NOT FOR BISHOPS

"Definitely only for Chin Wag Ted Haggard Sketch"
at Chin Wag @ OCICBW... (just posted).

MUSIC FOR YOUR LUNCHTIME

This is more uptempo than yesterday's tribute music for the
miners of West Virginia. But still, somehow, rather apt.

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A TIME FOR PRAYER AND DEFLECTION

DON'T BLAME MADPRIEST, BLAME WICKED ELLIE

BUT WHEN DO WE GET PAROLE?

From WALES ONLINE:

IT'S RAINING FISH. HALLELUJAH!

Thanks to Paul (A) for sending

this article into MadPriest Towers.

From THE DAILY MAIL:

Residents of a small outback Australian town have been left speechless after fish began falling from the sky. Hundreds of spangled perch bombarded the 650 residents of Lajamanu, shocking local Christine Balmer, who was walking home when the strange 'weather' started.

She said: 'These fish fell in their hundreds and hundreds all over the place. The locals were running around everywhere picking them up. The fish were all alive when they hit the ground so they would have been alive when they were up there flying around the sky.

'When I told my family, who live in another part of Australia, about the fish falling from the sky, they thought I'd lost the plot. But no, I haven't lost my marbles. All I can say is that I'm thankful that it didn't rain crocodiles!'

STORMY DANIELS GETS INTO BED WITH G.O.P.

The following news item has been submitted by Tracie The Red under the title "WTF?"

From NEW ORLEANS.COM:

Former adult entertainment star Stormy Daniels released the following statement Tuesday, declaring her affiliation with the Republican Party. This statement is believed to be setting up Daniels' bid for U.S. Senate, running against Senator David Vitter.

"After months of careful deliberation and consult as to the true nature of my political affiliation I am ready today to declare that should I seek the office of US Senator from the great state of Louisiana that I will do so as a Republican. While this decision has not been an easy one, recent events regarding Republican National Committee fundraising at Voyeur, an LA based lesbian bondage themed nightclub finally tipped the scales. As I have said for well over a year, it is time that our government and our tax policy begin rewarding entrepreneurship and creativity again. It is time again to inspire positive risks and out-of-the-box thinking in the interest of growing a strong economy and a strong America. For me, this spirit can be summed up in the RNC's investment of donor funds at Voyeur. As someone who has worked extensively in both the club and film side of the Adult Entertainment Industry, I know from experience that a mere $1900 outlay at a club with the reputation of Voyeur is a clear indication of a frugal investment with a keen eye toward maximum return. And I firmly believe that it is precisely this type of creative and calculated investing that we, as taxpaying Americans, should expect not only from our political parties but from our government. The American taxpayer deserves consistent conservatives who reject wasteful spending and unwarranted government intervention in the private sector. As is the case with so many of my fellow Louisianans, I have been a registered Democrat throughout my life. But now I cannot help but recognize that over time my libertarian values regarding both money and sex and the legal use of one for the other is now best espoused by the Republican Party."

COMMENT: Well, that's her off Grandmère Mimi's afternoon soiree invitation list.

HEADLINE OF THE DAY

From THE SURREY COMET:

IT'S MONEY THAT MATTERS

With the West Virginian mining disaster very much in my mind, I have cobbled together this vid which pretty much explains what we all know already. All over the world, when people die in work related "accidents," their deaths are usually caused by the greed of rich men living a long way away from any possible danger to life their commercial practices might cause.

FOR JIMB

This recording by Peter, Paul and Mary is my favourite of the
60s Folk Revival versions of this song.

Over the years there were three major disasters at the Springhill Mine. The last one was in 1958 or thereabouts.

CLOSE TO HOME AND COMING HOME TO ROOST

WHAT'S YOURS IS MINE

Although the BBC fail to mention me in the above report
from 2003, not only did I help at the tree planting, I
actually had the honour of blessing the trees and the
enterprise. The Spinney is in my parish. Had I been the
curate here 200 years ago I would not have been just
remembering the dead miners, I would have been burying
them. Just like Pastor Gary Williams will, more than
likely, have to do in West Virginia very soon.

A full account of the 1815 Heaton Main mining disaster can
be found at THE DURHAM MINING MUSEUM website.

It's a small world when you are a working man or woman. It always has been. And there really is very little difference between back then and now as this words from "The Guardian" show:

The Upper Big Branch mine, about 30 miles south of Charleston, has a dire safety record. Three workers have been killed there in the past 12 years. Federal inspectors have fined the company more than $380,000 (£250,000) over the past year for repeated violations over the ventilation of the mine to prevent the buildup of the methane gas believed to be responsible for the latest accident. The authorities cited the mine for 57 safety infractions last month alone.

The mine is owned by Massey Energy, one of the country's largest operators. The company paid the largest financial settlement to date over a fire in another West Virginia coal mine in 2006 in which two miners died.

Here is a short, musical tribute to the miners who have died,
or will die unrescued, in West Virginia.



Oh can't you see that pretty little bird,
Singing with all his heart and soul.
He's got a blood red spot on his wing,
And all the rest of him's black as coal.

Of all the colors I ever did see,
Red and black are the ones I dread.
Oh when a man spills blood on the coal,
They carry him down from the coalmines dead.

Oh fly away you redwinged bird,
Leave behind the miners wife.
She'll dream about you when your gone.
She'll dream about you all her life.

Oh can't you see that pretty little bird,

Singing with all his heart and soul.

He's got a blood red spot on his wing,

And all the rest of him's black as coal.

THE DAY OF RESURRECTION

Posted yesterday at INTERNET MONK:

Thank you, Laura, for sending this in to me.

AND THE LIGHTS GO OUT IN L.A.

From THE33TV.COM:

Archbishop Jose Gomez was named Tuesday to succeed the archbishop of Los Angeles, the Holy See's most significant acknowledgment to date of the growing importance of Latinos in the American church. The appointment is also evidence that Pope Benedict XVI wants a strong defender of orthodoxy leading the largest diocese in the nation: Gomez, 58, is an archbishop of Opus Dei, the conservative movement favored by the Vatican.

CHURCH OF ENGLAND LAUNCHES"HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY" INITIATIVE

Thanks to out homegirl, Ellie, for 
sending this into MadPriest Towers.

DON'T BLAME MADPRIEST, BLAME MAD DAD

COSTELLO CALLS TO BUY A COMPUTER FROM ABBOTT

ABBOTT: Super Duper computer store. Can I help you?

COSTELLO: Thanks I'm setting up an office in my den and I'm thinking about buying a computer.

ABBOTT: Mac?

COSTELLO: No, the name's Lou.

ABBOTT: Your computer?

COSTELLO: I don't own a computer. I want to buy one.

ABBOTT: Mac?

COSTELLO: I told you, my name's Lou.

ABBOTT: What about Windows?

COSTELLO: Why? Will it get stuffy in here?

ABBOTT: Do you want a computer with Windows?

COSTELLO: I don't know.. What will I see when I look at the windows?

ABBOTT: Wallpaper.

COSTELLO: Never mind the windows. I need a computer and software.

ABBOTT: Software for Windows?

COSTELLO: No. On the computer! I need something I can use to write proposals, track expenses and run my business. What do you have?

ABBOTT: Office.

COSTELLO: Yeah, for my office. Can you recommend anything?

ABBOTT: I just did.

COSTELLO: You just did what?

ABBOTT: Recommend something.

COSTELLO: You recommended something?

ABBOTT: Yes.

COSTELLO: For my office?

ABBOTT: Yes.

COSTELLO: OK, what did you recommend for my office?

ABBOTT: Office.

COSTELLO: Yes, for my office!

ABBOTT: I recommend Office with Windows.

COSTELLO: I already have an office with windows! OK, let's just say I'm sitting at my computer and I want to type a proposal. What do I need?

ABBOTT: Word.

COSTELLO: What word?

ABBOTT: Word in Office.

COSTELLO: The only word in office is office.

ABBOTT: The Word in Office for Windows.

COSTELLO: Which word in office for windows?

ABBOTT: The Word you get when you click the blue 'W'.

COSTELLO: I'm going to click your blue 'w' if you don't start with some straight answers. What about financial bookkeeping? You have anything I can track my money with?

ABBOTT: Money.

COSTELLO: That's right. What do you have?

ABBOTT: Money.

COSTELLO: I need money to track my money?

ABBOTT: It comes bundled with your computer.

COSTELLO: What's bundled with my computer?

ABBOTT: Money.

COSTELLO: Money comes with my computer?

ABBOTT: Yes. No extra charge.

COSTELLO: I get a bundle of money with my computer? How much?

ABBOTT: One copy.

COSTELLO: Isn't it illegal to copy money?

ABBOTT: Microsoft gave us a license to copy Money.

COSTELLO: They can give you a license to copy money?

ABBOTT: Why not? THEY OWN IT!

(A few days later)

ABBOTT: Super Duper computer store. Can I help you?

COSTELLO: How do I turn my computer off?

ABBOTT: Click on 'START'.............

CAPTION COMPETITION (3)

JESUS SCARES THE LITTLE CHILDREN

From THE GEELONG ADVERTISER:

Geelong police shut down a bloody re-enactment of Jesus on the cross in Malop St on Saturday afternoon deeming it too offensive for public viewing. Members of the Heaven on Earth church in Norlane staged the life-like performance outside Market Square Shopping Centre at 1pm.

It featured two women mourners in black and a semi-naked ``Jesus'' covered in fake blood ``crucified'' on a large wooden cross.

``We were pretty disappointed the police did it the way they did it. They didn't talk to us first, they just came and yanked the cord out of our amp and said we had to stop,'' Pastor Sarah Kenneally said.

Hamlyn Heights mother Louise Bridges slammed the performance, calling it an ``absolutely disgusting stunt''. She said she was ``fuming'' at the public display and said it would ``scare children away from religion''.

She said her son was very disturbed and wasn't able to differentiate between real and fake blood.

``It was in your face. Coming out of either shopping centre you just couldn't avoid it, I was horrified,'' she said. ``My son was worried they were really hurting (Jesus) because he was covered in blood and moaning and calling out ``why, why''.

COMMENT: I don't know. Australians aren't what they used to be. And that Mrs Bridges' kid is going to grow up to be a poofter is she lets him get away with being such a nancy boy every time he sees someone being crucified in the streets.

MADPRIEST'S THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

There is not a politician in The Republic of Ireland who wants to be associated with the Roman Catholic Church at this moment in time. So, maybe this would be the ideal time to give Ireland back to the Irish. Even if the idiots in the north want to hang on to their sectarian political allegiances, the political climate in a newly reunified Ireland would be overwhelmingly secular.

Wouldn't it be lovely if such a redemption came out of such evil?

MUSIC FOR YOUR LUNCHTIME

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THE PRAYER LIST

From Lois Keen:

I ask the prayers of this community of life for healing for myself. Took a dreadful fall 8 a.m. Easter Day. Spent the day in the Emergency Room. Was made sick by the pain killer they gave me - blood pressure dropped to where they were happy when it went up to 90 over 50. Badly banged up, especially left knee and right shoulder and arm which are virtually useless right now.


There is a retired Haitian Episcopal priest who comes to Grace when he is in town. He just happened to be in town Sunday and when he heard the announcement that I wouldn't be there, he graciously took the service. So thanksgivings for that little Easter miracle please. Thanks for all of you.

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Posted by Father Kenny at RECTOR'S RAMBLINGS:

Church full to breaking point... I think we (just) managed to seat everyone, two baptisms, music group supplemented by new members (our teenagers are growing up and, hey, they're musical), almost 200 Easter eggs given away, and a tremendous joy about the place.


Sitting in the midst of this, unable to take it all in, unable to cope with it all, sits a bent, yet compelling, figure. He is old now and confused, his complexion as grey as his hair. Memories of happy Easter Days roll around his mind, when his beloved wife was alive, when he had energy, when he could think clearly. The days before dementia and the Care Home. He is confused at Communion time. He will not, or cannot get up to the communion rail to receive the Risen Christ in the Sacrament, for he is unsure of what is going on. Then his son, for it is my father we're talking of here, brings the Bread to his seat. "The Body of Christ, the Bread of Heaven", I say, and place it into tired hands. He grips my hand like a vice, wordlessly making contact, trying to articulate this unbreakable bond, between father and son, between Jesus and himself. And in this man, who is in the Good Friday of his life, I hear Jesus Himself, crying out for resurrection.

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Please add your own prayer requests in the comments to this post or send them in to me by email.


Money raised so far for charity = $7.70.
Don't forget it is up to you to give your part of this to the charity of your own choice whenever you feel like doing so.

CAPTION COMPETITION (2)

If you go down to the woods today,
you're sure of a big surprise...

This is REV MIBI doing her earth mother thing on Easter morning. Feel free to be as cruel as you like with your
caption suggestions.

AROUND THE BLOGS

Reading this lot should keep you out of mischief all day:

For a brilliant cat cartoon visit JADE PAGE PRESS.

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For words of wisdom visit LESLEY'S BLOG.

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For a reminder that, although the media, bloggers and, above all, enlightened Catholics should continue to pile up the pressure on the RC hierarchy with the hope that they will eventually embrace reform, we must never forget that most Roman Catholics are truly Christian and absolutely necessary for the Kingdom of God project to succeed, visit ENLIGHTENED CATHOLICISM.

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For proof that being a missionary in "darkest" Panama is actually one big party visit PADRE MICKEY'S DANCE PARTY.

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For fine blog-a-dogging visit YEARNING FOR GOD.

CAPTION COMPETITION (1)

Stolen from Scott Gunn of SEVEN WHOLE DAYS fame.

BLOG NOTICE

I have become an Amazon Associate and anything you people order from them via the widgets in the sidebar and from my STORE will earn me commission. At the moment this is just an experiment in preparation for the possible commercialisation of the site more fully should I find myself without any other income in a few months.

I promise to keep this latest venture as low key and unobtrusive as possible by not cluttering up the blog with loads of Amazon widgets and advertising. I also promise to continue to cater for a wide range of musical tastes in my postings and not give a damn whether or not they might lead to sales.

Your comments would be appreciated
(unless you are a dickhead).

MUSIC FOR YOUR LUNCHTIME

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HERE IS THE CHURCHWITHOUT ANY PEOPLE.OH, BLOODY 'ELL!SOMEONE'S PULLED DOWN THE STEEPLE.

This story has been rumbling away in Canada for a week or so now. If it wasn't for the Roman catholics hogging all the limelight it would probably be the number one religious news item internationally as well.

From CBC NEWS:

A security guard has been posted at an Anglican church outside St. John's after the building's large steeple was found on the ground Wednesday morning. The vandalism happened hours after preservationists thought they had prevented a church council from demolishing the building.

"Someone showed up here and used what appears to be chainsaws or saws to cut the wooden support to the steeple. Then the steeple was pulled down, possibly by rope or something like that," CBC News reporter Cecil Haire reported.

The town is offering a $500 reward for anyone with information on what happened to the steeple.

The former church was set to be torn down to make way for a graveyard. The Anglican Church had already deconsecrated the 116-year-old building and has been using a new church for several years. Following a public uproar, the town council in Portugal Cove-St. Philip's voted 6-1 on Tuesday night to save the unused church.

After the vote The Reverend Edward Keeping, rector of the community's church, stated that he was "disappointed at how the vote went" and blamed some members of council for having made up their minds before the matter was debated Tuesday night.

Keeping said most members of the church council approved demolition at their recent annual meeting, although most of the several dozen people who attended a meeting on the building Sunday wanted to preserve it. Many identified themselves as members of the congregation.

Keeping was not persuaded.

"We cannot afford it. We don't have the money," Keeping said.

As he was leaving the town office, Keeping encountered Steve Sharpe, who heads the preservation council. Keeping pointed into Sharpe's face and warned him not to come near the old church and cemetery again.

COMMENT: Well, at least this proves one thing once and for all. Not only did the Vikings discover Newfoundland - they are still there.

ONE BIG, HAPPY FAMILY FIRM

From THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD:

In his Easter address at St Andrew's Cathedral in Sydney, the Head of the Family Firm told the congregation a secular society was a fast track to loneliness.

"I have emphasised human loneliness this Easter because that is what expert observers of our society are saying is a real problem," he said.

"It is what we would expect to occur given the secularist philosophy we have embraced. This philosophy emphasises the individual and individual rights, it invites us to invent our own lives and it undervalues commitment to other human beings. It is a recipe for loneliness and the path to a very lonely old age."

GLORIA, G-L-O-R-I-A

From THE HERALD SUN:

Melbourne Lord Mayor, Robert Doyle, has slammed a city nightclub as 'disrespectful' for using an image of Jesus on the Cross to promote an Easter event. He branded the advertisement "cheap, tacky, offensive, unnecessary, disrespectful and thoughtless".

"You feel like saying to these people 'grow up'," he said.

Catholic Bishop Christopher Prowse said the ad, published in a Melbourne street magazine, was "a real cheap shot" on a "day like no other" on the Christian calendar.

COMMENT: "A day like no other"? Oh good - young, teenage, church-going, Catholics deserve a day off occasionally, like everybody else.

HEADLINE OF THE DAY

From THE JAMAICA GLEANER NEWS:

That must be so frustrating. Too much Viagra perhaps.

CAPTION COMPETITION

50 extra days off purgatory for the first truly unacceptable reference to the BVM.

Oh! I seem to have won them myself with:

"Well," thought Mary, "If I'm going to be stuck out here all day anyway it would be a crime not to take advantage of the opportunity to top up my tan."

A CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY

Brought to you courtesy of red under
the bed, OCICBW... reader, Suzanne.

WHEN YOU OPEN THE SLUICE GATES

From THE TELEGRAPH:

The Rt Rev Richard Chartres said recently that not enough was being done to address the problem of "advertising, the internet (and) the stimulation of sexual appetites of young people in their dress."

Asked in a newspaper interview about clergy sex abuse, he replied: "Taking away innocence of young people, it is ghastly, and I wouldn't want to collude in any culture of cover-up. Although I have to say that when future generations look back on us they will say that they were very careful about abusing bodies but what about the amount of filth, innuendo, pornography they allowed to sluice through the minds of our young people."

COMMENT: He may have a point. Although, to be honest, I doubt it is possible to stimulate the sexual appetites of teenage boys anymore than they naturally are to begin with. If I remember rightly, I was pretty much turned on by anything and everything when I was 14 years old. For example, the buses that were used on the school run were old and their engines vibrated like washing machines on full spin. This invariably led to all us spotty herberts getting off at our destination with our school satchels placed strategically in front of us to avoid embarrassment.

ITALIANS KILL JESUS CHRIST- JEWS OWED ONE HELL OF AN APOLOGY

From THE PINK PAPER:

The bishop of Tursi, Francesco Nolè, has declared that ‘irregulars’ such as criminals and homosexuals should not be given communions or funerals. This, he said, is not to be seen as discrimination, but rather as ‘healthy medicine’ for those close to the person: “Our behaviour, which could be perceived as mean or cruel, in the long-run often heals and evangelises.”

He added: “We must have the courage and tact, perhaps first informing the individual, or the families if he has passed, that it’s not possible to administer a communion or funeral. We would perhaps pray for his soul, which must be done.”

His statements were made just days after two members of the Vatican were exposed as being part of a male prostitution ring.

Elsewhere, the Master of the Sistine Chapel choir, Clergyman Domenico Bartolucci, stated, “The church, with its eternal obsession with compassion, is or has already succumbed. Homosexual couples or those who are divorced and re-married are being called ‘irregulars’ instead of ‘public sinners’, and so the concept of sin itself goes down the drain. Nothing surprises me anymore. Homosexuality, which is a disease, has become something normal. They sprout like poisonous mushrooms, and instead of feeling shame they celebrate this plague and the church itself minimalises these sins. Homosexuality itself is not a sin, you can’t punish a sufferer. But it becomes one when the abomination is practised. It’s disgraceful.”

COMMENT: Is this "practicing" that homosexuals do the same as straight people masturbating? Or is it like a young lad not "going all the way" with his young sweetheart - maybe just going for a quick boob fondle? Whatever, I think it's a good idea to start off slowly at first. In fact, I think it is irresponsible of these bishops to recommend that people just jump in at the deep end. That could lead to embarrassing mistakes being made.

This item was brought to my notice by Mike G.

DO THIS IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME

Brought to you courtesy of a very observant
OCICBW... reader called Susan.

From MSNBC:

Flooding on a scale rarely seen in New England forced hundreds of people from their homes Wednesday, overwhelmed sewage systems to the point that families were asked to stop flushing toilets, and washed out bridges and highways from Maine to Connecticut.

In Peabody, north of Boston, some residents were evacuated, and downtown businesses piled sandbags at their front doors and nearby streets were closed.

Demetri Skalkos, co-owner of McNamara's liquor store, said about 3 feet of water stood in the basement. He said he was worried about losing business over the traditionally busy Easter period.

"This is the Holy Week," he said. "If we don't do business now, when are we going to do business?"

I DOUBT IT VERY MUCH

Brought to you courtesy of
St Matthew’s, Auckland, New Zealand.



Now this is a lot better than their Christmas one that got them into so much trouble. And just (just) the right side of acceptable for them to get away with it. Well done you naughty, Kiwi Anglicans.

IRISH JOKES

Brought to you courtesy of a very naughty
OCICBW... reader called Ellie.

A Texan walks into a pub in Ireland and clears his voice to the crowd of drinkers. He says, “I hear you Irish are a bunch of hard drinkers. I’ll give $500 American dollars to anybody in here who can drink 10 pints of Guinness back-to-back.”

The room is quiet, and no one takes up the Texan’s offer. One man even leaves.

Thirty minutes later the same gentleman who left shows back up and taps the Texan on the shoulder. “Is your bet still good?” asks the Irishman.

The Texan says yes and asks the bartender to line up 10 pints of Guinness. Immediately the Irishman tears into all 10 of the pint glasses, drinking them all back-to-back.

The other pub patrons cheer as the Texan sits in amazement. The Texan gives the Irishman the $500 and says, “If ya don’t mind me askin’, where did you go for that 30 minutes you were gone?”

The Irishman replies, “Oh… I had to go to the pub down the street to see if I could do it first.”

WHO'S AFRAID?

Brought to you courtesy of a very naughty
OCICBW... reader called Padre Mickey.

THE LAST TAKE AWAY

Brought to you courtesy of a very naughty
OCICBW... reader called Bruce.

HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY, LITTLE EASTER

MADPRIEST'S OLD SCHOOLHOLY WEEK DISCOTHEQUE

Matins responsories for Holy Saturday



Today our Saviour burst open both

the gates and the bolts of death.

He destroyed the prisons of hell,

and overthrew the might of the devil.

OCICBW... SCOOP

WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES STEPS IN
TO BAIL OUT ROMAN CATHOLICS

In a move that echoes the actions taken by national governments in the wake of the banking crisis, the W.C.C. has agreed to underwrite all the losses incurred by the Vatican during the present sexual abuse scandal.

A W.C.C. spokesman told OCICBW... that, although it was totally the fault of the Vatican, the Roman Catholic hierarchy were far too important to have to suffer like ordinary people do when they act with complete irresponsibility.

"The crisis in faith that would almost certainly spread like wildfire around the world if the pope was found to be fallible would probably lead to a complete collapse in the religion market with religious book publishers, evangelical television stations, communion wine suppliers and US small weaponry manufacturers going out of business" he said.

The British prime minister, Mr Gordon Brown, has released a statement that, as he has absolutely no idea what to do in this crisis, he would just do exactly what the US president did but making sure that he spent a lot more of British taxpayers' money doing it than Barack Obama would ever think of committing to the rescue.

Cardinal Idza Kuvrup, of the Vatican press office, told our reporter in Rome that you can't go punishing the pope and the other directors of major religious organisations if they screw up because it would put the right sort of person off applying for the top jobs in faith management.

"It's like the homeland after the war, all over again," the pope is reported to have commented from his hide out in a bunker beneath St. Peter's. "We may have caused the destruction of untold lives but it looks like should come out of it as an even more influential player on the world stage. Especially if those stupid English pick up the tab again."

LOUD GOOD FRIDAY

Good Friday late in the afternoon

and I wonder what time of day.
Rumour has it he dragged his cross through the street,
eyes rolling up through
thorns and blood.
Now I raise my head and I beg for forgiveness
as I pour another glass of red;
and you have been gone
exactly one day short of exactly one week
on Good Friday.
And I can feel it,
I can feel it in the air.
I can move it
between my fingers.
I can wave it,
wave it like water
and I can see it
in the late afternoon,
on Good Friday.
And my eyes look up searching
and my ears will bleed from listening.
From you I'm asking forgiveness on Good Friday.

MADPRIEST'S OLD SCHOOLHOLY WEEK DISCOTHEQUE

Spare me, O Lord, for my days are nothing.
What is a man that thou shouldst magnify him?
Or why dost thou set thy heart upon him?
Thou visitest him early in the morning,

and thou provest him suddenly.

How long wilt thou not spare me,

nor suffer me to swallow down my spittle?

I have sinned.

What shall I do to thee, O keeper of men?
Why hast thou set me opposite to thee,

and I am become burdensome to myself?

Why dost thou not remove my sin,

and why dost thou not take away mine iniquity?
Behold now, I shall sleep in the dust:

and if thou seek me in the morning, I shall not be.