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As expected, on Friday January 20, the College of Bishops of the Church of England released <\/span>Prayers of Love and Faith<\/span><\/i><\/a> along with a larger report<\/a> on the Living in Love and Faith process and an apology to the LGBTQ+ community on behalf of the church. In the apology the bishops confess, \u201cWe have not loved you as God loves you, and that is profoundly wrong.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Prayers of Love and Faith<\/span><\/i>, is described by the bishops as a \u201cbook of draft worship resources [that includes] a range of prayers and readings which could be used in a church service, such as a Service of the Word or a Service within a Celebration of Holy Communion.\u201d\u00a0 As previewed in Part I of this post<\/a>, the materials released by the bishops will be presented to the General Synod of the Church of England this February. The bishops are asking that the Synod affirm their apology and draft prayers after debate. Taking into consideration the comments of Synod, the bishops will then finalise and approve for use<\/span> Prayers of Love and Faith<\/span><\/i>. Because, according to the bishops, the prayers contain no change to doctrine, they will not require the consent of Synod for publication and use. Individual clergy will be able to opt in, or opt out of using the prayers.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the introductory notes of <\/span>Prayers of Love and Faith<\/span><\/i>, \u201cthe resource may be used by a couple who have marked a significant stage in the development of their relationship, sealed a covenanted friendship, registered a civil partnership, or entered a civil marriage.\u201d\u00a0 At the same time, the bishops are clear that the proposed prayers are not meant to be a version of marriage, nor is the church blessing a civil (natural?, see my previous post<\/a>) marriage.\u00a0 At the Friday press conference<\/a> introducing the materials the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, suggested that, \u201cWhen you see the prayers in the way they are written and thought about, that they fall very clearly, that is technical language, [within] what is Lambeth resolution 1.10.1998, […] which is one that says we cannot bless same-sex marriages, and this seeks to bless the people, and that is really important.\u201d Comments by Stephen Cottrell, Archbishop of York, however, seemed to suggest a contrasting nuance stating, \u201cwe need to acknowledge there is a change today, we are acknowledging the goodness and faithfulness of same-sex civil marriages and partnerships within the life of the church.\u201d\u00a0 Seemingly, the fragile consensus the College of Bishops were able to come to is based upon the question of what is being blessed within the prayers, and by whom.\u00a0 In the introduction to <\/span>Prayers of Love and Faith <\/span><\/i>a call out box proposes a brief theology of blessing stating that in scripture people are blessed, rather than \u201cthings, actions, or ways of life.\u201d\u00a0 It then concludes, that where the bishops’ proposed prayers speak of blessing, \u201cwe ask for God\u2019s blessing \u2013 recognising that it is not our blessing or approval that is conferred, but a prayer for God to bring about flourishing and growth in the ways of God.\u201d\u00a0 A fuller account of the \u2018not a blessing\u2019<\/a> argument has been given by Paul Roberts.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What I am keen to observe is the singular attention given thus far to the wording of the prayers as determinative of what is \u2018happening\u2019 in the rite.\u00a0 Such thinking almost broaches a medieval sacramental theology which divides <\/span>verbum audibile<\/span><\/i> and <\/span>verbum visibile<\/span><\/i> (Berkouwer, <\/span>The Sacraments<\/span><\/i>, 1969) – A type of \u2018at the very words\u2019 thinking which sees liturgical prayer simply as formulae, and subsequent grace received as the result of formulae. But context, ritual, and the broader sense of the prayers when used together must be taken into account as well.\u00a0 As already noted, the bishops foresee the prayers being used as a Service of the Word<\/strong>, or during the Holy Eucharist<\/strong>, suggesting a structure that is different than, but not unlike, the blessing or solemnization of Holy Matrimony in Common Worship<\/em>.\u00a0 The example services given by the bishops include options for the blessing of rings<\/strong> (<\/span>by your blessing, may these rings worn by your servants N and N be signs of their hope-filled covenant<\/span><\/i>) and what can only be understood as the lighting of the ubiquitous nuptial candle<\/strong>, called in the text \u201ca shared candle of dedication\u201d.\u00a0 One also notices the consistent use of language throughout the prayers that contain expressions of the traditional goods of marriage<\/strong>: permanence, partnership, fidelity, fruitfulness.\u00a0 For example,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For grace to live well<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Faithful God, giver of all good things, give N and N wisdom and devotion in the ordering of their life together. May they dwell together in love and peace all the days of their life, seeking one another\u2019s welfare, bearing one another\u2019s burdens and sharing one another\u2019s joys; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

For discipleship\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Eternal God, without your grace nothing is strong, nothing is sure. Strengthen N and N with patience, kindness, gentleness and all other gifts of the Holy Spirit, so that they may fulfill the commitment they have made. Keep them faithful to each other and to you. Fill them with such love and joy that they may build a home of peace and welcome. Make their life together a sign of Christ\u2019s love in this broken world, that unity may overcome estrangement, forgiveness heal guilt, and joy conquer despair; through Jesus Christ our Lord.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Moreover, while the prayers assiduously avoid the language or issue of sexual intimacy, there is a prayer for family included so that the reality of same-sex couples who have family is not ignored.<\/span><\/p>\n

Taking a broader liturgical view, the assertion that the bishops\u2019 proposed prayers are not indicative of the church blessing the \u201ccovenant\u201d, or \u201ccommitment\u201d made by two persons, to use the language of some of the draft prayers, or are not pronouncing a judgement upon the relationships, seems to me to be an impossible argument, for good or bad.\u00a0 A hallmark of contemporary liturgical theology is the understanding that the church gathered at prayer is itself the ministry of Christ: One cannot bracket out the ministry of the church from God\u2019s blessing as if priest or assembly are innocent and unsure bystanders: \u201cThe liturgical assembly is not simply a gathering of people to do something extraneous, but the means whereby what the church <\/span>is<\/span><\/i>, is divulged\u201d (Butcher, <\/span>Liturgical Theology<\/span><\/i>, 2018). \u00a0 The other hallmark of contemporary sacramental theology is the church as liturgical subject.\u00a0 In short, a couple in prayer before the church express in their lives and demonstrate to others the mystery that is Christ<\/span>. Frankly, the idea that if the priest is not addressing the couple directly in the name of the church then the church is not itself blessing, condoning, or celebrating said relationships, is both liturgically and ecclesiologically unsustainable it seems to me.\u00a0 A liturgical theology along the lines of that developed by Louis Bouyer would suggest greater attention must be paid to the nexus of meanings that emerge from words, gestures, assembly, priest and the life situations of the couples who are the direct subjects of the prayers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019m not suggesting, contrary to the bishops\u2019 assertions, that the prayers comprise in fact matrimony by different words, a pseudo-sacrament, are sacramental, or alternatively, are just a vague hope for God\u2019s action. My essential point is that addressing the draft prayers in a more liturgically sophisticated manner would be helpful in assessing what they are and are not. It seems to me that doing so reveals that the prayers offered are indeed something \u2018more\u2019 than some are suggesting and do open up new ways of believing (to the consternation and concern of some). This reality seems to be reflected in the words of the Archbishop of Canterbury when during Friday\u2019s press conference he stated \u201cI\u2019m sure the last word hasn\u2019t been said\u201d.\u00a0 In short, looking at Prayers of Love and Faith<\/em> through a larger prism may broaden further insights into their pastoral use.<\/span><\/p>\n

A final point to be made, and perhaps the most interesting, is that one does well to consider the draft prayers in the context of the bishops\u2019 final report to the <\/span>Living in Love and Faith<\/span>\u00a0process which acts as a type of <\/span>Pr\u00e6notanda<\/span><\/i> – a \u2018how to\u2019 on contextualizing and interpreting the prayers.\u00a0 Doing so reveals that the prayers are not proposed as a yay or nay response to same-sex marriage.\u00a0 They are in fact composed as a pastoral response to the entire LLF process.\u00a0 The bishops are explicit that they are attempting to respond to the breadth of shifting human relationships and the many forms they are taking on in contemporary culture.\u00a0 Both the report, and the Bishop of London (Sarah Mullally) during Friday’s press conference, honestly acknowledge a range of personal identity questions and diverse human relationships at hand within society and the church;\u00a0 The prayers are offered as a form of flexible pastoral accompaniment acknowledging the reality of contemporary human life-patterns.\u00a0 While equal marriage campaigners may be frustrated that marriage canons were not simply re-written pronoun free, in the long run the College of Bishops may have opened a door no other church has, and embarked upon a far more courageous pastoral approach to human relationships and pastoral accompaniment that is just beginning.\u00a0 As the bishops reflect in their final report: <\/span>The Church seeks to be a community of character and grace in which the rich diversity of God-given humanity can flourish and grow ever more into the likeness and pattern of Christ.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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