tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9110741906553492698.post2918476213771155511..comments2024-03-25T14:51:10.818-04:00Comments on Ignatian Spirituality: Set the World Ablaze: Song: Give us this year an adult ChristmasJohn Predmore, S.J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07780956487312753221noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9110741906553492698.post-22528975463844505272022-12-26T09:47:31.715-05:002022-12-26T09:47:31.715-05:00"The Rebel Jesus" was written by Woody G..."The Rebel Jesus" was written by Woody Guthrie. Just saying.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9110741906553492698.post-6601271049401293762012-12-22T01:12:53.072-05:002012-12-22T01:12:53.072-05:00I'll download it as I enjoy the Chieftains. Di...I'll download it as I enjoy the Chieftains. Discernment, especially in ministry, is important. We often don't know what to do, but the best is to pray for people and give them freedom to make their own decisions. We can be a friend on the journey for them as our greatest gift. We are called to examine our own areas of sinfulness and our participation in systemic sin. We always have to see the Lord's help in know what to do when. It is constant discernment.John Predmore, S.J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07780956487312753221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9110741906553492698.post-59045344220142437712012-12-21T10:40:44.381-05:002012-12-21T10:40:44.381-05:00The version I have is by The Chieftans. You can ge...The version I have is by The Chieftans. You can get an MP3 free download at<br />http://www.geniusmp3.com/download/The+Chieftains/The+Rebel+Jesus/<br /><br />I didn't originally realize it was by Jackson Browne. It sounded like something the Irish would have composed. I especially like the phrase about how if you question why there are poor people, you'll "get the same as the rebel Jesus." So very true, so very wrong. Someone I know was basically thrown out of a grad school social work program at a prestigious institution for trying to rehabilitate a street person who had been a teacher but had a nervous breakdown after her divorce and ended up jobless and homeless. My friend tried to get her some counseling and worked with her on trying to get her teacher's license back so she could get a job, but the school had a fit and said that was not the point. The point, according to them, was to simply show her how to get food stamps and live peacefully at the women's shelter. Getting her back into the work force and trying to address her psycho-emotional issues was considered rocking the boat and disruptive to The System, which of course knew best. This is a benign example. In other settings, people who begin to question systems that crush down certain elements of society end up getting "disappeared" or at least beaten and tortured. I know many a "heathen and pagan" who are much more active "on the side of the rebel Jesus" than others who say to Him "Lord, Lord" but continue to kiss up to the rich and tread on the poor or ostracize the different. I hope they receive a good welcome from Him Whom they may never have formally known but unwittingly served when they defended and helped the poor.Elencalimehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04726253531552501845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9110741906553492698.post-13274081849313276092012-12-21T02:45:16.325-05:002012-12-21T02:45:16.325-05:00This is a new song to me. I'll have to listent...This is a new song to me. I'll have to listent to it on Youtube. Good lyrics!John Predmore, S.J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07780956487312753221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9110741906553492698.post-42779258430480361002012-12-20T11:11:43.428-05:002012-12-20T11:11:43.428-05:00Good song. It is too bad that Christmas has been c...Good song. It is too bad that Christmas has been commercialized and infantilized until it is meaningless for many people. I just heard an old Jackson Browne song that always gives me a much needed kick in the seat of the pants:<br />The Rebel Jesus<br /><br />All the streets are filled with laughter and light<br /> And the music of the season<br /> And the merchants' windows are all bright<br /> With the faces of the children<br /> And the families hurrying to their homes<br /> While the sky darkens and freezes<br /> Will be gathering around the hearths and tables<br /> Giving thanks for God's graces<br /> And the birth of the rebel Jesus.<br /> <br />Well they call him by 'the Prince of Peace'<br /> And they call him by 'the Savior'<br /> And they pray to him upon the seas<br /> And in every bold endeavor<br /> And they fill his churches with their pride and gold<br /> As their faith in him increases<br /> But they've turned the nature that I worship in<br /> From a temple to a robber's den<br /> In the words of the rebel Jesus.<br /> <br />Well we guard our world with locks and guns<br /> And we guard our fine possessions<br /> And once a year when Christmas comes<br /> We give to our relations<br /> And perhaps we give a little to the poor<br /> If the generosity should seize us,<br /> But if any one of us should interfere<br /> In the business of why there are poor<br /> They get the same as the rebel Jesus.<br /> <br />Now pardon me if I have seemed<br /> To take the tone of judgement<br /> For I've no wish to come between<br /> This day and your enjoyment.<br /> In a life of hardship and of earthly toil<br /> There's a need for anything that frees us<br /> So I bid you pleasure<br /> And I bid you cheer<br /> From a heathen and a pagan<br /> On the side of the rebel Jesus.Elencalimehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04726253531552501845noreply@blogger.com