tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post8796878507573150941..comments2024-03-14T11:50:14.761-04:00Comments on DarwinCatholic: Flu Journal, part 2: Fever RamblingsDarwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08572976822786862149noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-22056811441038043822020-02-29T11:56:19.369-05:002020-02-29T11:56:19.369-05:00We had to sing "Ashes" in church on Ash ...We had to sing "Ashes" in church on Ash Wednesday. According to this song, we redeem ourselves: "We rise again from ashes." But then somehow we offer the ashes to God. My Lenten penance is singing Lenten songs like this one.Ladyhobbitnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-57061800610144039522020-02-28T23:47:16.062-05:002020-02-28T23:47:16.062-05:00There's a dadaistic technique, the cut-up tech...There's a dadaistic technique, the cut-up technique, which consists in cutting up phrases from a newspaper, putting them into a bag, shaking the bag, and then drawing out phrases to make poems, and the Glory and Praise style always has a feel like a cleaned-up cut-up poem. There's a Mad-Libbish quality about it; you could practically make up your own:<br /><br />In this Lenten <br />encounter with Christ<br />we are called<br />to accompany<br />those we serve<br /><br />There is room for us all<br />on this Lenten journey<br />as we are called to justice<br />and service to all<br /><br />We are called<br />in this Lenten accompaniment<br />to serve<br />those with whom<br />we encounter Christ<br /><br />We accompany<br />on their journey<br />those we serve<br />and encounter Christ<br />with justice<br /><br />Or else you get the over-allegorized, over-interpreted festooning of Scripture, which lead to something like Marty Haugen's "Shepherd Me, O God", one of my least favorite hymns in the universe:<br /><br /><i>God is my shepherd,<br />so nothing shall I want,<br />I rest in the meadows<br />of faithfulness and love,<br />I walk by the quiet waters of peace.</i><br /><br />And you can just Mad-Lib that, too:<br /><br />I rest in the meadows<br />of righteousness and peace<br />I walk by the quiet waters of love<br /><br />I rest in the meadows<br />of charity and hope<br />I walk by the quiet waters of truth<br /><br />I rest in the meadows<br />of holiness and grace<br />I walk by the quiet waters of faith<br /><br />&c. &c. &c.Brandonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00475433359202518234noreply@blogger.com