Word: savioring
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...Because," she said, "it celebrates the birth of your savior...
This week, when they kneel on Christmas Eve with the rest of Christendom to celebrate the Savior's birth, the sinners of St. Francis-in-the-Fields will begin their fourth year as a Christian congregation...
...through the play is a constancy reference to the Bible, quoting passages which contradict each other in supporting and denouncing slavery. But in the end it is a misuse of Scripture that brings on Savior Vesy's end: "All these twelve years," he muses, "I give my people hope with the story of Moses. I never tell them Moses never reach the Promised Land...
They have, unaccountably, been in Christendom's midst for a long time. On the road to Calvary (so a gypsy account goes), an old gypsy woman took pity on the Savior and tried to prevent His crucifixion by stealing the nails that were to be used. When caught by a Roman soldier, the woman begged for mercy: "I haven't stolen anything for seven years." One of the Disciples was moved to say: "You are blessed now. Henceforth, the Savior allows you to steal once every seven years." Since then, the gypsies have roamed the world, cheerfully stealing...
...such complete variance with a history which presents him with ever more perplexing issues . . . that the faith is becoming discredited, and disillusion and despair follow in its wake. Liberal Christianity is involved in this disillusionment. Having sought to make a success story of the biblical history of a Crucified Savior . . . it finds itself unable to cope with the tragic experiences...