{"id":1697,"date":"2007-08-10T11:01:00","date_gmt":"2007-08-10T11:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2007\/08\/i-was-born-jewish.html"},"modified":"2007-08-10T11:01:00","modified_gmt":"2007-08-10T11:01:00","slug":"i-was-born-jewish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2007\/08\/i-was-born-jewish.html","title":{"rendered":"“I was born Jewish…”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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They buried France’s beloved Cardinal Lustiger today, and Rocco has the scoop on the funeral<\/a>. France’s president was there, and the former First Lady Bernadette Chirac, and Lech Walesa, among others. <\/p>\n

His piece concludes with this haunting quote, from the plaque that will be placed in Notre Dame — the late cardinal’s message to the world:<\/p>\n

\n

I was born Jewish.<\/p>\n

I recived the name<\/p>\n

Of my paternal grandfather, Aaron<\/p>\n

Having become Christian<\/p>\n

By faith and by Baptism,<\/p>\n

I have remained Jewish<\/p>\n

As did the Apostles.
I have as my patron saints
Aaron the High Priest,
Saint John the Apostles,
Holy Mary full of grace.
Named 139th archbishop of Paris
by His Holiness Pope John-Paul II,
I was enthroned in this Cathedral
on 27 February 1981,
And here I exercised my entire ministry.
Passers by, pray for me.
\u2020 Aaron Jean-Marie Cardinal Lustiger
Archev\u00eaque de Paris<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

May his soul, and the souls of all the faithfully departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. <\/p>\n

Amen. <\/p>\n

Photo: by Michael Euler, Reuters<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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