What Does Gethsemane Mean

Jesus Christ Superstar comes to the Teatro

Of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals, I would have to say that despite containing two of my favourite songs – Jesus Christ Superstar and I Don’t Know How To Love Him – Jesus Christ Superstar is probably one of my least favourite, musically speaking. Yes, saying this reveals my deep love not just of musicals, but of Andrew Lloyd Webber in general, which is (I know) horribly populist, cheesy and (God forbid) mainstream of me. I’m not sure if I should reference God in this review, but I guess it’s too late now. Although the soundtrack doesn’t have me jumping up and down, this musical does offer a lot in terms of story-telling. The more conservatively religious will no doubt grumble about a Jesus with tattoos and other of the interpretations, but they would do well to remember that this is a play that offers Jesus’ story through the eyes of Judas. On the whole, I would argue, Webber and lyricist, Tim Rice, offer a really good take on both the characters and the story. Griffin and his South African cast have, in turn, given this version of the story their own flavour. Here’s what I loved, and what I didn’t. Welcome to a post-apocalyptic Jerusalem, where army guys will drop in SWAT-like from helicopters to take on rioters who are all abuzz with Jesus (played by Cito, of Wonderboom fame). From Judas’ (Jonathan Roxmouth) perspective, this mob are blind with too much Heaven On Their Minds and he worries that the man (Jesus) has become more important than the message. Judas, it seems, is all about the cause, and with the people all wanting their piece of Christ, who is there to look after Jesus’ needs? Enter Mary Magdalene (got to love how there’s always a prostitute around when you need one). It’s what should have been a small, but powerful role. Unfortunately, it’s the one place where casting truly fails them. Nádine may well be a seasoned South African pop sensation, but an actress she is not. You’ll spend a considerable amount of time watching the back of her head, even mid-song, which was either a directorial choice to hide her lack of acting ability or just a straight-up lack of basic technique. She sings beautifully, but without an inkling of the gravitas this character requires.

A Sermon On Death to Self – Gerhard Forde « Christ the Truth

Matt. 17=22-27 and 26:47-56

We speak a good deal during Lent about that supreme mystery of our faith, the death to self. For, as we have heard, he who would save his life shall lose it, and he who loses his life for Jesus’ sake shall find it. But what does that really mean -to die to self? Does it mean, perhaps. selling my car and going on foot or by bus? It might. We can’t rule out the possibility. Does it mean, perhaps, selling my good clothes and furniture so that my wife and I should sit around in rags on orange crates? It might. Certainly we can’t dismiss that possibility either. For the problem is that t!nless words like “dying to self” are translated into some kind of action, or something that actually happens -that is, some real change -they don’t have any real meaning. So we certainly must try, eventually, to translate them into the language of action.

But before we get too hasty and impatient there are some things at which we should take a hard look. The first is that we have a rather incurable tendency always to refuse to really listen to the words of God and instead to translate them immediately into something we are going to do, indeed, can do. This is what we always do with the law. We take it and translate it into a do-it-yourself kit for salvation. It is as though we think we are going to do God a big favor by living up to what is demanded of us and even, possibly, put him out of the salvation business byaccomplishing all or at least some ofitourselves-evenifthatturns out to be just a teeny-weeny little bit. But when we do that we really come a-cropper when we come to this word about dying to self. For what can that possibly mean in a do-it-yourself religion? Here God has set a snare for us in our easy confidence that we are big enough to handle the job. For this is a word that we find difficult to handle. We find ourselves forced either to ignore it -which we mostly do -or to try to cut it down to size so we can handle it -maybe by selling our car or our furniture or our clothes. But even then we can’t rest too easily with it, for we are never quite sure that that is enough. For however much discomfort such actions may cause us, is that really dying to self? They may be just another means of keeping myself in the business of doing God big -or little -favors, and thus ofprotecting myself from really hearing the words. The trouble is that the self keeps getting in the way.

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The Guardian

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