Thursday, March 11, 2010

My schizophrenic church, part 2

From the first preface for Lent:
Each year You give us this joyful season
when we prepare to celebrate the paschal mystery with mind and heart renewed.
You give us a spirit of loving reverence for You, our Father,
and of willing service to our neighbour.
As we recall the great events that gave us new life in Christ,
You bring the image of Your Son to perfection within us.
From the third preface for Lent:
You ask us to express our thanks by self-denial.
We are to master our sinfulness and conquer our pride.
We are to show to those in need Your goodness to ourselves.
In the first prayer, it's up to God--God does this, God does that, God does the other. In the other prayer it's up to us--WE do this, WE do that, WE do the other.

Which is it?

(Hint: It's not the one with all the WEs.)

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