{"id":69665,"date":"2026-04-08T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=69665"},"modified":"2026-04-08T10:08:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T15:08:47","slug":"la-legitima-funcion-liturgica-de-los-payasos-the-legitimate-liturgical-function-of-clowns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/08\/la-legitima-funcion-liturgica-de-los-payasos-the-legitimate-liturgical-function-of-clowns\/","title":{"rendered":"La leg\u00edtima funci\u00f3n lit\u00fargica de los payasos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong><em><strong>By Katharine E. Harmon,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2014\/09\/29\/the-legitimate-liturgical-function-of-clowns\/\">post originally appeared September 29, 2014<\/a>; en espa\u00f1ol, March 20, 2026<\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Pray Tell&nbsp;<em>le brinda a sus lectores hispanos los art\u00edculos m\u00e1s le\u00eddos en ingl\u00e9s ahora tambi\u00e9n en espa\u00f1ol<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pray Tell\u00a0<em>brings its Hispanic readers the most popular articles in English, now also available in Spanish<\/em>.\u00a0<strong>Find the article in English\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2014\/09\/29\/the-legitimate-liturgical-function-of-clowns\/\">here<\/a>.<\/strong>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;\u00bfPuedes explicarme el origen de la &#8216;Misa de Payasos&#8217;?&#8221; no era lo primero que esperaba o\u00edr cuando entr\u00e9 a mi clase de Historia Cat\u00f3lica Estadounidense hace unos d\u00edas. De alguna manera, uno de mis alumnos hab\u00eda descubierto un v\u00eddeo (bastante aterrador) en internet de dicha &#8220;Misa de Payasos&#8221;. Quiz\u00e1s comprensiblemente, este alumno (y pronto todos los asistentes a la clase) se preguntaba en qu\u00e9 posible contexto habr\u00eda sido buena idea la Misa de Payasos. Porque, seamos sinceros: al menos, los payasos dan miedo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La Misa de Payasos, o &#8220;ministerio de payasos&#8221;, como se llamar\u00eda a este fen\u00f3meno m\u00e1s amplio, realmente existi\u00f3, y la intenci\u00f3n detr\u00e1s de este ministerio es fascinante. En resumen, una &#8220;Misa de Payasos&#8221; implicaba que los ministros lit\u00fargicos y los feligreses se disfrazaran\u2026 de payasos. Vestirse con colores chillones, antenas luminosas, pintura facial y narices rojas proporcionaba una forma tangible y concreta de agudizar la conciencia del absurdo humano, invitando a una refrescante alegr\u00eda a la \u2014a veces demasiado seria\u2014 tarea del culto. Ciertamente, vestirse para el papel en un contexto ritual contrastaba marcadamente la locura de la humanidad con la gloria de Dios; pues, \u00bfd\u00f3nde es m\u00e1s intenso el encuentro entre Dios y la fragilidad humana que en la celebraci\u00f3n del Sacramento de la Eucarist\u00eda? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Las formas del &#8220;ministerio de payasos&#8221; se practicaban ya en la d\u00e9cada de 1960, pero experimentaron un auge de popularidad a principios de la d\u00e9cada de 1980. Un &#8220;ministerio de payasos&#8221; tan completo fue dirigido por las Hermanas del Monte San Benito, en Erie, Pensilvania. Las hermanas que participaban en el ministerio se vest\u00edan con disfraces de payasos para retiros, eventos de extensi\u00f3n ministerial y servicios religiosos, como una forma de difundir el Evangelio con un toque de humor y mucha menos severidad de la que proyectar\u00eda una monja con h\u00e1bito tradicional. Como inform\u00f3 una hermana, tambi\u00e9n conocida como &#8216;Burbujas&#8217;: &#8220;El mensaje cristiano tradicional parece estar encasillado. Lo que intentamos hacer [con este ministerio] es romper algunas de esas barreras&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/newspapers?nid=2002&amp;dat=19861117&amp;id=iNwqAAAAIBAJ&amp;sjid=WNoFAAAAIBAJ&amp;pg=2245,3619948\">Beaver County Times, 8\/17\/1986<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Antes de juzgar a &#8216;Burbujas&#8217;, es importante se\u00f1alar que estas mismas hermanas religiosas del Monte San Benito, durante la d\u00e9cada de 1970, hab\u00edan estado intensamente involucradas (como tantas otras hermanas religiosas) en protestas por la paz y la justicia: iniciativas contra la guerra en el extranjero y organizaciones por los derechos civiles en el pa\u00eds. Para las hermanas, cuyas vidas estaban tan consumidas por la oposici\u00f3n a la violencia y a la injusticia, el humor alegre y amable del ministerio de los payasos les brind\u00f3 equilibrio en su vocaci\u00f3n. Como observ\u00f3 otra hermana de San Benito:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEs muy f\u00e1cil\u2026 pasar de una vigilia [por la justicia social] a otra\u2026 Es f\u00e1cil quedar atrapado en una situaci\u00f3n en la que uno dice \u2018No\u2019 todo el tiempo: \u2018No, no deber\u00edamos bombardear Libia. No, no deber\u00edamos financiar a la <em>Contra<\/em>. No, no deber\u00edamos involucrarnos en Centroam\u00e9rica. No, no deber\u00edamos estar construyendo este sistema de armas\u2019. Ver al mismo grupo [de hermanas] hacer payasadas como parte de la oraci\u00f3n y el culto integra [su vocaci\u00f3n]. Todo est\u00e1 conectado, pero no creo que la gente siempre lo relacione y creo que es bueno que lo vean\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/newspapers?nid=2002&amp;dat=19861117&amp;id=iNwqAAAAIBAJ&amp;sjid=WNoFAAAAIBAJ&amp;pg=2245,3619948\">Beaver County Times, 8\/17\/1986<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Traer payasos al cristianismo le dio un nuevo rostro al mensaje cristiano, lo hizo l\u00fadico y tom\u00f3 en serio (o literalmente) las palabras de San Pablo: &#8220;Todos somos necios por amor a Cristo&#8221; (1 Corintios 4:10). Para estas hermanas, cuyos rostros estaban constantemente vueltos hacia los horrores del sufrimiento humano, ponerse una m\u00e1scara y una peluca les brind\u00f3 momentos de alivio \u2014sin dejar de ser fieles siervas de Dios\u2014. En un mundo como el nuestro [que en aquel entonces estaba al borde de la Guerra Fr\u00eda], el contrapunto del rid\u00edculo en el testimonio y la adoraci\u00f3n cristianos podr\u00eda ser, sin duda, bienvenido. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A diferencia del ministerio de payasos en general, la pr\u00e1ctica de la &#8220;Misa de Payasos&#8221; en particular recibi\u00f3 una contestaci\u00f3n m\u00e1s r\u00e1pida por parte de un Comit\u00e9 de Liturgia de la Conferencia Nacional de Obispos Cat\u00f3licos (en respuesta a reiteradas preguntas de la Congregaci\u00f3n para el Culto Divino) en el Bolet\u00edn de los Obispos publicado en noviembre de 1985. Si bien el Comit\u00e9 no dudaba de la sinceridad de quienes participaban en el ministerio de payasos, en el contexto de la Misa, se consideraba oficialmente que los payasos carec\u00edan de una funci\u00f3n lit\u00fargica leg\u00edtima. Al parecer, ya no deb\u00edamos &#8220;enviar a los payasos&#8221; (al menos durante la Misa).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pero, m\u00e1s seriamente, el uso de la Misa de Payasos plantea importantes preguntas sobre la inculturaci\u00f3n. \u00bfEn qu\u00e9 punto se traza una l\u00ednea entre qu\u00e9 elementos del arte, la cultura y la sociedad son &#8220;aceptables&#8221; como material para lo &#8220;sagrado&#8221; y cu\u00e1les no? \u00bfQui\u00e9n traza esa l\u00ednea? El documento \u201cAmbiente y Arte en el Culto Cat\u00f3lico\u201d, por ejemplo, describe la necesidad tanto de \u201ccalidad\u201d como de \u201cidoneidad\u201d del arte y las artes empleadas en los entornos de culto (n\u00fameros 20 y 21). Incluso si un payaso es de calidad, \u00bfno es, por su propia naturaleza, apropiado?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00bfC\u00f3mo se desarrollan otras formas de arte y de cultura? Como se\u00f1ala el <em>Sacrosanctum Concilium<\/em>, el &#8220;genio y los talentos&#8221; de diversos pueblos pueden preservarse y admitirse en la Liturgia &#8220;siempre que armonicen con el esp\u00edritu verdadero y aut\u00e9ntico [de la Liturgia]&#8221; (n\u00famero 37). \u00bfY qu\u00e9 decir de las vidrieras abstractas? \u00bfDe los modismos folcl\u00f3ricos en la m\u00fasica? \u00bfDe la danza lit\u00fargica? Parece que, m\u00e1s que el tipo de arte o de elemento cultural en cuesti\u00f3n, el asunto m\u00e1s apremiante es c\u00f3mo funciona ese elemento en una determinada sociedad. Es decir, las artes y la est\u00e9tica lit\u00fargicas \u2014de hecho, cualquiera de los ministerios lit\u00fargicos\u2014 no deben convertirse en &#8220;fines&#8221; en s\u00ed mismos, sino servir como veh\u00edculos o transmisores de lo sagrado. El arte y el ministerio lit\u00fargicos no deben distraer a los fieles. Un buen lector debe &#8220;desaparecer&#8221; tras el texto proclamado; un buen conjunto de paramentos del altar debe ser signo de la fiesta y del tiempo, y no desentonar con las vestimentas del celebrante (y viceversa). Las artes lit\u00fargicas y la habilidad de los ministros lit\u00fargicos nunca sirven plenamente a la liturgia si su forma atrae m\u00e1s la atenci\u00f3n que su funci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As\u00ed pues, la pregunta de mis alumnos sigue siendo: si las misas con payasos fueran permitidas, \u00bfexistir\u00eda alg\u00fan contexto en el que una misa con payasos fuera una buena idea? Si existiera un contexto en el que los fieles no se distrajeran con narices luminosas y estolas de lunares\u2026 y muchos de nosotros no tuvi\u00e9ramos un miedo natural a los payasos\u2026 en teor\u00eda, tal vez, podr\u00eda ser posible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Katharine E. 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