Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!bcm!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: !fetherbay@ddtisvr.uucp (Kathy Fetherbay) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Passover for Christians Message-ID: Date: 6 Apr 91 06:28:15 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: DuPont Design Technologies Group Lines: 45 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article tom@dvnspc1.dev.unisys.com (Tom Albrecht) writes: >In article !fetherbay@ddtisvr.uucp (Kathy Daly) writes: >> >>Our haggadah follows the modern seder, not really what Jesus would >>have enacted with his disciples. > >Then why bother? > >I'm curious as to why Christians, especially gentile Christians, would >institute this sort of tradition in their churches? >. . . >Do those who favor such practices see religious (worship?) significance in >them? Does their institution unwittingly drive the Church back to the >imperfection of the Old Covenant? Or is it simply a harmless, sentimental >custom? >-- >Tom Albrecht Admittedly, I am new to the Catholic church and may not understand why my parish does what it does. As I recall, there was no explanation of how to approach the meal. I *think* it was done as a reminder of the roots of both our faith (as a delivered people) and our Eucharist (as a holy meal). The parish has been doing this for only ten years, and judging by the small turn-out, it does not hold much meaning for many people. It felt more like a community social event than anything else. I would have *preferred* a re-enactment of The Last Supper, and would have thought of it as theatre. Is a procession at Easter or Stations of the Cross anything more than drama? (I mean that on the surface; an individual can make anything into a religious experience.) I believe Jesus did not pick bread and wine out of thin air, but was building on something that already had meaning, and then *changed* those meanings. He said "Take THIS cup", not "Take a cup of wine..." like a recipe. I would have found it insightful to experience the break with tradition that occured at the "Last Passover/First Eucharist" from the eyes of the participants, and a re-enactment is a good vehicle. Next year, I'll give it a miss. -- Kathy E.F.Daly -- - -- "A bad .sig file is better than no .sig file at all." (technically) Camex,Inc. pays me, but I work for DuPont Design Technologies . . and neither one is liable nor responsible for anything I say or do. daly%ddtisvr@uunet.uu.net -or- fetherbay@ddtisvr.uucp -or- (408)970-4263