" In light of Ignatius' 'Two Standards' and 'The Mystries Done From The Garden To The House Of Annas', at any moment we can be Judas or Peter, a Christian life can be a fine line."
Monday, June 7, 2010
Play Jesuit Hangman
Newly ordained Jesuit priest of the New Orleans Province
The poetry that Andrew Borrow posts on his site does not give reassuring auguries of a priesthood exemplifying "spiritual paternity" as understood by the Church. You be the judge (http://arborrow.jesuitscholar.com/poetry/OWildStateOfDrunkeness)
O Wild State of Drunkeness Gaily rises the bottle with salt and lime itself emptied, me self empty Gaily rises me soul as me mind moves slowly asleep Gaily rises I me mind melted ice and imprisoned inners freed Gaily I rise moving magnificently, mourning as the dawn breaks Gaily rays of light crash on that which itself hid in the nocturnal nebulous Gaily rises me guilt as me mind awoke and passions receded Gaily I rose and Gaily I fell and Gaily rises the guilt now Gaily triumphant! -- Andrew Borrow, S.J.
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ReplyDeleteThe poetry that Andrew Borrow posts on his site does not give reassuring auguries of a priesthood exemplifying "spiritual paternity" as understood by the Church. You be the judge (http://arborrow.jesuitscholar.com/poetry/OWildStateOfDrunkeness)
O Wild State of Drunkeness
Gaily rises the bottle
with salt and lime
itself emptied, me self empty
Gaily rises me soul
as me mind moves
slowly asleep
Gaily rises I
me mind melted ice
and imprisoned inners freed
Gaily I rise
moving magnificently,
mourning as the dawn breaks
Gaily rays of light crash
on that which itself hid
in the nocturnal nebulous
Gaily rises me guilt
as me mind awoke
and passions receded
Gaily I rose and
Gaily I fell and
Gaily rises the guilt
now Gaily triumphant!
-- Andrew Borrow, S.J.