Music Monday: Impossible Things

I’ve been wondering like Moses in the desert land
I need you to part the seas and take my hand!
Through the stormy waters to the other side

’cause you do impossible things
you do impossible things
yeah, there’s nothing on earth beyond you x2

I’ve been sleeping like Lazarus in the darkened cave
I need you to roll the stone and shout my name!
Through the darkness on into the light of day

Water to wine, sight for the blind
You say the word and the dead will rise!
The lame walk around, the lost will be found
’cause that’s just what you do…impossible things

Household Codes

Several times in the last couple of years, I’ve read the famous passage from Ephesians about husbands and wives which sometimes gets people up in arms. Below is a link to an episode from “The Naked Bible Podcast” where a Bible scholar goes through a similar “Household Code” from Colossians:

Worship Mary?

I saw in a Facebook discussion group a little while ago a Protestant post the above picture as definitive proof that Catholics worship Mary. The problem is that “worship” here doesn’t mean the kind of worship you give to God. Even today in the Church of England wedding vows, husband and wife will say “…with my body, I thee worship…”.

Speaking personally, I don’t like this elaborate poetic language in Marian devotion for just this reason – it’s too easy for non-Catholics to misunderstand what we believe.

Music Monday: What a Beautiful Name (Japanese)

My friend Justin was married at our parish this past weekend and the happy couple will be returning to Japan this week, so I thought it would be appropriate to share some Japanese Christian music today. This is a cover of Hillsong’s “What a beautiful name”…

You were the Word at the beginning
One With God the Lord Most High
Your hidden glory in creation
Now revealed in You our Christ

What a beautiful Name it is
What a beautiful Name it is
The Name of Jesus Christ my King

What a beautiful Name it is
Nothing compares to this
What a beautiful Name it is
The Name of Jesus

You didn’t want heaven without us
So Jesus, You brought heaven down
My sin was great, Your love was greater
What could separate us now

What a wonderful Name it is
What a wonderful Name it is
The Name of Jesus Christ my King

What a wonderful Name it is
Nothing compares to this
What a wonderful Name it is
The Name of Jesus
What a wonderful Name it is
The Name of Jesus

How sweet is your name, Lord, how good You are
Love to sing in the name of the Lord, love to sing for you all?
Death could not hold You, the veil tore before You
You silenced the boast, of sin and grave
The heavens are roaring, the praise of Your glory
For You are raised to life again

You have no rival, You have no equal
Now and forever, Our God reigns
Yours is the Kingdom, Yours is the glory
Yours is the Name, above all names

What a powerful Name it is
What a powerful Name it is
The Name of Jesus Christ my King

What a powerful Name it is
Nothing can stand against
What a powerful Name it is
The Name of Jesus

You have no rival, You have no equal
Now and forever, Our God reigns
Yours is the Kingdom, Yours is the glory
Yours is the Name, above all names

What a powerful Name it is
What a powerful Name it is
The Name of Jesus Christ my King

What a powerful Name it is
Nothing can stand against
What a powerful Name it is
The Name of Jesus

What a powerful Name it is
The Name of Jesus
What a powerful Name it is
The Name of Jesus

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