[Mrs. Don-o]

Keep in mind that the Good Friday prayers referenced in this article are praying for people's salvation. What we want for people --- other Christians, Jews, and Pagans --- is their eternal bliss in the presence of God. Tell me: is that malicious?

I have never minded if others wanted to pray for me as long as they are praying for my well-being and redemption.

Even if the petitions were phrased in a way that was uncomfortably disparaging --- "May Mrs. Don-o and all the blind obstinate Catholics find their salvation through Jesus in the Cornerstone Church of San Antonio" --- I would still assume it was motivated by a friendly concern for my soul.

Just don't hit me with those Imprecatory Psalms. "May they perish in disgrace" is something I'd find hard to take amiably.

[blindsided]

My gal Ann (Coulter) would have a few things to say about it. Of course she’s been labelled as an anti-semite so many times (always erroneously) that she’d be spat on by the media — not that they haven’t done so in the past.

[paudio]

Theologically, we need to pray for every soul that hasn’t come to Christ, regardless their background. However, single out the Jews and put Muslims in a big category of ‘pagan’, IMO, is a remnant of the past. If we want to come to the Lord with more specific petition, I don’t see why we have to restrict the prayer to the formulation of the past.