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im-derty-dan · 7 months
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and what if I say this song is Lazarus Jake coded
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saintmachina · 2 years
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Heya, first off its good to se you posting again, but I'm sorry things are rough right now, it seems like it's that kind of month in my own circle as well. Secondly, if it's not too person, do you have go to music for your writing? Your spiritual practice? I'd be super curious about both!
Hey there! Good to see you too! Thanks for the kindness; I'm having a better day today and using that positive momentum to catch up on old emails and get some errands run.
I am nothing if not an amalgamation of playlists. I make character and vibe playlists for every project and my Spotify is a mess because of it. But here's some of my current favorite God-haunted songs I use in my spiritual practice. This is a mix of secular, spiritual, and cross-genre tunes.
~ when you're angry with god ~
The entire Violence album by My Epic, but particularly Black Light
~ upbeat sunday morning tunes ~
Angel At My Door - Need to Breathe
Undo Me - Jennifer Knapp *Lesbian artist!
Temple - Parson James *Gay artist!
I Am Mountain - Gungor
You Don't Care At All - Mercy Me
~ when you need to cry it out ~
Circles - Tow'rs
Rejoice - Julien Baker
Build My Home - Harp + Arrows
Beloved - My Epic (this was the inspiration for my poem The Lamentation of John)
~ connecting with the feminine divine ~
Mother - Florence and the Machine
Dance With You - Live
~ contemporary church music that slaps ~
Spirit Break Out (Live) - Kim Walker Smith
Oceans (Where Feet May Fail) - Hillsong United (If you don't want to support Hillsong, you can always listen through Youtube instead)
The Goodness - John Mark Macmillan, Sarah Macmillan
~ the awe-inspiring terror of the divine ~
Lazarus - Bellarive
Behold God Is Great - Jake Hamilton
~ not today Satan ~
Mockingbird - Anais Mitchell
Hopefully you find something you like in here! If ya'll want me to do a witchy version of this rec post, let me know!
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mayhem24-7forever · 3 years
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Hello! Welcome to my fic masterlist! I can not stress this enough but I don’t want minors reading any of my fics, even if they are SFW! I deserve a safe place to express myself so please respect my boundaries. I will block blogs that don’t have at least an age range in the bio or dm me. Remember that I always take requests so don’t be afraid to slide into my inbox with an ask or message! Please let me know if a link isn’t working or is incorrect!
🌻=Fluff
🥀=Angst
🌺=Smut
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Robert “Bob” Floyd
No Stressing, Just Obsessing (Oneshot) 🌻 - X
Things at the Hard Deck get a little more interesting when the team meets the new bartender who has a surprising secret...
Please Please Me (Kinktober Oneshot) 🌺🌻 - X 
Bob misbehaves at the beach and receives his deserved punishment... Kinktober prompts: Pegging - Hair Pulling - X
Jake “Hangman” Seresin
Time Is Running Out (Three-shot) 🌻🌺 - Part One - Part Two - Part Three -
Maverick’s daughter is hiding a pretty big secret from her dad and her friends, hopefully Jake won’t blow it all...
A Little Out of the Ordinary (Whumptober Two-shot) 🥀🌻 - Part One - Part Two -
When Jake’s friend with benefits unexpectedly becomes pregnant, a misunderstanding leads to heartbreak, but can Jake fix it before it’s too late? Whumptober prompts: “This wasn’t supposed to happen” - Tossing and Turning - Caught In a Storm
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Adrian Chase/Vigilante
Lose You Too (Series) 🌻🥀🌺 - Prologue - Chapter One - Chapter Two - Chapter Three - Chapter Four - Chapter Five - Chapter Six - Chapter Seven - Chapter Eight - Chapter Nine - Chapter Ten - Chapter Eleven - Epilogue -
When Y/N Flag moves to Evergreen after her brother’s death, she wasn’t expecting to find Adrian Chase, a lovable and a little unhinged vigilante. She wasn’t expecting to fall in love with him either, or that her past, and her brother’s killer, would catch up to her in the most unexpected way possible.
Rick Flag
Angel With a Shotgun (4+1 Songfic Oneshot) 🌻🥀  - X
Four times that Rick Flag has been an angel with a shotgun and one time he needed one…
Rage Becomes Him (Dark!Rick Series) 🥀🌺 - Prologue - Chapter One - Chapter Two - Chapter Three - Chapter Four - Chapter Five - Chapter Six - Chapter Seven - Chapter Eight - 
After Colonel Rick Flag dies, Amanda Waller dumps him in the Lazarus pit and resurrects him. But she quickly realized that the soldier that had been sent to Corto Maltese to die was not the same one that walked out of the Lazarus pit. Loyal, friendly, patriotic Colonel Rick Flag was gone and in his place was a cold, rage-filled demon who becomes uncontrollable. And when he gets loose, his first stop on his revenge tour is Evergreen, Washington and a certain “hero” living there…
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Eddie Munson
The Dungeon Master’s Throne (Oneshot) 🌺 - X
Eddie needs a little help with planning his next D&D campaign...
Steve Harrington
Let Me Protect You (Oneshot) 🥀🌻 - X
Steve and his girlfriend have a slight difference in opinion regarding sacrificing themselves for the other...
Both 
Need You Tonight (Oneshot) 🌺 - X
Steve and Eddie are engaged in a (mostly) friendly competition for Y/N’s affection and things come to a head at a party leading to a night the three of them will never forget
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Bad Times At The El Royale - Miles Miller
Something Close To Hope (Two-shot) 🥀🌻 - Part One - Part Two - 
Miles never expected to be made the manager of the El Royale hotel, especially not in the way he was but he was going to ensure that the darkness of the hotel never touched his beloved maid, no matter what he had to do...
Hair’s Breadth From Death (Whumptober Oneshot) 🥀🌻 - X
When the Summerspring sisters bring Billy Lee and his cult to the El Royale, Miles tries to protect his fiancée before it’s too late... Whumptober prompts: Gun to Temple - “Say Goodbye” - Impaled
The Manager is a Little Tied Up at the Moment (Kinktober Oneshot) 🌺 - X 
Sometimes Miles just needs a little distraction from his own mind and his girlfriend is happy to assist. Kinktober prompts: Overstimulation - Toys 
Outer Range - Rhett Abbott 
Cowgirl Lessons 🌻🌺 - X
When she decides to spend her spring break from grad school in Wabang Wyoming, Y/N finds herself getting a little extracurricular education from a dashing cowboy named Rhett Abbott... with important courses like two stepping, cowboy hat law, bull riding, and lassoing/rope work.
Break From Work (Kinktober Oneshot) 🌻🌺 - X 
Rhett and his wife take to the newlywed life easily. Kinktober prompts: Shibari - Outdoor Sex (Alt.) 
The Littlest Cowgirl and the Mean Old Bull (Whumptober Oneshot) 🥀🌻 - X 
Rhett’s young daughter Angelica bears witness to a rodeo accident that she believes is her fault. Whumptober prompts: Lies - New Scars - Breathing Through The Pain 
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Altered Carbon - Takeshi Kovacs
(Coming Soon!)
For All Mankind - Edward Baldwin
(Coming Soon!)
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Joaquin Torres/Falcon
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Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Tom Holland Version)
(Coming Soon!)
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Yellowstone - Ryan
(Coming Soon!)
Teen Wolf - Peter Hale
(Coming Soon!)
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Uncharted - Nathan Drake 
(Coming Soon!)
The Last of Us - Joel Miller
(Coming Soon!)
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October²:
Whumptober and Kinktober 2022 🌺🌻🥀 - X
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loyolahcmass · 7 years
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Spotify Playlist
We have a Spotify playlist of all the songs used at Mass from 2013 to present day, plus some songs used before 2013! Here is the link:
https://open.spotify.com/user/eoin.walsh/playlist/2ojJGlLsy5GkRgRbc14nn7
And if you don’t have Spotify but want to know the songs used in the past, the list is under the cut:
Hopkins Court Mass Playlist
Fall Semester 2017
Opening Songs:
·         OK by Robin Shulz feat. James Blunt
·         Supercut by Lorde
·         Feel it Still by Portugal the Man
·         I (clean version) by Kendrick Lamar
·         Fire on the Mountain Grateful Dead
·         Hey Hey What Can I Do by Led Zeppelin
·         Earth Blues by Jimi Hendrix
·         Belief by John Mayer
·         All on Me by Devin Dawson
·         Where is the Love? by The Black Eyed Peas
·         Something Beautiful by NeedToBreathe
·         One Call Away by Charlie Puth
·         Strong Enough by Matthew West
·         Stargazing by Kygo
·         Waiting on the World to Change by John Mayer
·         Changes (clean version) by 2Pac
·         Ain’t no Mountain High Enough by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
·         Best of You by Foo Fighters
·         Sail by AWOLNATION
·         No Easy Way Out by Robert Tepper
 For Homily Songs:
·         Falls by Odesza
 Instrumental Songs:
·         Oceans Cover by Mezzo Piano
·         Comancheria by Nick Cave
·         You and Me by Dave Matthews cover by Vitamin String Quartet
·         Story of My Life by One Direction cover by The Piano Guys
·         Forrest Gump Main Theme from Forrest Gump Soundtrack
·         House of Cards Theme by Jeff Beal
 Communion Songs:
·         Oceans by Hillsong United
·         American Teen by Khalid
·         Tangerine by Led Zeppelin
·         Gravity by John Mayer
·         One Day by Zac Brown Band
·         When I Get Where I’m Going by Brad Paisley
·         The Night We Met by Lord Huron
 Closing Songs:
·         Whole Heart by Brandon Heath
·         Glorious by Macklemore
·         Soul Kitchen by The Doors
·         Burning in My Soul by Matt Maher
·         King is Born by Aloe Blacc
·         Brother by NeedToBreathe
·         The Man by The Killers
 2017 Spring Semester
Opening Songs:
·         In My Head by Galantis
·         Lionhearted by Porter Robinson
·         Don’t Look Back in Anger by Oasis
·         T-Shirt Weather by Circa Waves
·         Youth by Glass Animals
·         Oceans Away by Arizona
·         Just Hold On by Steve Aoki
·         What Do You Love by Seeb
·         Brand New Buzz by Big & Rich
·         All the Pretty Girls by Kenny Chesney
·         Ain’t Nothing Bout You by Brooks & Dunn
·         Zombie by The Cranberries
·         Somebody by Young Rising Sons
·         Drop the Game by Flume and Chet Faker
·         Erase Me by Kid Cudi and Kanye West
·         One Love by Bob Marley
·         Where is the Love? by the Black Eyed Peas
·         Daylight by Maroon 5
·         Good Grief by Bastille
·         Kids by OneRepublic
·         Shooting Stars by Bag Raiders
·         Come on Eileen by Dexy’s Midnight Runners
·         Live Like We’re Dying by Kris Allen
·         Count on Me by Bruno Mars
·         Broken Arrows by Avicii and Zac Brown Band
·         It Comes Back to You by Imagine Dragons
·         Kings of Summer (feat. Quinn XCII) by Ayokay
·         A Sky Full of Stars by Coldplay
·         I Want You Back by Jackson 5
·         Stay by Zedd and Alessia Cara
·         Sooner or Later by Aaron Carter
·         Catch My Vibe by Academy
·         Seve (Radio Edit) by Tez Cadey
·         High on Life by Rebelution
·         When You Were Young by The Killers
·         Can’t Keep Johnny Down by They Might Be Giants
·         Walking on a Dream by Empire of the Sun
·         Carry on Wayward Son by Kansas
·         Fast Car by Jonas Blue feat. Dakota
·         Overload (The Chainsmokers Remix) by Life of Dillon
·         The Middle by Jimmy Eat World
·         Jumpin Jack Flash by The Rolling Stones
·         Street Fighting Man by The Rolling Stones
·         Valleys of Neptune by Jimi Hendrix
 For Homily Songs:
·         Castle on the Hill by Ed Sheeran
·         Lazarus by David Bowie
·         Million Reasons by Lady Gaga
·         Believer by Imagine Dragons
·         Pink + White by Frank Ocean
·         Symphony by Zara Larsson
·         Something Just Like This by The Chainsmokers and Coldplay
·         We Didn’t Start the Fire by Billy Joel
 Instrumental Songs:
·         Vitamin String Quartet cover of Tuesday’s Gone by Lynyrd Skynyrd
·         When the Wind Blows Instrumental Version by David Bowie
·         Billy’s Theme from The Departed Soundtrack
·         Honor by Hans Zimmer
·         What a Wonderful World by Richard Clayderman
·         I’ll be There by Jake Shimabukuro
·         Come to the Water by Instrumental Christian Songs
·         Dearly Beloved by Yoko Shimomura
·         Beauty and the Beast Tale as Old as Time Instrumental
·         Il Forte (The Strong) by Ennio Morricone
·         The Zookeeper’s Wife Theme by The Zookeeper’s Wife Soundtrack
·         A Calling by Rupert Gregson Williams
·         American Beauty by Thomas Newman
 Communion Songs:
·         Blackbird by The Beatles
·         Have I Told You Lately by Van Morrison
·         Dog Years by Maggie Rogers
·         Changing by John Mayer
·         In Color by Jamey Johnson
·         Eyes to the Wind by War on Drugs
·         Humble and Kind by Tim McGraw
·         Not Today by Imagine Dragons
·         White Blood by Oh Wonder
·         Rise Up by Andra Day
·         My Sweet Lord by George Harrison
·         Can’t Help Falling in Love With You by Haley Reinhart
·         XO by John Mayer
·         You’re Gonna Live Forever in Me by John Mayer
·         Fire and Rain (Instrumental Version) by Musica Instrumental
·         Holly Holy by Neil Diamond
·         Technicolor Beat by Oh Wonder
·         Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol
·         Southern Cross by Crosby, Stills, & Nash
 Closing Songs:
·         Feels Like Home by Sam Feldt
·         Up Around the Bend by Creedence Clearwater Revival
·         The Way a Night Should Feel by Jason Aldean
·         The Show Goes On by Lupe Fiasco
·         Don’t Leave by Snakehips and Mo
·         Shed a Light by Robin Schulz
·         All Night by The Vamps
·         Good to Be Alive (Hallelujah) by Andy Grammer
·         We Found Love by Rihanna and Calvin Harris
·         Best I Ever Had by Gavin DeGraw
·         Into the Sunset by Mako
·         Roundabout by Yes
·         Midnight City by M83
·         The Seeker by The Who
 2016 Fall Semester
Opening Songs:
·         In the Name of Love by Martin Garrix
·         We Found Love by Rihanna and Calvin Harris
·         Closer by The Chainsmokers ft Halsey
·         Ghost by Halsey
·         Fix My Eyes by For King and Country
·         Say It Again by Kingdm
·         Wona by Mumford & Sons
·         Breathe by Seeb
·         You Can’t Always Get What You Want by the Rolling Stones
·         Baba O’Reily by The Who
·         Reach Out by The Four Tops
·         Welcome to My Life by Simple Plan
·         Anthem Part 2 by Blink 182
·         Follow Me by Uncle Kracker
·         Living in Fast Forward by Kenny Chesney
·         Guys Like Me by Eric Church
·         Parachute by Chris Stapleton
·         Silence by Dave Thomas Jr
·         Whole Heart by Gryffin and Bipolar Sunshine
·         Open Season by Gryffin and Josef Salvat
·         Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd
·         Free Fallin’ by Tom Petty
·         Reelin’ in the Years by Steely Dan
·         Love on Me by Galantis
·         Let Me Love You by DJ Snake
·         Demons by Imagine Dragons
·         We Didn’t Start the Fire by Billy Joel
·         Simple Man by Lynyrd Skynyrd
·         Johnny Boy by Twenty One Pilots
·         Flaws by Bastille The Chainsmokers Remix Version
·         Time of the Season by The Zombies
·         The Chain by Fleetwood Mac
·         Never Let You Go by Third Eye Blind
·         Radioactive by Kings of Leon
·         Please Don’t Go by Joel Adams
·         Just Be Held by Casting Crowns
·         By Your Side by Tenth Avenue North
·         Mercy by Shawn Mendes
·         Keeping Your Head Up by Birdy
·         Maybe IDK by Jon Bellion
·         Something Good Can Work by Two Door Cinema Club
·         Shots (Broiler Remix) by Imagine Dragons
·         Welcome to Your Life by Grouplove
·         Summertime by My Chemical Romance
·         Saint Cecilia by Foo Fighters
·         Trees by Twenty One Pilots
 For Homily Songs:
·         Eyes Wide by Handsome Ghost
·         Cold Water by Major Lazer
·         Subterranean Homesick Blues by Bob Dylan
·         Blessings by Chance the Rapper
·         Still Breathing by Green Day
 Instrumental Songs:
·         This Land by Hans Zimmer
·         Hawkins from Stranger Things Soundtrack
·         Good Will Hunting Main Theme
·         Give Me Love Instrumental Version by Ed Sheeran
·         The Pacific Main Theme by Hans Zimmer
·         O God Thou Art The Father by Mark Howard, John Mock, and Stuart Duncan
·         Inside Out Main Theme from the Inside Out Soundtrack
·         Mad World by Marius Furche
·         Wild Horses by the Rolling Stones Instrumental Version
·         Good Will Hunting Main Theme from the Good Will Hunting Soundtrack
·         Vitamin String Quartet Cover of Fight Song by Rachel Platten  
·         Vitamin String Quartet Cover of Let it Go by James Bay
·         Green Mile Soundtrack Main Theme by Thomas Newman
·         Star of Bethlehem by John Williams
 Communion Songs:
·         Blood Stutter by Handsome Ghost
·         Home by Daughtry
·         #88 by Lo-Fang
·         Hey Jude by The Beatles
·         Beauty from Pain by SuperChick
·         I’m a Mess by Ed Sheeran
·         One Hell of an Amen by Brantley Gilbert
·         If Heaven Wasn’t So Far Away by Justin Moore
·         Lost in the Light by Bahamas
·         Guitar Version of Coldplay’s Every Teardrop is a Waterfall by Evan Camrud
·         Like a Rolling Stone by Bob Dylan
·         Skinny Love by Birdy
·         I and Love and You by The Avett Brothers
·         Moonlight Mile by The Rolling Stones
·         If I Could Fly by One Direction
·         O Come O Come Emmanuel by Casting Crowns
·         Way Down We Go by Kaleo
·         Moving Mountains by Disclosure
·         Endless Love by Jon Batiste and Aloe Blacc
 Closing Songs:
·         Candyman by Zedd and Aloe Blacc
·         Dive by Steven Curtis Chapman
·         Hundred Miles by Yall
·         All Along the Watchtower by Jimi Hendrix
·         Have Faith in Me by A Day to Remember
·         Saltwater Gospel by Eli Young Band
·         One World by Swanky Tunes and Dropgun
·         Here Comes the Sun by George Harrison
·         Time After Time by Quietdrive
·         Human by The Killers
·         Carry On by Crosby, Still, Nash, and Young
·         Walk by Foo Fighters
·         Hallelujah by Pentatonix
·         Call on Me (Ryan Riback Remix) by Starley
·         Take on Me (Kygo Remix) by A-Ha
·         Ready to Go by Panic! At the Disco
 2016 Spring Semester
Opening Songs:
·         Let You Go (Golden Pony Remix) by The Chainsmokers
·         Nothing Left by Kygo and Will Heard
·         Lose It (Jerry Folk Remix) by Oh Wonder
·         Sugar by Robin Schulz
·         Sorry by Justin Bieber
·         Firestone by Kygo
·         Shine by Years And Years
·         Clearest Blue by Chvrches
·         Third Eye by Florence + the Machine
·         Brother by NEEDTOBREATHE
·         Fortune Cookie by Emma Bale
·         Find a Way by Nico and Vinz
·         I Won’t Back Down by Tom Petty
·         Everlong by Foo Fighters
·         Hero/Heroine by Boys Like Girls
·         Here It Goes Again by Ok Go
·         Right Now by Van Halen
·         Shine by Collective Soul
·         Red Hands by Walk Off The Earth
·         Prodigal by Sidewalk Prophets
·         Let You Go by The Chainsmokers
·         Stay by Kygo
·         John Cougar, John Deere, and John 3:16 by Keith Urban
·         Lay It All On Me by Rudimental and Ed Sheeran
·         Zero by Alpines
·         Coming 4 U by Ken Loi and Thomas Daniel
·         Ray Bans by JT Hodges
·         High on Life by Darius Rucker
·         If You Ever Stop Loving Me by Montgomery Gentry
·         Breathe Life by Jack Garratt
·         Elevate by St Lucia
·         Lose It by Oh Wonder
·         Dreaming by Smallpools
·         Anna Sun by Walk the Moon
·         Air I Breathe by Mat Kearney
·         Sedona by Houndmouth
·         Bros by Wolf Alice
·         Spirits by The Strumbellas
·         Our Own House by MisterWives
·         Easy Love by Sigala
·         O-o-h Child by The Five Stairsteps
·         Walk Like a Man by The Four Seasons
·         Alive by Krewella
·         Working My Way Back to You by The Four Seasons
 For Homily Songs:
·         Love Yourself by Justin Bieber
·         Beautiful Day by U2
·         7 Years by Lukas Graham
·         Stressed Out by Twenty One Pilots
 Instrumental Songs:
·         Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World by Relaxation Guitar Maestro
·         Clocks Instrumental Version by Coldplay
·         First Breath After Coma by Explosions in the Sky
·         What A Wonderful World by The O’Neill Brothers
·         The Hologram/Binary Sunset by John Williams
·         Let Her Go (Instrumental Version) by Passenger
·         Be Thou My Vision by The Webb Family
·         Theme to the movie The Town
·         First Breath After Coma by Explosions in the Sky
·         Daredevil Main Theme by John Paesano
·         Trees Piano Tribute to 21 Pilots by Piano Tribute Players
·         D.A.N.C.E by Maxence Cyrin
·         Prelude in E Minor by Chopin
·         Haunted by Waters by Mark Isham
 Communion Songs:
·         Blinding (Instrumental Version) by Jakwob
·         I’m Yours by Jason Mraz
·         You Give Me Something by James Morrison
·         All I Want by Kodaline
·         Tenerife Sea by Ed Sheeran
·         Iris by Goo Goo Dolls
·         Just Breathe by Pearl Jam
·         One by U2
·         She’s Got A Way by Billy Joel
·         Modern Day Prodigal Son by Brantley Gilbert
·         You Are More by Tenth Avenue North
·         Faded by Alan Walker
·         You Raise Me Up by Westlife
·         Love Will Set You Free by Kodaline
·         Beer With Jesus by Thomas Rhett
·         I Saw God Today by George Strait
·         River by Leon Bridges
·         Wheel by John Mayer
·         Acoustic #3 by Goo Goo Dolls
·         Measures by Windmills
·         Sun by Sleeping at Last
·         Higher Love by James Vincent McMorrow
·         Deeper Conversation by Yuna
·         Crash Into Me by Dave Matthews Band
·         Funny the Way It Is by Dave Matthews Band
 Send Off Songs:
·         Can’t Help Falling in Love by Elvis Presley
·         Runaway (U & I) by Galantis
·         King by Years and Years
·         A Beautiful Life by Tim McMorris
·         On Our Way by The Royal Concept
·         One Vision by Queen
·         Home We’ll Go by We’ll Walk Off The Earth
·         Dreaming by Smallpools
·         Now That I Found You by Martin Garrix
·         God Love Her by Toby Keith
·         Perfect World by Allen Stone
·         Daylight by Matt and Kim
·         Raging by Kygo feat Kodaline
·         Reach Out I’ll Be There by The Four Tops
·         Mr. Brightside by The Killers
 2015 Fall Semester
Opening Songs:
·         Ain’t No Mountain High Enough by Marvin Gaye
·         Know Yourself by Drake
·         Calling (Lose My Mind) by Sebastian Ingrosso and Alesso
·         Sugar We’re Goin Down by Fall Out Boy
·         Love’s Divine by Seal
·         Unconditionally by Katy Perry
·         Portugal by Walk the Moon
·         Crystals by Of Monsters and Men
·         Hold On by Alabama Shakes
·         Express Yourself by NWA
·         Beautiful Girls by Sean Kingston
·         All We Need by Odesza
·         You May Be Right by Billy Joel
·         Best of Both Worlds by Van Halen
·         The Impression That I Get by the Mighty Mighty Bosstones
·         I Go Back by Kenney Chesney
·         Sunlight by The Magician
·         Cover of Ed Sheeran’s Photograph by Boyce Avenue
·         Heroes by David Bowie
·         Mr. Blue Sky by Electric Light Orchestra
·         I’ll Be There For You by Bon Jovi
·         I Feel So Alive by Capital Kings
·         Feel It by TobyMac
·         Give In by Lecrae
·         Don’t You Worry Child by Swedish House Mafia
·         Young Homie by Chris Rene
·         How Deep Is Your Love by Calvin Harris
·         All These Things That I’ve Done by The Killers
·         Hey Mama by Kanye West
·         Budapest by George Ezra
·         Safe and Sound by Capital Cities
·         Awake My Soul by Mumford & Sons
·         Where the Streets Have No Name by U2
·         I by Kendrick Lamar
·         Sunday Candy by Donnie Trumpet
·         Apparently by J. Cole
·         The Ballad of Love and Hate by The Avett Brothers
·         Patience by Guns N Roses
·         Simple Man by Lynyrd Skynyrd
·         I’ll Show You by Justin Bieber
·         Pray to God by Calvin Harris
·         Love Myself by Hailee Steinfeld
·         Rejoice by U2
·         Even If She Falls by Blink 182
·         Metalians by Metalium
·         Falling Forward by Emmy Rossum
·         Before We Disappear by Chris Cornell
·         Everyday Superhero by Smash Mouth
 For Homily Songs:
·         Locked Away by R. City and Adam Levine
·         Know Yourself by Drake
·         Growing Up (Sloane’s song) by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
·         Fanatic by Lecrae
·         Only One by Kanye West
·         I’m Gonna Love You Through It by PS 22 Chorus
·         Colorshow by The Avett Brothers
·         The Love Project Video https://vimeo.com/146455750
·         Santa Claus is Coming to Town by Bruce Springsteen
 Instrumental Songs:
·         Haunted by Waters by Mark Isham
·         Prelude in C Major by Bach
·         Falls by Ennio Morricone
·         Bundle of Joy by Inside Out Soundtrack
·         We Are Not Things by Mad Max Soundtrack
·         Shawshank Redemption Theme
·         San Francisco, 1987 by Christophe Beck
·         Main Theme from Rudy by Jerry Goldsmith
·         Harry Potter Theme Song/Hedwig’s Theme by John Williams
·         Someone to Lava Instrumental Version from the Pixar short Lava
·         Infra 5 by Max Richter
·         Your Hand In Mine by Explosions In The Sky
·         Home by Explosions In The Sky
·         Your Hand In Mine by Explosions In The Sky
·         Instrumental Version of Ed Sheeran’s Tenerife Sea by Patrick McCarthy
·         Das Boot Main Theme from the Das Boot Soundtrack
·         Now You See Me Theme by Brian Tyler
  Communion Songs:
·         Crash Into Me by Dave Matthews Band
·         Life Ain’t Always Beautiful by Gary Allan
·         Footprints in the Sand by Leona Lewis
·         Let It Be by the Beatles
·         American Dream by Miami Horror
·         Swinging Party by Kindness
·         Fear Not This Night by Asja Kadric
·         Fear Not This Night Instrumental Version by Guild Wars Soundtrack
·         Nowhere Fast by Old Dominion
·         Revolutionary Road by City of Prague Orchestra  
·         Give A Little Bit by Supertramp
·         My Sweet Lord by George Harrison
·         My Everything by Owl City
·         100 Years by Five For Fighting
·         Calling On Angels by Train
·         Sigh No More by Mumford & Sons
·         Tiger Striped Sky by Roo Panes
·         Quiet Enough by Jon Niven
·         Remembrance by Matt Maher
·         I See Fire by Ed Sheeran
·         Be Still by The Fray
·         Bring Your Love to Me by The Avett Brothers
·         Awake My Soul by Mumford & Sons
·         Blood by The Middle East
·         Life Support by Sam Smith
·         Rhymes and Reasons by John Denver
·         I Am Not by Erik Mongrain
·         Lost in the World by Green River Ordinance
·         The Parting Glass by Ed Sheeran
Send Off Songs:
·         How You Love Me by 3LAU
·         If I Lose Myself by OneRepublic
·         Anything Can Happen by Ellie Goulding
·         Falling by Haim
·         Shoot to Thrill by AC/DC
·         King by Years and Years
·         Warriors by Imagine Dragons
·         Ignition by TobyMac
·         Let You Go by The Chainsmokers
·         Smile by Mikky Ekko
·         Because He Lives by Matt Maher
·         Beside You by Marianas Trench
·         Stand in the Rain by Superchick
·         Revenge of Tizona by Metalium
·         Beautiful Now by Zedd
 2015 Spring Semester:
Opening Songs:
·         Life Is Beautiful by Sixx A.M.
·         Soul Meets Body by Death Cab for Cutie
·         Down by the River by Milky Chance
·         Sell Out by Reel Big Fish
·         Sweet Emotion by Aerosmith
·         Gimme Shelter by the Rolling Stones
·         Fidelity by Regina Spektor
·         Something Like Olivia by John Mayer
·         Thinking Out Loud by Ed Sheeran
·         Budapest by George Ezra
·         Vagabond by MisterWives
·         Home by Dotan
·         Sweet Disposition by The Temper Trap
·         Medicine by the 1975
·         Insane by Flume
·         This Love by Maroon 5
·         Cheerleader by Omi
·         Someday by the Strokes
·         Give a Little by Hanson
·         Forever by Matt Hires
·         Strong by London Grammar
·         Tell Me Ma by Gaelic Storm
·         Regular Army by Mick Maloney
·         If I Should Fall from Grace with God by Young Dubliners
·         Electric Love by Borns
·         Queens by Misterwives
·         On Your Side by Cheerleader
·         Hallelujah by Paramore
·         Jumper by Third Eye Blind
·         The Silence by Bastille
·         Gold by Sir Sly
·         Seeing Stars by Borns
·         King and Cross by Asgeir
·         Mercy Mercy Me by The Strokes
·         Oxford Comma by Vampire Weekend
·         Call Me Up by St Lucia
·         Only Love by Ben Howard
·         On Top of the World by Imagine Dragons
·         King and Lionheart by Of Monsters and Men
·         Somebody by Jukebox the Ghost
·         You Got Me by Taking Back Sunday
·         Stars by Switchfoot
 For Homily Songs:
·         Shake It Off by Taylor Swift
·         Ghost by Ella Henderson
·         I by Kendrick Lamar
·         Roll Away Your Stone by Mumford & Sons
·         Stay by Rihanna and Mikky Ekko
·         Save Rock and Roll by Fall Out Boy
 Instrumental Songs:
·         Beethoven’s Piano Sonata #14 in C-Sharp Minor, OP. 27 No. 2 Moonlight Sonata by Steve Anderson
·         The Vigil Goes to War by the Guild Wars 2 Soundtrack
·         Gravity by John Mayer Instrumental Version (not sure which one)
·         What Are You Going to Do When You Are Not Saving the World by Hans Zimmer
·         Liz on Top of the World by Pride and Prejudice Soundtrack
·         River Flows in You by Yiruma
·         Passion by Kyle Landry
·         Bha Mise Raoir air an Airigh by Kathleen MacInnes
·         Avril 14th by Aphex Twin
·         Beethoven’s Piano Sonata #14 in C-Sharp Minor, OP. 27 No. 2 Moonlight Sonata by Steve Anderson
·         Your Hand in Mine by Explosions in the Sky
·         Meeting Krishna by Michael Dana (from Life of Pi soundtrack)
·         Golborne Road by Nick Laird-Clowes
·         Across the Stars by John Williams
 Communion Songs:
·         Landslide by Fleetwood Mac
·         Fear Not This Night by the Guild Wars 2 Soundtrack
·         The Shiverpeaks by the Guild Wars 2 Soundtrack
·         You and Me by Penny & the Quarters
·         Lost Stars by Adam Levine
·         Hungry by Dotan
·         Make You Feel My Love by Adele
·         Spanish Sahara by Foals
·         Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol
·         Scar Tissue by Red Hot Chili Peppers
·         Days by The Drums
·         Hate to See Your Heart Break by Paramore
·         Sights by London Grammar
·         Kilkelly by Robbie O’Connell
·         Will Ye Go Lassie Go? by The High Kings
·         Rainbow by Robert Plant
·         Hinnom, TX by Bon Iver
·         Have You Ever Seen the Rain? by CCR
·         These Are the Days by Van Morrison
·         Mourning Doves by Mikky Ekko
·         I Can’t Make You Love Me by Bon Iver
·         Hallelujah by Rufus Wainwright
·         Only Human by Jason Mraz
·         Lover of the Light by Mumford and Sons
·         Hear You Me by Jimmy Eat World
·         We Found Each Other in the Dark by City and Colour
 Send Off Songs:
·         Move Along by The All-American Rejects
·         Just What I Needed by The Cars
·         Finale Song from Les Miserables
·         Into the Wild by LP
·         Be Still by the Fray
·         Something Good Can Work by Two Door Cinema Club
·         Last Hope by Paramore
·         The Parting Glass by The High Kings
·         Crystals by Of Monsters and Men
·         I Bet My Life by Imagine Dragons
·         Let Me In by GroupLove
·         I Can Talk by Two Door Cinema Club
·         Shake It Out by Florence & The Machine
·         Secret Crowds by Angels and Airwaves
 2014 Fall Semester:
Opening Songs:
·         Everything is Awesome from the Lego Movie Soundtrack
·         Flaws by Bastille
·         A Sky Full of Stars by Coldplay
·         Back Home by Andy Grammer
·         Wake Up by Arcade Fire
·         Naïve by the Kooks
·         Hideaway by Kiesza
·         You and Me (Flume Remix) by Disclosure
·         Call on Me by Eric Prydz
·         Too Far Gone by Sir Sly
·         Are You What You Want to Be? By Foster the People
·         King and Lionheart by Of Monsters and Men
·         Keep Your Head Up by Ben Howard
·         Ritual Union by Little Dragon
·         Drop the Game by Flume and Chet Faker
·         Pride (In the Name of Love) by U2
·         With or Without You by U2
·         Where the Streets Have No Name by U2
·         I Would Do Anything for You by Foster the People
·         Cosmic Love by Florence + the Machine
·         Lift a Sail by Yellowcard
·         Now We Are Free by the Lyndhurst Orchestra
·         Something Beautiful by Newsboys
·         Whispers in the Dark by Mumford & Sons
·         Under Cover of Darkness by the Strokes
·         Sleeping With a Friend by Neon Trees
·         Land of the Nod by Is Tropical
·         Meant to Live by Switchfoot
·         Bright Lights by Matchbox Twenty
·         Light Up the Sky by The Afters
·         Heroes by Alesso
·         You and Me (Flume Remix) by Disclosure
·         I Need a Dollar by Aloe Blacc  
·         Am I Wrong by Nico & Vinz
·         I Will Wait for You by Mumford & Sons
·         Footprints by Tiesto
·         Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkle
·         Chinese Translation by M Ward
·         Playing With Fire by Brandon Flowers
·         Better Days by the Goo Goo Dolls
·         Hold Us Together by Matt Maher
·         Dare You to Move by Switchfoot
·         Where is the Love? by Black Eyed Peas
 For Homily Songs:
·         All About the Bass by Meghan Trainor
·         Take Me to Church by Hozier
 Instrumental Songs:
·         Dearly Beloved by Kyle Landry
·         Shiverpeaks from the Guild Wars 2 Soundtrack
·         My Heart Will Go On Instrumental Version from the Titanic Soundtrack
·         To the Stars (from the Guardians of the Galaxy Soundtrack) by Tyler Bates
·         A Walk by Tycho
·         Then The Quiet Explosion by Hammock
·         Prelude for Time Feelers by Eluvium
·         Make Up Kisses by John Powell
·         Magic by Coldplay
·         Your Hand in Mine by Explosions in the Sky
·         Inspiring Instrumental Music by Unknown Artist (potentially Dare to Dream by Utopian Sounds)
·         Haunted by Waters by Mark Isham
·         Truly, Madly, Deeply by Ray LaMontagne
·         Ave Maria by the Lumiere String Quartet
 Communion Songs:
·         Hold Us Together by Matt Maher
·         Bring on the Rain by Gavin Mikhail
·         Oblivion by Bastille
·         Lean on me by Bill Withers
·         At Last by Etta James
·         Us Against the World by Coldplay
·         Lovely Day by Alt-J  
·         To Me by Chet Faker
·         Lesson in Patience by Chet Faker
·         Dreams by the Cranberries
·         Remember Us by The Hunts
·         Be Thou My Vision by the Lower Lights
·         O by Coldplay
·         La Vie en Rose by Louis Armstrong
·         What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong
·         Oceans by Hillsong United
·         Fix You by Coldplay
·         Gravity by John Mayer
·         Stay With Me by Sam Smith
·         Crash Into Me by Dave Matthews Band
·         O Come O Come Emmanuel by Casting Crowns
·         Hold You in My Arms  by Ray LaMontagne
·         Within You by Ray LaMontagne
·         Mary Did You Know by Pentatonix
·         O Come O Come Emmanuel by Pentatonix
 Send Off Songs:
·         Home Again by Blackmore’s Night
·         Peace by O.A.R.
·         The Gambler by Fun
·         Love is Gone by David Guetta
·         So Now What by the Shins  
·         Hippy Hill by Grouplove
·         This Is War by 30 Seconds to Mars
·         This = Love by The Script
·         Geronimo by Sheppard
·         Elevate by St. Lucia
·         Let Love In by the Goo Goo Dolls
·         Riptide by Vance Joy
·         When You Were Young by The Killers
·         Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkle
·         Send Me On My Way by Rusted Root
·         One Day by Matisyahu
 2014 Spring Semester
Opening Songs:
·         Counting Stars by OneRepublic
·         Till Kingdom Come by Coldplay
·         All These Things That I’ve Done by the Killers
·         Underdog by Spoon
·         It’s Only Life by the Shins
·         Jubel by Klingande
·         Over the Love by Florence + The Machine
·         Come a Little Closer by Cage the Elephant
·         What About Now by Chris Daughtry
·         We Believe by David Cook
·         I Dare You to Move by Switchfoot
·         Consolation Prizes by Phoenix
·         You Only Live Once by the Strokes
·         A World Alone by Lorde
·         In My Place by Coldplay
·         Casting Such a Thin Shadow by Underoath
·         Some Will Seek Forgiveness, Others Escape by Underoath
·         Float On by Modest Mouse
·         My Way Home by Citizen Cope
·         Shake it Out by Florence & the Machine
·         Helena Beat by Foster the People
·         Hurricane by Ms. Mr
·         Human by The Killers
·         Wind That Shakes the Barely by Solas
·         The Devil’s Courtship/An Dro by Battlefield Band
·         Star of the County Down by The High Kings
·         All I Need to Know by Thousand Foot Krutch
·         Swing Life Away by Rise Against
·         Light Up the Sky by Thousand Foot Krutch
·         Color in Your Cheeks by The Mountain Goats
·         Chicago by Sufjan Stevens
·         Holland by Neutral Milk Hotel
·         The End Where I Begin by The Script
·         Carry On by Fun
·         Roll Away Your Stone by Mumford & Sons
·         At the Sound by Ike Ndolo
·         Let Your Heart Hold Fast by Fort Atlantic
·         Here is Our King by David Crowder
·         Shot At the Night by The Killers
·         Aviation High by Semi Precious Weapons
·         Up With The Birds by Coldplay
·         The Cave by Mumford & Sons
·         Demons by Imagine Dragons
·         Wake Me Up by Aloe Blacc
  For Homily Songs:
·         Let Her Go by Passenger
 Instrumental Songs:
·         Clocks by Coldplay Piano Cover
·         Your Hand in Mine by Explosions in the Sky
·         There Is No Plan by Steve Jablonsky
·         Tennis Court by Lorde
·         Mighty Rio Grande by This Will Destroy You
·         Quiet by This Will Destroy You
·         Interstellar by Hans Zimmer
·         Come to the Dance by Emerald Rose
·         Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven by Godspeed You! Black Emperor
·         Chasing Pavements by Adele Cover by Vitamin String Quartet
·         Crucifixion by Passion of the Christ Soundtrack
·         This Land (from the Lion King Soundtrack) by Hans Zimmer
·         Let It Go by the Piano Guys
 Communion Songs:
·         Everybody by the Lonely Biscuits
·         First Day of My Life by Bright Eyes
·         Murder in the City by the Avett Brothers
·         Say Something by A Great Big World and Christina Aguilera
·         Be Still by the Fray
·         Permanent by David Cook
·         The Heart of Life by John Mayer
·         Warning Sign by Coldplay
·         Re: Stacks by Bon Iver
·         In the Waiting Line by Zero 7
·         Fields of Athenry by The High Kings
·         The Green Fields of France by John McDermott
·         So Far Gone by Thousand Foot Krutch
·         Casmir Pulaski Day by Sufjan Stevens
·         Dear Prudence by Across the Universe Cast
·         You Were on the Cross by Matt Maher
·         The Prayer by Kid Cudi
·         The Scientist by Coldplay
 Send Off Songs:
·         Carried Away by Passion Pit
·         Forget and Not Slow Down by Relient K
·         Hey Brother by Avicii
·         Heartbeat by the Fray
·         I Melt With You by Modern English
·         Too Bright to See Too Loud to Hear by Underoath
·         Welcome Home by Radical Face
·         The Impression That I Get by the Mighty Mighty Bosstones
·         The Raggle Taggle Gypsy by the Waterboys
·         Bodhran by The Young Dubliners
·         Architects by Rise Against
·         Ghost by Neutral Milk Hotel
·         Heroes by David Bowie
·         Resurrection by Passion of the Christ Soundtrack
·         All of You by Peter Thomas
·         Closing Time by Semisonic
 2013 Fall Semester
Opening Songs:
·         Sanctuary by Utada Hikaru
·         Higher by Parachute
·         Fill a Heart by Tori Kelly
·         Human by The Killers
·         Fly by Sugar Ray
·         Upside Down by JJ
·         These are the Days by 10,000 Maniacs
·         Holland Road by Mumford and Sons
·         Don’t Dream It’s Over by Crowded House
·         Be My Escape by Relient K
·         Colours by Grouplove
·         Kill Your Heroes by Awolnation
·         Pompeii by Bastille
·         If You Can Hear Me by Ben Rector
·         Hold Us Together by Matt Maher
·         Anything Could Happen by Ellie Goulding
·         What You Wanted by OneRepublic
·         Brave by Sarah Bareilles
·         Hanging By a Moment by Lifehouse
·         Do It Now by Ingrid Michaelson
·         Free Bird by Lynyrd Skynyrd
·         The Great Adventure by Stephen Curtis Chapman
·         Only Love by Ben Howard
·         How the Day Sounds by Greg Laswell
·         Viva La Vida by Coldplay
·         Gold on the Ceiling by Bill Withers
 For Homily Songs:
·         Diane Young by Vampire Weekend
·         Wake Me Up by Avicii
·         Top of the World by Imagine Dragons
·         Home by Philip Phillips
·         Royals by Lorde
 Instrumental Songs:
·         Rue’s Farewell by the Hunger Games Soundtrack
·         Better Together by JJ
·         Together We Will Live Forever by Clint Mansell
·         Home (Piano Cover) by Edward Sharpe (original song by the Magnetic Zeroes)
·         Concerning Hobbits by the Lord of the Rings Soundtrack
·         River Flows in You by Yiruma
·         Let Her Go (Instrumental Version) by Passenger
·         Fairy Tail—Main Theme Slow Version by Yasuharu Takanashi
 Communion Songs:
·         Titanium by Gavin Milchail
·         The Heart of Life by John Mayer
·         The Sound of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel
·         Shower the People by James Taylor
·         The Perfect Space by the Avett Brothers
·         Farther Along by Josh Garrels
·         Waiting on an Angel by Ben Harper
·         Fix You by Coldplay
·         Follow You Down to the Red Oak Tree by James Vincent McMorrow
·         You Are More by Tenth Avenue North
 Send Off Songs:
·         Love Don’t Die by The Fray
·         Don’t You by the Simple Minds
·         Don’t Stop by Fleetwood Mac
·         Spirit in the Sky by Norman Greenbaum
·         I’m Alive by Michael Franti
·         I Lived by OneRepublic
·         Go Do by Jonsi
·         It’s Time by Imagine Dragons
·         I’m Shipping Up to Boston by Dropkick Murphys
 Songs from 2010-2012 (we didn’t keep records of the songs used these years as well as we did from 2013 on):
·         You Found Me by the Fray
·         I feel Again by One Republic
·         Alive Again by Matt Maher
·         Give Me Your Eyes by Brandon Heath
·         Let Love In by the Goo Goo Dolls
·         Your Love is a Song by Switchfoot
·         Feels like Home by Chantal Kreziviak
·         Hold My Hand by Explosions in the Sky
·         I Refuse by John Wilson
·         Only Hope by Mandy Moore
·         Better Days by the Goo Goo Dolls
·         Hard to Concentrate by Red Hot Chili Peppers
·         Gotta Find You from Camp Rock Soundtrack
·         Some Nights by FUN
·         Lights by Ellie Goulding
·         Wonderwall by Oasis
·         Man Who Can’t Be Moved by the Script
·         Never Gonna Be Alone by Nickelback
·         Say When by the Fray
·         Never Say Never by the Fray
·         As I Am by the Goo Goo Dolls
·         Stay With You by the Goo Goo Dolls
·         Can’t Let it Go by the Goo Goo Dolls
·         Soshite Hitotsu Ni from the D.N.Angel Soundtrack II
·         Ice and Snow from the D.N.Angel Soundtrack II
·         Could Be an Angel by Vic Mignogna
·         This Time by John Legend
·         Walls by the Rocket Summer
·         Do You Feel by the Rocket Summer
·         Beside You by Marianas Trench
·         Storm by Lifehouse
·         Grenade by Bruno Mars
·         Home by Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeroes
·         Little Talks by of Monsters and Men
·         Wait, they don’t love you like I love you by Maps
·         Talking to the Moon by Bruno Mars
·         Let It Be by the Beatles
·         Clair de Lune by Debussy
·         Where Are You Going by Dave Matthews Band
·         One Love by U2
·         With or Without You by U2  
·         Redemption Song by Playing for Change
·         Somebody that You Used to Know by Goetye
·         Send Me On My Way by Rusted Root
·         You’ve Got the Love by Florence + the Machine
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Growin Up!
"When we lose a dear friend, someone we have loved deeply, we are left with a grief that can paralyse us emotionally for a long time. People we love become part of us. Our thinking, feeling and acting are codetermined by them: Our fathers, our mothers, our husbands, our wives, our lovers, our children, our friends ... they are all living in our hearts. When they die a part of us has to die too. That is what grief is about: It is that slow and painful departure of someone who has become an intimate part of us. When Christmas, the new year, a birthday or anniversary comes, we feel deeply the absence of our beloved companion. We sometimes have to live at least a whole year before our hearts have fully said good-bye and the pain of our grief recedes. But as we let go of them they become part of our "members" and as we "re-member" them, they become our guides on our spiritual journey." Henri Nouwen ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ What is growing up? For me growing up is seeing the reality of life and death, and living; it is being open about who you are without having different faces for different people. It is facing the reality of death. I see death around me all the time, I feel death around me, in so many ways. Last night I was called out at 9:00 p.m.., and a 19 year old was out on the streets in the Marina, he had been raped. I picked him up and took him to the hospital, and brought him home and put him to my bed. As he slept I sat in my chair, and watched him breathe and simply prayed. I sat there the the rest of the night, and he slept so peacefully, and I wondered, what horrors will he have from this experience in the days to comeand I cried. Sean said to me as I picked him up, "My friend told me you are the priest who always listens and you are like us, I had no one else to call." And he is right, I am like them, from my own journey, kicked out of the church, rejected, a prostitute, raped, I am as feral as they are, but I have always known how to work the system, and I have never judged them, because I have been and am judged so much. I love the church, but I am so far out on the edge now I do not feel comfortable within the local church. Like Lazarus in the parable of him and the rich man I am at a point where I can not return to my old life, and I am now owning that. That is growing up. Today at the "420 Games," one person laughingly said, "You are the only priest who is out here, they are all scared off their asses,", and I am not afraid any more. I believe 420 is good for many people, and I smoke; I believe drugs should be made legal--because the War on Drugs has done so much damage to so many and that money can be used for treatment and education. Today I met a 20 year old from Kentucky, who has just arrived. He was trying to sell pot for food, so I took him to lunch, and than up to Twin Peaks, to see the view of the City. We talked, and he talked of going home with the same two guys, my young friend, last night did, and escaping the same fate. Jake talked of his girl friend in Kentucky and how she can not understand his experience on the street, he talked of being cold, hungry, alone and afraid. The streets are not beautiful, they are hell, and they cause so much torment. Dorothy Day talked of the long loneliness, and how in her work she found solace; and so it is with me. I live a life that is lonely, I am misunderstood, hated,, loved, and not given a damn about, but in each person that I meet I find connection, and I am not alone. Last weekend on a camp out with three eighteen year old friends, I felt completely at home, at ease, because I could be myself, no expectations, no judgment. To me these three were the example of what ministry is: accepting people for who they are--no expectations, only that we love one another. I told one of my friends, "I felt safe," and he joked with me the whole weekend about that--but I did feel safe, because they cared for me, just for me, with no expectations. That is what Jesus calls us to do--to love each other without expectation, to meet each other where we are. If there is anything beyond this life--the only form of judgment we will have will be how we have loved our neighbor. It will not matter in what doctrine we believe, in the color of our skin, sexual orientation, religious practice--but only how we love each other. Deo Gratias! Thanks be to God! +Fr. River Damien Sims, sfw, D.Min. P.O. Box 642656 San Francisco, CA 94164 www. temenos.org 415-305-2124
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