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📜 NEW SONG: Hard Sayings, Ancient Soil

Some parts of the Old Testament are hard to read.
Not because they’re unclear — but because they’re heavy.

This song doesn’t deny that weight, and it doesn’t explain it away.
It tries to read these passages the way Scripture itself asks to be read:
in their ancient context, across time, and with the whole story in view.

That includes difficult themes like judgment, divine accommodation, and even moments where entire cultures fall — realities that feel especially jarring to modern readers. Scripture itself insists, however, that temporal judgment is not the same thing as eternal condemnation, and that God’s authority over life and death is ordered toward justice and mercy.

A large part of this reflection was shaped by a thoughtful essay from Jimmy Akin, which I strongly recommend reading alongside the song:

👉 https://jimmyakin.com/2007/02/hard_sayings_of.html

This isn’t an easy topic.
It isn’t meant to be.

But the Christian claim has always been that these passages are not the end of the story — and that they can only be understood fully when read patiently, honestly, and in light of the resurrection.

🎶 Hard Sayings, Ancient Soil — now live.

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Happy Feast of St. Blaise, bishop and martyr — protector of throats and witness to Christ. 🕯️🕯️
Fittingly, his feast follows Candlemas, when light is blessed… and today, throats are too.
Through the intercession of St. Blaise,
may God deliver you from every disease of the throat and from every other illness.
Yes, the blessing involves crossed candles.
Yes, it looks a little intense.
And yes — grace is still doing the work. 😁
Saint Blaise, pray for us. ✝️🕯️ #short
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📜🕯️ NEW SONG: “CANDLEMAS” — the day the Light walked into His own Temple.

So... here's a song I didn't know that I needed in my life...but I LOVE IT...

Presentation of the Lord (a.k.a. Candlemas) is the Church celebrating Jesus being brought to the Temple forty days after His birth—Mary and Joseph obeying the Law, the poor man’s offering (two doves), and Simeon finally getting to say: “My eyes have seen Your salvation.”

It’s a feast that hits like a theological mic-drop:
✅ Jesus is the “Light for the nations” — not as a metaphor, but as a Person.
✅ Israel’s promises aren’t scrapped — they’re fulfilled.
✅ And yes… historically, this was also the “okay, Christmas is REALLY over now” checkpoint.

So if your tree is still up and your lights are still on…
I’m not judging.
I’m just saying Candlemas is your gentle nudge to finally undecorate. 😂

🎶 “CANDLEMAS” — for Scripture nerds, liturgy lovers, converts, and anyone who wants to know *why this feast matters.*

#Catholic #Candlemas #PresentationOfTheLord #Liturgy #CatholicMusic #ChristianMusic #BibleStudy #Simeon #LightOfTheWorld #PetersBarque

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