Rosenkranz und Jesusgebet

Aus den USA, der "Nation mit der Seele einer Kirche" (GKC), hören wir, daß an einigen Schulen Rosenkränze (oder wenigstens das offene Tragen derselben) verboten sind: Weil sie statt zum Beten dazu dienten, Gangmitgliedschaft zu signalisieren.

"Gangsters not only wear certain colors -- reds for Bloods, blues for Crips, for example -- they also arrange the beads to signal their rank in the gang, and teach young members to plead religious freedom if they're hauled into the principal's office, said Jared Lewis, a former police officer in California who worked in public schools.

"You are often dealing with gang members who have no inkling or cares about the religious significance of the rosary beads," said Lewis, who now runs Know Gangs, a training group for law enforcement officials. "They are just trying to skirt around school rules under the guise of a religious symbol."

No one is sure which gang started the trend of wearing rosaries, said Robert Walker, a former head of the gang identification unit for the South Carolina Department of Corrections. Like a lot of gang fads, he said, it likely started in California and migrated east." (The Town Talk via Thunderstruck)

Ebenfalls aus den USA und ebenfalls über Thunderstruck kommt die Information über einen neuen Dokumentarfilm: Mysteries of the Jesus Prayer. Natürlich muß keiner bis Ostern 2011 warten, um die Geheimnisse des Jesus-Gebetes zu entdecken. Jeder kann jederzeit damit beginnen, jetzt schon. (Vgl. zum Beispiel zeitzubeten, eine Site unseres Mitbloggers Stefan Ehrhardt.)