Friday, April 11, 2008

The Pseudo-Prayer (Diogenes)

No doubt many have already seen the "prayer" to be offered by the Pope at Ground Zero...

...By the dispensation of an inscrutable providence, the prayers specific to the occasion are of local manufacture, composed in the style favored by the USCCB...

Let's examine it posture by posture:
O God of love, compassion, and healing, look on us, people of many different faiths and traditions, who gather today at this site, the scene of incredible violence and pain.
"People of many faiths and traditions." Does God need to be told this? Is He to be wooed by the consideration that the "us" includes those who deny His existence or benevolence? Does it make sense to call God's attention to "incredible" (= not believable) violence?....
More enlightening insights here...

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