{"id":17400,"date":"2013-09-10T11:33:50","date_gmt":"2013-09-10T15:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?p=17400"},"modified":"2013-09-10T11:33:50","modified_gmt":"2013-09-10T15:33:50","slug":"singing-about-drinking-beer-with-jesus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2013\/09\/singing-about-drinking-beer-with-jesus.html","title":{"rendered":"Singing about Drinking Beer with Jesus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

In looking for songs to sing, I have recently listened more closely to Samuel Barber\u2019s Hermit Songs than I ever had previously. Below are two of them that I particularly like, with the lyrics. First, here is \u201cThe Heavenly Banquet\u201d:<\/p>\n<\/iframe>\n<blockquote>I would like to have the men of Heaven in my own house;<\/p>\nwith vats of good cheer laid out for them.<\/p>\nI would like to have the three Mary\u2019s,<\/p>\ntheir fame is so great.<\/p>\nI would like people from every corner of Heaven.<\/p>\nI would like them to be cheerful in their drinking.<\/p>\nI would like to have Jesus sitting here among them.<\/p>\nI would like a great lake of beer for the King of Kings.<\/p>\nI would like to be watching Heaven\u2019s family<\/p>\nDrinking it through all eternity.<\/p>\nAttributed to St Brigid (10th century), translation by Se\u00e1n \u00d3 Faol\u00e1in<\/p><\/blockquote>\nAnd one that I like even more is \u201cThe Monk and His Cat\u201d:<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Samuel Barber - Hermit Songs, op. 29, n. 8: The Monk and his Cat - Gerald Finley - Julius Drake\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TLDWLahEFrY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<blockquote>Pangur, white Pangur,<\/p>\nHow happy we are<\/p>\nAlone together, Scholar and cat.<\/p>\nEach has his own work to do daily;<\/p>\nFor you it is hunting, for me, study.<\/p>\nYour shining eye watches the wall;<\/p>\nMy feeble eye is fixed on a book.<\/p>\nYou rejoice when your claws entrap a mouse;<\/p>\nI rejoice when my mind fathoms a problem.<\/p>\nPleased with his own art<\/p>\nNeither hinders the other;<\/p>\nThus we live ever<\/p>\nWithout tedium and envy.<\/p>\nPangur, white Pangur,<\/p>\nHow happy we are,<\/p>\nAlone together, Scholar and cat.<\/p>\n(W. 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