{"id":1027,"date":"2017-12-08T12:00:45","date_gmt":"2017-12-08T11:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stefanopitrelli.com\/?p=1027"},"modified":"2018-02-10T12:13:30","modified_gmt":"2018-02-10T11:13:30","slug":"lead-us-not-into-what-pope-francis-suggests-changing-the-words-of-the-lords-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stefanopitrelli.com\/?p=1027","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Lead us not into\u2019 what? Pope Francis suggests changing the words of the Lord\u2019s Prayer."},"content":{"rendered":"

In France, the church changed the words it uses for the prayer. The English translation might be…<\/p>\n

by Julie Zauzmer and Stefano Pitrelli, The Washington Post<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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One of the best-known prayers in the English language might need an update for the sake of theological clarity, Pope Francis suggested in an interview this week.<\/div>\n

The words in the Lord\u2019s Prayer that ask, \u201cLead us not into temptation,\u201d can cause confusion, Francis said. To make it clear that God would not lead anybody toward sin, the pope suggested a better translation of the Greek prayer from the New Testament would be something along the lines of, \u201cDo not let us fall into temptation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Any change to the text of the Mass in the Catholic Church takes lengthy deliberations. Francis\u2019s comments won\u2019t lead to a change in what churchgoers recite this Sunday.<\/p>\n

But there\u2019s precedent for the sort of change he suggested: The Catholic Church in France switched its liturgy on Sunday from \u201cNe nous soumets pas \u00e0 la tentation\u201d (roughly \u201cDon\u2019t expose us to temptation\u201d) to an updated version, \u201cNe nous laisse pas entrer en tentation\u201d (meaning \u201cDon\u2019t let us enter into temptation.\u201d)<\/p>\n

<\/i>Christians who have been taught the Lord\u2019s Prayer, also known as the Our Father prayer, from the time they were children reacted with surprise to the news of the pope\u2019s comments. On social media, many reacted with comments such as, \u201cLeave the Lord\u2019s Prayer alone!\u201d<\/p>\n

The prayer comes from the book of Matthew, in which Jesus teaches his followers, \u201cThis, then<\/a>, is how you should pray,\u201d then recites the now-famous words.<\/p>\n

Francis spoke about the prayer in an interview with Marco Pozza, a prison chaplain in Padua, on the channel TV2000 that is owned by Italian bishops. Pozza said that people sometimes ask him, \u201cFather Marco, how can God ever lead us into temptation?\u201d<\/p>\n

The pope replied that the translation is \u201cnot good.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not about letting me fall into temptation. It\u2019s I, the one who falls, not Him pushing me toward temptation,\u201d Francis said, miming the gesture of pushing someone, \u201cso as to then see how I fall. No, well, a father won\u2019t do that. A father will immediately help you pick yourself up. Satan\u2019s the one leading you into temptation. That\u2019s Satan\u2019s task.\u201d<\/p>\n

<\/i>Michael Dauphinais, the chair of the theology department at Ave Maria University, said he has discussed the same confusion with his students about the meaning of this key prayer. \u201cIt\u2019s certainly important to understand that God is not ever going to lead us into temptation, that our Lord permits evils and sufferings to occur, but he does not ever lead us into sin,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He said Pope Francis is \u201ca good pastor\u201d to have realized that his flock may be misunderstanding the words.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only thing that can separate us from God is our own sins, and never his action. The traditional language, when it says, \u2018Lead us not into temptation,\u2019 the alternative that God will lead us to sin: It can\u2019t mean that, or else the rest of the prayer, and the rest of the Christian faith, wouldn\u2019t make sense,\u201d Dauphinais said. \u201cThat\u2019s what the pope is trying to exclude. He\u2019s trying to exclude a possible misunderstanding of that expression. When we say, \u2018Lead us not into temptation,\u2019 it\u2019s just a trust, that we are under the care of a loving father; there are no accidents.\u201d<\/p>\n

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