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In a very unorthodox way

 

In a very unorthodox way #

(For Max Sometimes)


In a very unorthodox way, I’m an Irish Catholic. Of course, in terms of Belfast politics that MEANS something. & while that maybe true – in Australia, for different reasons, as Fr Bob Maguire put it – when Mary first saw Jesus walking out of the tomb on day 3 of his death, she exclaimed “JESUS!!!” – the first time his name was used as a swear word.

In that way of an irreverent joke, REVERENTIAL & ORTHODOX are not my way to the Sacred/Love*. For me – I’m not really into Theology – as Max Sometimes quoting me, quoting my mate Richard, quoting Bob Marley, quoting Rasta elders, said today “who feels it knows it.”

& I believe that if I am to write my Mass/Symphony of Hope/Love, I must include at least one blasphemous hymn, else the vision depicted be simplistic, like George Handel’s Messiah.

The Hope/Love represented or perhaps alluded to (if you prefer) must include genuine despair, dejection, transgression else it be caricature. The faith channelled must also include doubt. & when a poet is despairing she must NOT bite her tongue, but do as Lao Tzu commended “be like the forces of nature: when it blows, there is only wind; when it rains, there is only rain; when the clouds pass, the sun shines through.”^ Be candid, be truthful, no matter how bitter the truth at times, trust in the light, this is Faith.

That joy or at least redemption can triumph, lest you reject the truly lost & desperate on their lonely paths, so needing to hear a kind, encouraging word.

 

# If you find the language too formal/theological, tolerate me. Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater. Choose love. Still, as John Mellencamp sang “sometimes there’s God, sometimes there’s not.”

* For you Marcus.

^ Trans. Stephen Mitchell.

 

 

 

Published & Copyright Malachi Doyle 2024.

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