It's the evening of the Feast of St. Matthias and all's quiet here at the Compound, apart from the sharp click of magazines going into their wells, rifle bolts being worked and pistol slides racking in the action. And the sound of sirens filling the air as the local PD heads West over the railway tracks to take down a meth lab under the light of a silver moon.
As you reflect on this comforting scene of rural Texan tranquility, here's something to steer the mind towards holier things. It's from the Eastern Breviary.
O apostle Mathias! thou didst complete the sacred college, from which Judas had fallen; and by the power of the Holy Ghost, thou didst put to flight the darkness of idolatry by the admirable lightnings of thy wise words. Do thou now beseech the Lord that he grant peace and much mercy to our souls.
He that is the true Vine sent thee, a fruitful branch, bearing the grapes that give out the wine of salvation. When they drank it that before were slaves to ignorance, they turned from the drunkenness of error.
Being made, O glorious Mathias, the chariot of God's word, thou didst break for ever the wheels of error, and the chariots of iniquity. By the divine power, thou didst defeat the idolaters, and destroy the pillars and the temples; but thou didst build up to the Trinity other temples, which echoed with these words All ye people, praise Christ above all for ever!
The drunkenness of error. I'd say there's a surfeit of that, right about now.
Your Old Friend,
LSP
4 comments:
Ah, rural American life...meth labs, oiled rifles and an impending feast. How emblematic!
I plan to be in town in April for a week, so we will have to figure out something to shoot holes in. If not the meth lab, something.
There was all kinds of police action last night... and for sure, let's plan on an April shoot. It'd be fun.
You guys have all the fun!
Lovely reflection, LSP. Thanks.
Just so you don't think I'm a complete pansy, I did view the pig pics. It was okay. Same with the steer pics at Rural Revolution. I think you'd like RR. Patrice Lewis writes for World Net Daily as well as her own blog. Lovely lady who lives not too far from us.
http://www.rural-revolution.com/
They have a mobile butcher come out to do their steers, and even she says she goes in the house until the steer is dispatched.
Glad it was helpful! I'll have a look at RR.
The pig was a bit of a production, but not bad for all that. Let's see how it cooks up -- low and slow...
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