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Scrobbled 3 songs on Last.fm. (Show Details)
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11:47pm |
Posted a tweet on Twitter.
New blog post: March 26 – My Song by Cyprian Kamil Norwid http://tinyurl.com/dlbl66
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Updated status on Facebook.
Deacon Jim New blog post: March 26 – My Song by Cyprian Kamil Norwid http://tinyurl.com/dlbl66.
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11:55pm |
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New blog post: 10 reasons I’m a National Catholic http://tinyurl.com/cdhjsl
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Deacon Jim New blog post: 10 reasons I’m a National Catholic http://tinyurl.com/cdhjsl.
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12:41am |
Posted a tweet on Twitter.
New blog post: The Souls Lament, Part I http://tinyurl.com/ch7jqt
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Deacon Jim New blog post: The Souls Lament, Part I http://tinyurl.com/ch7jqt.
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From time to time I’ve been asked, ‘Why are you a National Catholic?’ I plan to take a stab at answering that question over the next few weeks. As I starting point I’ve developed a list of 10 reasons I’m a National Catholic. I will elaborate on each in future posts. Stay tuned…
- We’re right
- Penance, The Word, The Eucharist
- We worship beautifully
- Unity in essentials, latitude in non-essentials
- Service is key
- Democracy and self determination
- Work and Labor
- I’m a (insert your ethnic identity here…)
- Close knit open communities
- The food
For that land where a scrap of bread is picked up
From the ground out of reverence
For Heaven’s gifts…
I am homesick, Lord!…For the land where it’s a great travesty
To harm a stork’s nest in a pear tree,
For storks serve us all…
I am homesick, Lord!…For the land where we greet each other
In the ancient Christian custom:
“May Christ’s name be praised!”
I am homesick, Lord!…I long still for yet another thing, likewise innocent,
For I no longer know where to find
My abode…
I am homesick, Lord!For worrying-not and thinking-not,
For those whose yes means yes — and no means no —
Without shades of grey…
I am homesick, Lord!I long for that distant place, where someone cares for me!
It must be thus, though my friendship
Will never come to pass!…
I am homesick, Lord!
Translated by Walter Whipple
Do kraju tego, gdzie kruszynę chleba
Podnoszą z ziemi przez uszanowanie
Dla darów Nieba….
Tęskno mi, Panie…Do kraju tego, gdzie winą jest dużą
Popsować gniazdo na gruszy bocianie,
Bo wszystkim służą…
Tęskno mi, Panie…Do kraju tego, gdzie pierwsze ukłony
Są, jak odwieczne Chrystusa wyznanie,
“Bądź pochwalony!”
Tęskno mi, Panie…Tęskno mi jeszcze i do rzeczy innej,
Której już nie wiem, gdzie leży mieszkanie,
Równie niewinnej…
Tęskno mi, Panie…Do bez-tęsknoty i do bez-myślenia,
Do tych, co mają tak za tak – nie za nie,
Bez światło-cienia…
Tęskno mi, Panie…Tęskno mi owdzie, gdzie któż o mnie stoi?
I tak być musi, choć się tak nie stanie
Przyjaźni mojéj…
Tęskno mi, Panie…