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World Day of Prayer to St. Mary Magdalen: Celebrating May 17th… in Provence and Around the World
By John WauckMay 17th is the anniversary of the beatification of Opus Dei’s founder, St. Josemaria Escriva (clearly a cause for celebration), but it is also the day on which The Da Vinci Code will be shown in public for the first time, at the Cannes Film Festival, and, as another post noted, the proximity of Cannes to the traditional tomb of St. Mary Magdalen in Provence is a coincidence too good to resist.
This Fra Angelico painting, in the Museo di San Marco, shows the Risen Christ appearing to Mary Magdalen, and it appears on Benedict XVI’s Easter greeting card this year (a coincidence?), which gives me an idea…
Obviously, relatively few people will be able to make a pilgrimage to the tomb of St. Mary Magdalen, around the corner from Cannes.
So why not celebrate the premiere of The Da Vinci Code by calling for a special Day of Prayer to St. Mary Magdalen. Of course, it’s always good to pray to St. Mary Magdalen, but this would be a fine way to remind the world that the basic premise of The Da Vinci Code – that “the Magdalene” has somehow been suppressed – is nonsense, at least as far as Catholics are concerned.
By the way, I plan to be in Florence that day at the official presentation of a book on The Da Vinci Code to which I contributed a chapter. The other contributors are Prof. Franco Cardini and Maurizio Seracini, who actually appears in the novel (chapter 40: referring to Leonardo‚Äôs Adoration of the Magi, Brown notes that ‚ÄúItalian art diagnostician Maurizio Seracini had unveiled the unsettling truth, which the New York Times Magazine carried prominently in a story titled “The Leonardo Cover-Up.”‚Ķ which gives us a pretty clear idea of how deep Brown‚Äôs research went).
The last time I spoke in Florence, the Tuscan newspaper La.Nazione published this article with its rather surprising photo. The headline reads: “The Da Vinci Code isn’t worth a war”… which is true, but a few prayers to Saint Mary Magdalen sure wouldn’t hurt.
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Fr. Wauck:
I like the clarification you make on the site: Da Vinci Code and Opus Dei.
But I am a little worried that this could mislead some people. On a quick glance,
if you say that Jesus was really married, it may appear as heresy. (of course, you clarified
that he was married to the Church.) But someone surfing the web, after having
a quick glance, may misunderstand your intention. I also noted that there was a news article on
a Korean newspaper, Cho-Sun-Il-bo, on May 5, 2006. The title was “A Catholic Theologian advocates
Da Vinci Code”. According to the article, it says that Fr. Wauck, a priest of the Opus Dei, which
is descrbied as a group of power-hunger religious in Dan Brown’s novel, advocates the Da Vinci Code.
I do not know whether the reporter misunderstood your comments, or did not clarify your positions,
but when I read the article, I was almost scandalized that an Opus Dei priest would encourage
people to see the movie. Although the news article did not say that Fr. Wauck is “encouraging”
people to see the movie, it almost gave such an impression.
I attach the newspaper article just in case.
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Thanks, Chris, for the heads up on how the blog and my comments have been reported. I don’t know how well that Associated Press article was translated into Korean. Here (see below) is what the original English said.
I certainly am not advocating the Da Vinci Code – either as a book or as a movie. I do, however, think that it may have a n unintended boomerang effect of leading people towards the truth. In fact, I know of instances in which this has happened.
Catholic Scholars Brace for ‘Da Vinci’
By ARIEL DAVID, Associated Press Writer
Thu May 4, 2:42 PM ET
ROME – Roman Catholic scholars gathered Thursday to explore whether the soon-to-be-released film version of “The Da Vinci Code” will spread hostile sentiment against the church or provide an opportunity to draw people closer to religion.¬†
Scholars including members of Opus Dei — the conservative religious order depicted as a murderous, power-hungry sect in the best-selling Dan Brown novel — were participating at the forum on the potential effects of the movie, set for release May 17-19 around the world.
“The movie will reach more people, so in that sense it will be a bit of a step forward for the book’s ideas,” said the Rev. John Wauck, a professor at Opus Dei’s University of Santa Croce in Rome.
Brown’s novel has Jesus marrying Mary Magdalene and having children, and it puts the church and Opus Dei at the center of a conspiracy to cover up the supposed secret. The author has claimed that while his story is fictional, it’s rooted in historical fact ‚Äî a position that’s drawn a torrent of criticism from religious and historical scholars.
The book also targets Opus Dei for its purported political and economic power as well is its use of “corporal mortification,” the voluntary punishing of one’s body as spiritual discipline.
Several high-ranking prelates are members of Opus Dei, an order which was particularly favored by the late Pope John Paul II.
“As a book, ‘The Da Vinci Code’ doesn’t merit serious attention,” Wauck told The Associated Press in a telephone interview before the conference.
“However, as a phenomenon it demands serious attention, because a book that sells 40 million copies is not just a book, it tells us something about our society and the world we live in,” Wauck said.
The novel’s success is a sign that there is “tremendous religious ignorance” but that readers also have a thirst for history, art, symbolism and a more spiritual life, Wauck said, indicating that the movie might draw some people closer to Catholicism.
“If you find what you see there attractive you will probably enjoy a Catholic Mass,” he said. “I’ve seen people who have come back to their faith after reading `The Da Vinci Code.’”
Opening the forum, Wauck contended that the novel hasn’t emptied churches.
“The impact of `The Da Vinci Code’ on religious attendance has been virtually nil,” Wauck said. “Dan Brown is not convincing people of the falsity of Christianity,” at least not on the level of the masses.
While a Vatican has called for a boycott of the film, Opus Dei has not. It is among those, however, asking Sony Corp (NYSE:SNE – news). to issue a disclaimer with the film that would clarify that it is a work of fantasy.
Sony Pictures Entertainment has declined to reveal whether the film would bear a disclaimer but has said the work is not a religious one and is not meant to criticize any group.
Dear Fr. Wauck:
Thank you for supplying me with the original English article.
I wanted to read it but was unable to find it on the web.
I will email the Cho-Sun-Il-Bo that their translation misleads the reader and does not seem
to convey your ideas clearly.
Thank you !
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