Better a lamb than nothing

I have often said I disagree with Pope Benedict about changing our Good Friday prayers because some Jews got their panties in a bunch and don't want us to pray for their conversion. Let's not forget in our eagerness to be loved by all the (fake) religions that the Lord wanted the Jews to convert.

We don't go around complaining to other (fake) religions and tell them how to pray or structure their "worship services" or the like.

How dare the Jews interfere with ours.

But the Pope changed the prayers for whatever reason instead of standing up for our faith and the faith of our fathers as the head of the religion should do.

If we told the Jews we didn't like something about their worship, they would tell us to go to hell. Or, like the situation with the Orthodox, who HAVE told us to go to hell.

Why then don't we tell anyone to go to hell?

Well, now we have of a change of sorts. I guess it's better to be a lamb when we stand up for ourselves than not to stand up for ourselves at all.

When you read below, can someone please explain to me why the Italian Catholic Church is having a celebration of Judaism?

These are odd times we are in.

VATICAN CITY – The Vatican says Jewish complaints about Pope Benedict XVI's commitment to dialogue with Jews are "excessive."

The Vatican newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, highlighted Benedict's record in meeting with Jews and visiting synagogues in response to the criticism.

Earlier this week, the Assembly of Italian Rabbis said it was pulling out of the Italian Catholic Church's annual celebration of Judaism, saying the pope's recent decisions were "canceling" 50 years of interfaith progress.

The chief rabbi of Venice cited the decision to restore a prayer for the conversion of Jews in Easter Week services of the old Latin Mass.

L'Osservatore said Benedict's contribution to interfaith dialogue was irrevocable.