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prayer of renunciation	Kathleen	Sunday, August 15, 2010
Question: I've recently discovered this site and have found the questions and your answers very informative. God bless you and your endeavor. My question involves the prayer of renunciation that you have referred to in some of your answers. There was a line in there I found a little disconcerting. "As one who has been crucified with Jesus Christ and raised to walk in newness of life, cancel, dear Lord, every curse that may have been put upon me and announce to Satan and all his forces that You, the Christ, became a curse for me when You hung on the cross". The part about Christ becoming a curse sounds really wrong as I've always thought of a curse as something you DON'T want. Thank you.
Question Answered by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OLSM Dear Kathleen: Christ becoming a curse for us on the Cross is in the Bible. St. Paul says, (Galatians 3:13) Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us--for it is written, "Cursed be every one who hangs on a tree" When Jesus voluntarily went to the Cross he bore the curse of the Law upon Himself. He became the curse. As the Navarre Bible Commentary remarks, "To this end he voluntarily turned upon himself the curse which the Law laid on its transgressors." A more modern way to say this is that Jesus took upon himself the penalty of Sin for us. Curse means condemnation, to damn, to be accursed (to come under the curse of the Law). Jesus took on the penalty of damnation that belongs to us because of our sin. You are right, a curse is something we do not want. So, Jesus took is upon Himself so we do not have to and thus live with Him forever in heaven. Praise God! God Bless, Bro. Ignatius Mary Footer Notes: This forum is for general questions on the faith. See specific Topic Forums below: Spiritual Warfare, demons, the occult go to our Spiritul Warfare Q&S Forum. Liturgy Questions go to our Liturgy and Liturgical Law Q&A Forum Liturgy of the Hours (Divine Office) Questions go to our Divine Office Q&A Forum Defenfing the Faith Questions go to our Defending the Faith Q&A Forum Church History Questions go to our Church History Q&A Forum

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Kathleen

Sunday, August 15, 2010

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I've recently discovered this site and have found the questions and your answers very informative. God bless you and your endeavor.

My question involves the prayer of renunciation that you have referred to in some of your answers. There was a line in there I found a little disconcerting. "As one who has been crucified with Jesus Christ and raised to walk in newness of life, cancel, dear Lord, every curse that may have been put upon me and announce to Satan and all his forces that You, the Christ, became a curse for me when You hung on the cross". The part about Christ becoming a curse sounds really wrong as I've always thought of a curse as something you DON'T want.

Thank you.

Question Answered by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OLSM

Dear Kathleen:

Christ becoming a curse for us on the Cross is in the Bible. St. Paul says, (Galatians 3:13) Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us--for it is written, "Cursed be every one who hangs on a tree"

When Jesus voluntarily went to the Cross he bore the curse of the Law upon Himself. He became the curse. As the Navarre Bible Commentary remarks, "To this end he voluntarily turned upon himself the curse which the Law laid on its transgressors."

A more modern way to say this is that Jesus took upon himself the penalty of Sin for us. Curse means condemnation, to damn, to be accursed (to come under the curse of the Law). Jesus took on the penalty of damnation that belongs to us because of our sin.

You are right, a curse is something we do not want. So, Jesus took is upon Himself so we do not have to and thus live with Him forever in heaven. Praise God!

God Bless,
Bro. Ignatius Mary

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Spiritual Warfare, demons, the occult go to our Spiritul Warfare Q&S Forum.
Liturgy Questions go to our Liturgy and Liturgical Law Q&A Forum
Liturgy of the Hours (Divine Office) Questions go to our Divine Office Q&A Forum
Defenfing the Faith Questions go to our Defending the Faith Q&A Forum
Church History Questions go to our Church History Q&A Forum