Hosanna to the Son of David (Weelkes)
Hosanna to the Son of David: blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna! Thou that sittest in the highest heavens; Hosanna in excelsis Deo!
It is painful to be apart.
These are days filled with prayers and rituals I know so well. I have
lived them, led them and prayed them my entire life.
As I read the lectionary selections for today, I was again stunned
by how powerful and beautiful the passion account of Luke really is. Uninterrupted by pseudo theatrics, the story
is my story and the story of my baptismal entry into the “life, death and
resurrection” of Jesus. I am relieved to
not have the story interrupted by endless fracturing of the text between
various “players”. This may have been
the best, right solution for a musical setting of the story which, as it was, a
precursor of the oratorio and opera; a miracle / mystery play of sorts. Why has it persisted into modern times?
My single greatest objection to this format is simple. The
congregation is relegated to the position of shouting “Crucify him.” Wait a minute. I did not crucify, Jesus. I am crucified WITH Jesus.
The crucifixion is a result of the “happy fault… necessary
fault of Adam…..to ransom a slave God gave His Son.” Paul teaches us clearly
that by baptism we are one with Jesus in the crucifixion and by baptism gain
our place in heaven. Why do we hold
onto to this archaic representation in word and ritual that keeps the People of
God the wrong place, denying their baptismal right and holding the blame for
crucifying Jesus?
Of course, in our life, we sin. We turn away from God’s love. We do not love ourselves,
as we should in order to love our neighbor. We do not live and proclaim the kingdom. However, our sins do not condemn Jesus to die. Only God the Father could ask Jesus to die; a death that could only come of Jesus’ own free will. This is so in order to free us from the sin of Adam in
the Garden.
Wouldn't it be a somewhat more genuine approach to have
share the banquet and, then as a family, recount the story of our salvation as
a story, carefully told as you would share the most tender moments of your family
heritage with the children of the household?
In truth, we sing “Hosanna to the Son of David” throughout
this week. It does not end with the reading from the book of Isaiah. We walk with Jesus expressing our deepest gratitude for him being one among
us and willingly, in a most human moment, saying yes to God the Father for our
salvation. This is the reason Jesus came to live as one with us. In this he
knew our struggle to say, “Yes.” We die
too with him as do we rise and sit in the highest heaven. "Hosanna in the Highest."
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