as, guess what: \u201cJustice\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In our own day the cries for justice echo<br \/>\nfrom every corner of the globe<br \/>\nfrom barricades in Paris to razor wire in Tijuana<br \/>\nfrom the prison cells of gulags to those of US penitentiaries<br \/>\nfrom the streets of Kabul to those of Chicago<\/p>\n<p>And who is the apostle of this justice campaign?<br \/>\nWho is leading the charge for God\u2019s inbreaking?<br \/>\nNone other than that evangelical wrecking ball: John the Baptist<br \/>\nJohn is, without question,<br \/>\none of the edgiest character in the whole of Biblical literature<br \/>\nHis outdoor attire is legendary<br \/>\nhis revolting dietary habits well known<br \/>\nyet for all of these significant peculiarities<br \/>\nI imagine him as the gospel equivalent<br \/>\nof the Muppet character \u201cAnimal\u201d<br \/>\nJohn holds center court<br \/>\nevery second and third Sunday<br \/>\nof every Advent<br \/>\nin every lectionary cycle<br \/>\nI know that is surprising<br \/>\nfor he never shows up on lawn decorations<br \/>\nor is seen lurking in the shadow of nativity sets<br \/>\nwhich is good<br \/>\nbecause he\u2019d spook the carolers<br \/>\nand frighten the children<br \/>\nand I would wager my scholarly reputation<br \/>\nthat none of you have or will receive<br \/>\na Baptist card as a seasonal greeting<br \/>\nSo why is John the herald of the justice road<br \/>\nthe poster boy for Advent<br \/>\nand the vanguard for God\u2019s promised reign?<br \/>\nMany reasons, to be sure<br \/>\nbut at the top of my list<br \/>\nis that, as hard as it may be to believe<br \/>\nhe was not just cousin<br \/>\nbut also mentor, even rabbi<br \/>\nto the embodiment of God\u2019s reign and Justice: Jesus<\/p>\n<p>We are used to hearing stories<br \/>\nabout Jesus having disciples<br \/>\nbut don\u2019t often imagine<br \/>\nthat the only begotten himself was a disciple<\/p>\n<p>But you have to ask where he learned it all<br \/>\nthis speaking in parables<br \/>\nspeaking truth to power<br \/>\nspeaking unorthodox love to outsides and the marginalized<br \/>\nSure he learned some from his parents and other teachers<br \/>\nbut cousin John was key here:<br \/>\nthis prophet who lived a self-imposed exile from family<br \/>\nthe dessert dweller who communed with God\u2019s spirit<br \/>\nthe inspired discerner<br \/>\nwho before any others<br \/>\nrecognized the approaching Lamb of God<br \/>\na holy vessel of notable humility<br \/>\nwho was happy to cede center stage<br \/>\nto his younger cousin<br \/>\nthe political thorn in the side<br \/>\nwhose wilderness training<br \/>\nbuilt up the necessary endurance<br \/>\nfor his reconciling ministry<br \/>\nthat ultimately cost him his life \u2026<br \/>\nJohn was a pivotal mentor to the yet secret messiah<br \/>\nand even in his death<br \/>\nprepared the way for his cousin<br \/>\nwho would also be executed by the state.<\/p>\n<p>I have a relative who lives very far north in Canada<br \/>\nabout a 14 hour drive north of Vancouver<br \/>\nIt is bear country<br \/>\nA few summers ago we went up to visit him and his family<br \/>\nOne of our excursions was a picnic<br \/>\nat a magnificent, secluded lake<br \/>\nbut before heading out to the lake<br \/>\nwe stopped at the Canadian equivalent of Farm and Fleet<br \/>\nto buy bear mace.<br \/>\nThis is a serious weapon<br \/>\na canister that holds about 15 seconds<br \/>\nOf a powerful vapor proven to dissuade an approaching bear<\/p>\n<p>Because it is a real weapon<br \/>\nit requires registration<br \/>\nand a quick background check<br \/>\nWhile we were waiting for the ok to purchase<br \/>\nthe store clerk told us a story from the previous summer<br \/>\nabout some tourists from Asia<br \/>\nwho had rented a helicopter<br \/>\nand were going to a remote hilltop<br \/>\nfor some sightseeing, lunch and picture taking<br \/>\nThey were prepared, with hiking boots and cameras<br \/>\nand had made sure they were each covered<br \/>\nwith a thick layer of insect repellent<br \/>\nthey had also purchased some bear mace<br \/>\nand as a final preparation before landing<br \/>\ndecided to apply it to each other\u2019s skin<br \/>\nexpelling a poisonous vapor in the cab of the helicopter<br \/>\nas the pilot struggled to bring the craft down<br \/>\nin a hard but safe landing<br \/>\nThe Baptist is not imagined in the texts as a bear<br \/>\nbut more as a lion roaring out of the dessert<br \/>\nyet there have been multiple attempts over the centuries<br \/>\nto deploy various forms, not of bear mace<br \/>\nbut Baptist mace<br \/>\nfilling the air with toxic rhetoric<br \/>\nfumes of racism<br \/>\ndeadly clouds of sexism<br \/>\nthe haze of imperialism<br \/>\nthe fog of abuse<br \/>\nto stop his kingdom advance work<br \/>\nThe good news, the gospel in the midst of such pernicious vapor<br \/>\nis that these forms of Baptist mace<br \/>\nhave not stopped or silenced this lion of God<br \/>\nwho season after season<br \/>\nand century after centuries<br \/>\nroars out his challenge to the unconverted<br \/>\nthe unconvinced<br \/>\nthe unmotivated<br \/>\nto repent and get back to divine road construction<br \/>\nopening new avenues<br \/>\nfor the inbreaking of God\u2019s reign.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes, I admit<br \/>\nI get a little discouraged about the sacred construction task<br \/>\nnot only because of distant terrorist attacks<br \/>\nor the xenophobic outburst<br \/>\nby apparently well insulated world leaders<br \/>\nor billion dollar proposals<br \/>\nto wall in the land of the free<br \/>\nand the home of the brave<\/p>\n<p>but also closer to home<br \/>\nby the almost impenetrable clericalism<br \/>\nthat plagues our church<br \/>\nthe pervasive racism<br \/>\nthat plagues our city<br \/>\nand even the absence of respect<br \/>\nthat looms in our workplaces<br \/>\nand even in our families<br \/>\nIn such moments, when not only the earth<br \/>\nbut my soul darkens too easily<br \/>\nI turn to the hope of the prophets like John<br \/>\nand contemporary ones such as the Jesuit Daniel Berrigan<\/p>\n<p>In his 2004 Testimony: The Word Made Flesh<br \/>\nThe holy man penned this \u201cAdvent Credo\u201d: [1]<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0It is <strong>not<\/strong> true that creation and the human family are doomed to destruction and loss \u2026<br \/>\n<strong>This<\/strong> is true: God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten, that whoever believes in Him shall not<br \/>\nperish but have everlasting life;<\/li>\n<li>It is <strong>not<\/strong> true that we must accept inhumanity and discrimination, hunger and poverty, death and destruction<br \/>\n\u2026<br \/>\n<strong>This<\/strong> is true: I have come that they may have life, and that abundantly;<\/li>\n<li>It is <strong>not<\/strong> true that violence and hatred should have the last word \u2026<br \/>\n<strong>This<\/strong> is true: Unto us a child is born, unto us a Son is given, and the government shall be upon his shoulder;<\/li>\n<li>It is <strong>not<\/strong> true that we are simply victims of the powers of evil who seek to rule the world \u2026<br \/>\n<strong>This<\/strong> is true: To me is given authority in heaven and on earth, and lo I am with you, even until the end of the<br \/>\nworld;<\/li>\n<li>It is <strong>not<\/strong> true that we have to wait for those who are specially gifted, who are the prophets of the Church<br \/>\nbefore we can be peacemakers \u2026<br \/>\n<strong>This<\/strong> is true: I will pour out my spirit on all flesh and your sons and daughters shall prophesy, your young men<br \/>\nshall see visions and your old men shall have dreams;<\/li>\n<li>It is <strong>not<\/strong> true that our hopes for liberation of humankind, of justice, of human dignity of peace are not meant<br \/>\nfor this earth\u2026<br \/>\n<strong>This<\/strong> is true: The hour comes, and it is now, that the true worshipers shall worship God in spirit and in truth.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Berrigan concludes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cSo let us enter Advent in hope, even hope against hope. Let us see visions of love and peace and justice. Let us<br \/>\naffirm with humility, with joy, with faith, with courage: Jesus Christ \u2014 the life of the world.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Advent is again upon us \u2026 but is ever upon us<br \/>\nfor the whole of Christian history is advent<br \/>\nthe anticipatory moment between Christ\u2019s coming in history<br \/>\nand his final coming in glory<br \/>\nBuoyed by the courage of the Baptist<br \/>\nlet us herald<br \/>\ntake up again<br \/>\nembrace even more fervently<br \/>\nthe very in-breaking of God\u2019s just reign<br \/>\nin our own time, in our own lives<br \/>\nacross every border<br \/>\nin the face of every prejudice<br \/>\nthrough Christ our Lord.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Endnotes<br \/>\n[1]\u00a0Daniel Berrigan, Testimony: The Word Made Flesh (Maryknoll NY: Orbis, 2004); much of the poem was from a speech by the South African theologian Allan Boesak, delivered in Vancouver and document by Susan A. 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