Go in Pieces
Peter Rollins most recent book Insurrection ends with the following beautiful Benediction written by Pádraig Ó Tuama. This track comes from the Insurrection EP created by artist/musician Dubh.
The task has ended. Go in pieces.
Our faith has been rear-ended, certainty amended,
and something might be mended that we didn’t know was torn.
And we are fire, bright, burning fire,
turning from the higher places from which we fell,
emptying ourselves into the hell in which we’ll find
our loving and beloved brother,
mother, sister, father, friend.
And so friends, the task has ended.
Go in pieces
to see and feel your world.
A Call To Reality and a Benediction, "Go in Pieces"
by Pádraig Ó Tuama, from the Insurrection Pub Tour
In the name of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
In the name of goodness and love and broken community.
In the name of meaning and feeling and I hope you don’t screw me…
In the name of sadness, regret, and holy obsession, the holy name of anger, the spirit of aggression…
In the name of beauty and beaten and broken down daily.
In the name of seeing our creeds and believing in maybe, we gather here, a table of strangers, and speak of our hopeland and talk of our danger…
In the name of Mary and Jesus and the mostly silent Joseph.
In the name of speaking to ourselves, saying this is more than I can cope with…
In the name of goodness and kindness and intentionality. In the name of harbor and shelter and family.
Maranatha
And Some Doubted
"...And when they saw him they worshiped him, but some doubted." (Mt 28.17)
And Some Doubted
"...And when they saw him they worshiped him, but some doubted." (Mt 28.17)
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Recorded at Greenbelt 2011: The Hub, 27 Aug 2011, 13:00
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Bio: Padraig O Tuama
Padraig blends poetry, spoken word and song in an achingly beautiful way. Many of his poems and songs have been spoken and sung in the context of Ikon in Belfast. They mix prayer and longing and raging in mystical fashion.
Buy the full talk MP3
Buy the full talk CD
Bio: Padraig O Tuama
Padraig blends poetry, spoken word and song in an achingly beautiful way. Many of his poems and songs have been spoken and sung in the context of Ikon in Belfast. They mix prayer and longing and raging in mystical fashion.
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