{"id":55826,"date":"2021-04-01T10:16:48","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T15:16:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=55826"},"modified":"2021-04-12T15:02:38","modified_gmt":"2021-04-12T20:02:38","slug":"ars-praedicandi-easter-sunday-year-b-ed-foley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2021\/04\/01\/ars-praedicandi-easter-sunday-year-b-ed-foley\/","title":{"rendered":"<i>Ars praedicandi:<\/i> Easter Sunday, Year B, Ed Foley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>by Fr. Edward Foley, Capuchin<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A recent research project<br \/>\nunexpectedly launched me into a study about credibility.<br \/>\nThe trigger for this excursion<br \/>\nwas a question about the trust levels of scientists in the US<br \/>\nand whether preachers could contribute<br \/>\nto bolstering confidence in the sciences<br \/>\naround critical issues like vaccinations and climate change.<\/p>\n<p>To my chagrin, current polls demonstrate<br \/>\nthat scientists have a higher trust factor than clergy.<br \/>\nFor example, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/1597\/confidence-institutions.aspx\">in a recent Gallup poll<\/a><br \/>\nreligious organizations and their leadership<br \/>\ngarner a 42% affirmation<br \/>\nat the \u201cgreat deal\u201d or \u201cquite a lot\u201d approval level.<\/p>\n<p>While dismayed I was not shocked.<br \/>\nReligious institutions such as the Catholic Church<br \/>\ngave squandered a lot of societal esteem.<br \/>\nWhen I was ordained, the approval rating was 68%.<br \/>\nMakes me wonder how much I contributed to this decline.<\/p>\n<p>On the bright side, we look a lot better than Congress at 13%<br \/>\nand televised news at 18%, but that isn\u2019t saying much.<\/p>\n<p>There are multiple factors for the declining approval ratings<br \/>\nof religious institutions and the clergy who serve them,<br \/>\nincluding the all too common personal and financial scandals<br \/>\nthat have filled the airwaves over the past decades.<br \/>\nAccording to the findings leading up to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/roman_curia\/synod\/documents\/rc_synod_doc_20180508_instrumentum-xvassemblea-giovani_en.html\">2018 Roman Synod,<\/a><br \/>\none consistent concern among young adults<br \/>\nwas a pattern of tone-deafness on the part of the church<br \/>\nwith young folk \u201cvehemently seek\u201d a church that listens.<\/p>\n<p>A parallel worry seems to be the extent<br \/>\nto which church leaders speak a clear truth<br \/>\nnot just about finances and abuses,<br \/>\nbut about the gospel.<\/p>\n<p>It is a concern of mine on this Easter Feast<br \/>\nwhen we turn from fasting to feasting.<br \/>\ntrade purple for gold vestments,<br \/>\nand sing upbeat hymns of triumph and life.<\/p>\n<p>An often-unspoken expectation<br \/>\nfor celebrating this great feast and others like it<br \/>\nis for the worship to project<br \/>\na great sense of joy, even cheerfulness,<br \/>\nheavy on the Alleluias and buoyant hymns in major keys.<\/p>\n<p>At least for me, and maybe many of you, however,<br \/>\nthis feels like a season of quite muted Alleluias.<\/p>\n<p>True, the job market is looking brighter,<br \/>\nstimulus checks are appearing in bank accounts,<br \/>\nvaccines are rolling out,<br \/>\nand some are emerging from their pandemic hibernation.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, people are yet experiencing much loss:<br \/>\ngrieving friends and family,<br \/>\nfacing financial upheaval,<br \/>\nand uncertain about their future.<\/p>\n<p>And then there is the unrelenting violence<br \/>\nnot only in Atlanta and Boulder<br \/>\nbut also, the brutality that mars our city streets<br \/>\nand those of distant Myanmar and Yemen.<br \/>\nAnd we cannot forget the lives of the victimized<br \/>\nsome who speak up against power,<br \/>\nbut also, the multitudes who remain silent victims.<\/p>\n<p>What does resurrection really mean<br \/>\nin the face of so much suffering and violence?<br \/>\nAnd how do I preach in such a way<br \/>\nthat does not further erode trust in our Catholic faith?<\/p>\n<p>A favorite poet is Mary Oliver.<br \/>\nMost of her poetry takes its inspiration from nature<br \/>\nrather from the human world.<\/p>\n<p>Her poems are populated with loons and geese,<br \/>\ninsects and stars.<br \/>\nShe even has a collection about dogs [1]<br \/>\nwhom she once described as<br \/>\nperfect companions since they don\u2019t speak.<\/p>\n<p>Even though the subjects of her poems<br \/>\nare not butchers or bakers or candlestick makers,<br \/>\nthey are always and ultimately about humanity<br \/>\nand especially the struggle for meaning.<\/p>\n<p>There is no poem of hers that does that for me<br \/>\nas much as her miniature musing \u201cThe Uses of Sorrow.\u201d [2]<\/p>\n<p>Oliver writes:<br \/>\n<em>Someone I loved, Once gave me<\/em><br \/>\n<em>A box full of darkness.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>It took me years to understand<\/em><br \/>\n<em>That this, too, was a gift.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I find those few lines<br \/>\nan unusually poignant lens<br \/>\nfor reading today\u2019s Gospel,<br \/>\nwhich, on this resurrection feast,<br \/>\nis not filled with alleluias or triumphant scenes<br \/>\nof Jesus sundering the bonds of death<br \/>\nso favored by Renaissance painters.<\/p>\n<p>Rather, central in that gospel<br \/>\nis a box full of darkness:<br \/>\nan empty tomb.<br \/>\nIt took the emerging Christian community<br \/>\ndecades to understand as a gift<br \/>\nand not just as the apostolic puzzlement<br \/>\nthe faced Simon Peter and the beloved disciple.<\/p>\n<p>Forrest Gump would have us believe,<br \/>\nlike his mother taught him<br \/>\nthat life is like a box of chocolates:<br \/>\nyou never know what you\u2019re gonna get.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019d rather live that analogy<br \/>\nhoping for the sweetness and the cream<br \/>\nthe caramel crunch and the pecan delight<br \/>\nthan a box full of darkness.<\/p>\n<p>But like many of you, I don\u2019t often get a lot of boxes of chocolates.<br \/>\nBut I do feel like there is a steady supply<br \/>\nof boxes of darkness,<br \/>\nof empty tombs,<br \/>\nand of not being able to make sense<br \/>\nout of violence and loss,<br \/>\nshattered plans and uncertain futures.<\/p>\n<p>So where is the resurrection gift there<br \/>\nand what in that gift might prompt us to sing Alleluia?<\/p>\n<p>Over the last few weeks,<br \/>\nas I\u2019ve been searching for a way,<br \/>\nto find meaning and maybe even joy<br \/>\nin the darkness of box and tomb,<br \/>\nI stumbled across a reflection<br \/>\nbased upon an amazing yet difficult book<br \/>\n<em>Proverbs of Ashes: Violence, Redemptive Suffering<\/em><br \/>\n<em>And the Search for what Saves Us. <\/em>[3]<\/p>\n<p>Rifting on the content of that volume,<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/politicaltheology.com\/the-politics-of-resurrection-and-resistance-john-201-18\/\">a particular blogger<\/a> startled me with<br \/>\nwith a new take on resurrection<br \/>\nsuggesting that it was a form of resistance.<br \/>\nHe gets to this wisdom point<br \/>\nby affirming that<br \/>\nJesus\u2019 resurrection cannot be divorced<br \/>\nfrom the violence of his death.<br \/>\nAnd then concludes that resurrection itself<br \/>\n\u201cis a divine response to human violence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continues:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Resurrection symbolizes divine intention for life to survive beyond violent interruptions. It is [clearly] a mistake to say that Jesus\u2019 death was a good thing. It must be understood as a tragedy. But, it is faithful to rejoice at God\u2019s insistence that this tragedy would not shut holy love out of the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He goes on to reason that resistance<br \/>\nis the true work of resurrection.<br \/>\nFor when we feel grief in the face of violence or injustice,<br \/>\nthe memory of Jesus\u2019 own experience of violence &#8211;<br \/>\nwhich did not trigger divine wrath in return,<br \/>\nbut only a sacred impulse towards life, towards love &#8211;<br \/>\nprovides an authentic God-path<br \/>\nfor resisting such violence<br \/>\nwith the same resurrection instincts.<br \/>\nHe concludes that Jesus is a model<br \/>\nfor resisting every onslaught of violence.<\/p>\n<p>In whatever recurring box of darkness fills our lives,<br \/>\nin whatever empty tomb confronts us,<br \/>\nwe find the hope of an authentic and true response<br \/>\nto counter the violence and diminishment of the world<br \/>\nwith a vindicating and redemptive love.<\/p>\n<p>And that hope \u2026 that promise \u2026 that future<br \/>\nis a source of true joy, a cause for full-throated alleluia.<br \/>\nNot because the feast of Easter<br \/>\nwill eradicate all violence or even death,<br \/>\nbut because it offers us<br \/>\na way forward in the face of every brutality<br \/>\nwhen confronted with any loss:<br \/>\na path of redemptive resistance,<br \/>\na path of graced defiance<br \/>\nto any force or any person,<br \/>\nto any movement or any ideology<br \/>\nthat threatens another crucifixion<br \/>\ntather than promising resurrection.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years I have had some splendid graduate students.<br \/>\nA few years ago I admitted a student from Myanmar,<br \/>\nan Evangelical protestant pastor and teacher<br \/>\nand a father of three daughters<br \/>\nwhose family made the costly decision<br \/>\nto send him to the U.S. to complete a doctorate with us.<\/p>\n<p>After he received his student visa and then arrived,<br \/>\nduring his first week here<br \/>\nhis sponsor withdrew financial support,<br \/>\nan essential criterion for getting a student visa.<br \/>\nThat same first week in the states<br \/>\nhe learned from his wife that they were pregnant<br \/>\nwith twins.<\/p>\n<p>So we swung into action,<br \/>\nsupplied him with food, housing, a scholarship<br \/>\nand he eventually finished his doctoral work.<\/p>\n<p>In the midst of his studies<br \/>\nthe twins were born, his 4th girl and first boy.<br \/>\nAs an overgenerous sign of his gratitude<br \/>\nhe named his first son after me<br \/>\nso someplace in Myanmar<br \/>\nthere is a child named \u201cFoley,\u201d<br \/>\na point of consternation for many confused relatives.<\/p>\n<p>As you probably know,<br \/>\nin the aftermath of the February military coup<br \/>\nMyanmar is experiencing<br \/>\ngreat distress and violence these days.<br \/>\nThe internet connections are spotty,<br \/>\nI am receiving only sporadic news from my former student<br \/>\nabout the crucifixions in the streets<br \/>\nand his struggles to protect his family.<\/p>\n<p>I am not sure if you have seen the stories<br \/>\nreported by international news agencies<br \/>\nposted on the internet,<br \/>\nbut recently a Roman Catholic Nun, Sister Ann Nu Thawng<br \/>\nof the congregation of Saint Xavier<br \/>\nhas on two different occasions<br \/>\nknelt down on the street<br \/>\nbefore the Myanmar armed forces,<br \/>\nbegging them not to open fire on protesters.<\/p>\n<p>According to some reports,<br \/>\nher selfless act allowed over 100 protesters<br \/>\nto find refuge in her convent,<br \/>\nsaving them from beatings, arrest, maybe even death.<\/p>\n<p>What is resurrection?<br \/>\nIs it a renaissance painting of a Christ in triumph,<br \/>\nerupting from the tomb in a technicolor display?<br \/>\nOr is it a woman religious<br \/>\nkneeling on the streets of Myanmar<br \/>\nresisting violence?<\/p>\n<p>My personal prejudices are obvious here<br \/>\nas I worry about a former student, his family<br \/>\nand the only namesake child I will ever have.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand,<br \/>\nall those who experience violence and oppression,<br \/>\ndark boxes and empty tombs,<br \/>\nbecame our children and siblings,<br \/>\nparents and cousins,<br \/>\nwhen we were plunged into that baptismal pool<br \/>\nand marked with the cross,<br \/>\nthe ultimate sign of resistance to hatred and abuse.<\/p>\n<p>I pray that this Easter feast<br \/>\nbring us to such mission and ultimately such joy<br \/>\nas resistance turns to resurrection<br \/>\nthrough Christ our Lord.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>[1] Mary Oliver, <em>Dog Songs: Poems<\/em> (New York: Penguin Books,<\/p>\n<p>[2] Mary Oliver, \u201cThe Uses of Sorrow,\u201d in <em>Thirst <\/em>(Boston: Beacon Press, 2007), 52.<\/p>\n<p>[3] Rita Nakashima Brock and Rebecca Ann Parker, <em>Proverbs of Ashes: Violence, Redemptive Suffering, and the Search for what saves us <\/em>(Boston: Beacon Press, 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