ABSTRACT
Modification and/or innovation in ritual practice have been rightly placed into the category "transfer of ritual", in which "a rite or a ritual is transferred from one context to another". Narratives can have a role in making new connections and relationships that deliberately or inadvertently impact ritual performance. For Luke, the temple provides the link to Israel's history while also symbolizing the shift to a new epoch in the interaction of God with people, one that opens up to include non-Israelites. The temple will not survive, but Jesus' adherents will, and prayer is the ritual that will see them through. It is to prayer that Jesus himself turns when facing his own time of fear in the face of death. For Luke, there is no longer need for an annual Passover meal to recall God's salvation; it can come regularly in the ritualization of daily meals.
