resurrucifixes<\/a>.\u00a0 I\u2019m not super keen on them either.\u00a0 I sometimes fancy that part of the reason the death and resurrection of Jesus have this curious three day span between them is precisely to emphasize the really truly deadness of his death in order to emphasize the really truly aliveness of his resurrection.\u00a0 Resurrucifixes tend to blur that.\u00a0 They feel like our a product of the Pepsi Generation trying to hurry past all that death business in order to get to Yoda, Obiwan and Anakin looking all glowy and happy.\u00a0 A crucifix is *supposed* to rub our nose in death.\u00a0 We\u2019ll get to the Resurrection, never you fear.\u00a0 But pause and remember the cost.<\/p>\nThat said, it\u2019s an aesthetic judgment and I try to charitably suppose that an artist who makes such things has pious intentions.\u00a0 So I refused to join in all the bedwetting and hysteria when somebody gave the pope a resurrucifix a few weeks ago.\u00a0 Life is too short for constant panic attacks over such ephemera.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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