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Unheroic Failure

You Are What You Eat? Part I – Tales of Violence

In one of my favourite books, one of the protagonists grabs an animal bone that happens to be lying around and, with a throw-away quip, kills a thousand bad guys with it. This guy ends his life praying to his god for the strength to enact a horrific and bloody revenge on his enemies; his prayer is answered.

In a recent film, the main protagonist, grabs whatever is to hand, and with many a throw-away quip, kills his way through myriad bad guys – all in the name of revenge (and in search of a cure-based maguffin).

I’m not sure that there’s much difference between Deadpool & Samson.

In fact, the book of Judges is chock-full of the old ultra-violence and most of the characters therein seem to be the superheroes of the day – very much in a gritty/dark kind of fashion. Death and butchery is visited-upon all and sundry but very little of the human consequence is felt and the cycle repeats in the very next issue chapter. Maybe it’s all in service of the moral but it reads like pure escapist entertainment.

It takes until the book of Samuel and the machinations of a certain David before the violence starts to hurt – in a very Pulp Fiction kind of way.

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Lent Photo-a-Day Challenge – 10th March – Presence

My old spiritual director suggested I spend some time during a retreat in contemplation in front of the reserved sacrament – to experience something of the “Real Presence”. ‘Don’t worry,’ he said, ‘it’s not biscuit worship.’
Hence this hastily cobbled-together Photoshop:

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Lent Photo-a-Day Challenge – 4th March – Restored

Three for the price of one today – the clippers restored my head to its usual stream-lined look this morning, we restored the angel to its previous glory after a football accident at the church at Christmas and the book in the background is all about the restoration of English Magic.

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Lent Photo-a-Day Challenge – Catchup

This year, I’ve been attempting the Lent Photo-a-Day Challenge as part of a FaceBook group. Lent’s been kind of busy so far and I’ve only just got round to realising and doing something about the fact that nobody outside the group can see any of the pictures – so, I’m planning to double-post them, in the group and out here.

Below is a copy of the list of words we’re using:
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I’m not sure where it’s from (a search for “AliveNow” brought back one or two possible results) but when I find out, I’ll link back to the original.

Anyway, we’re quite a way in now so the sensiblest way of presenting things (I reckon) is a shiny, scrolling gallery:

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