St. Andrew

What's weird is that I like this picture better than the one I finished Sunday.

St. Andrew pray for us,

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Joshua Fahey

Shoot from the Stump of Jesse

Okay this may be taking things a little too literally...

God bless,

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Joshua Fahey

Brethren

Though in darkness we do walk
And our arks may need some caulk
We have life and joy today
With brethren who, with us, will pray

Numbered are the days of sin
So let the love of Christ within
Jesus calls and beckons forth
And fifth and sixth and so on of course

Rejoice and cherish all the love
From the mountain city above
And let us not just slumber here
But go to where He will appear



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Joshua Fahey

Keep Watch!

One thing that bothers me about Advent is that there aren't that many songs that you can say, you know that's an Advent song, unlike say Christmas. However, there are some secular songs that do come to mind when Advent rolls around. Bob Dylan's 'All Along the Watchtower' is one of them.

So let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late.

May God bless,
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Joshua Fahey

Lamp?

There will probably be a few updates to this blog between now and Advent. Starting in Advent I will be posting once per day, as I did during Lent. Thought anyone reading this would want to know. As an aside the above is supposed to be a lamp with light spreading forward, but because of the style is in, and because of my own discomfort with this style, I felt that I had to describe what it is so that there are no misunderstandings. I think I prefer tangrams, but God created my mind in mysterious ways.

God bless
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Joshua Fahey

All Saints!

I love today, and yesterday and tomorrow. Honestly, today is probably my favorite feast, even more than Christmas or Easter. One reason is that there is no commercialization of this feast (only its eve), the other is that today’s feast is undeniably Catholic and catholic (see what I did there?). I see yesterday, today, and tomorrow as a celebration of the Church. Yesterday of the Church Militant, today the Church Victorious, tomorrow the Church Suffering.

Yesterday really is the militant, we strike the greatest blow against our enemy, for Satan and his minions have their pride, and what greater blow to pride than to laugh? Halloween is a feast of mirth, we laugh at the devils, we laugh at ourselves, and have fun with the macabre. A true celebration of life seemingly overshadowed by death, in which we take death and twist it to give life, yesterday we stood the world on its head.

Today is victorious, today the battle is won, today life celebrates its victory over death. Death gave up, it lost. Today we have joy, many of our brethren have made it to the Wedding Feast. Life is good, today Christ reminds us He keeps His promises, today we can win because of Him.

Tomorrow, having survived yesterday and bolstered by today, we have solidarity. We join in prayer with those who are not perfect yet, while remembering we are not perfect. We pray for them, they pray for us, the saints pray for all. Solidarity. Humility.

We celebrate life.

May God bless it.