i need to grow up.

but i don't wanna. :p







drownout.

a litany.

ONE: Lamb of God, You take away the sins of the world.

.............................ALL: Have mercy on us.

ONE: Lamb of God, You take away the sins of the world.

.............................ALL: Free us from bondage to sin and death.

ONE: Lamb of God, You take away the sins of the world.
.............................ALL: Hear our prayers, Prince of Peace.


ONE: For the victims of war,
.............................ALL: Have mercy.
ONE: Women, men, and children,
.............................ALL: Have mercy.
ONE: The maimed and the crippled,
.............................ALL: Have mercy.
ONE: The abandoned and the homeless,
.............................ALL: Have mercy.
ONE: The imprisoned and the tortured,
.............................ALL: Have mercy.
ONE: The widowed and the orphaned,
.............................ALL: Have mercy.
ONE: The bleeding and the dying,
.............................ALL: Have mercy.
ONE: The weary and the desperate,
.............................ALL: Have mercy.
ONE: The lost and the forsaken,
.............................ALL: Have mercy.


ONE: O God, have mercy on us sinners.
.............................ALL: Forgive us for we know not we do.
ONE: For our scorched and blackened earth,
.............................ALL: Forgive us.
ONE: For the scandal of billions wasted in war,
.............................ALL: Forgive us.
ONE: For our arms makers and our arms dealers,
.............................ALL: Forgive us.
ONE: For our Caesars and our Herods,
.............................ALL: Forgive us.
ONE: For the violence that is rooted in our own hearts,
.............................ALL: Forgive us.
ONE: For the times that we turn others into enemies,
.............................ALL: Forgive us.


ONE: Deliver us, O God.
.......................ALL: Guide our feet toward the way of peace.
ONE: Hear our prayer,
.............................ALL: Grant us peace.
ONE: From the arrogance of power,
.............................ALL: Deliver us.
ONE: From the myth of redemptive violence,
.............................ALL: Deliver us.
ONE: From the tyranny of greed,
.............................ALL: Deliver us.
ONE: From the ugliness of racism,
.............................ALL: Deliver us.
ONE: From the cancer of hatred,
.............................ALL: Deliver us.
ONE: From the seduction of wealth,
.............................ALL: Deliver us.
ONE: From the addiction of control,
.............................ALL: Deliver us.
ONE: From the idolatry of nationalism,
.............................ALL: Deliver us.
ONE: From the paralysis of cynicism,
.............................ALL: Deliver us.
ONE: From the violence of apathy,
.............................ALL: Deliver us.
ONE: From the ghettos of poverty,
.............................ALL: Deliver us.
ONE: From the ghettos of wealth,
.............................ALL: Deliver us.
ONE: From the lack of imagination,
.............................ALL: Deliver us.
ONE: Deliver us, O God.
.............................ALL: Turn our feet to the way of peace.


ONE: We will not conform to the patterns of this world.
..........ALL: Let us be transformed by the renewing of our minds.
ONE: With the help of God's grace,
.............................ALL: Let us resist evil wherever we find it.
ONE: With the waging of war,
.............................ALL: We will not comply.
ONE: With the legalization of murder,
.............................ALL: We will not comply.
ONE: With the slaughter of innocents,
.............................ALL: We will not comply.
ONE: With laws that betray human life,
.............................ALL: We will not comply.
ONE: With the destruction of community,
.............................ALL: We will not comply.
ONE: With the pointing finger and malicious talk,
.............................ALL: We will not comply.
ONE: With the idea that happiness must be purchased,
.............................ALL: We will not comply.
ONE: With the ravaging of the earth,
.............................ALL: We will not comply.
ONE: With principalities and powers that oppress,
.............................ALL: We will not comply.
ONE: With the destructions of peoples,
.............................ALL: We will not comply.
ONE: With the raping of women,
.............................ALL: We will not comply.
ONE: With governments that kill,
.............................ALL: We will not comply.
ONE: With the theology of empire,
.............................ALL: We will not comply.
ONE: With the business of militarism,
.............................ALL: We will not comply.
ONE: With the hording of riches,
.............................ALL: We will not comply.
ONE: With the dissemination of fear,
.............................ALL: We will not comply.


ONE: But today we pledge our ultimate allegiance to the Kingdom of God.
.............................ALL: We pledge allegiance.
ONE: To the peace that is not like Rome's,
.............................ALL: We pledge allegiance.
ONE: To the gospel of enemy love,
.............................ALL: We pledge allegiance.
ONE: To the kingdom of the poor and the broken,
.............................ALL: We pledge allegiance.
ONE: To the King who loves His enemies so much he died for them,
.............................ALL: We pledge allegiance.
ONE: To the least of these with whom Christ dwells,
.............................ALL: We pledge allegiance.
ONE: To the transnational church that transcends artificial borders of nations,
.............................ALL: We pledge allegiance.
ONE: To the refugee of Nazareth,
.............................ALL: We pledge allegiance.
ONE: To the homeless rabbi who had no place to lay his head,
.............................ALL: We pledge allegiance.
ONE: To the cross rather than the sword,
.............................ALL: We pledge allegiance.
ONE: To the banner of love above any flag,
.............................ALL: We pledge allegiance.
ONE: To the one who rules with a towel rather than an iron fist,
.............................ALL: We pledge allegiance.
ONE: To the one who rides a donkey rather than a war horse,
.............................ALL: We pledge allegiance.
ONE: To the revolution that sets both oppressed and oppressors free,
.............................ALL: We pledge allegiance.
ONE: To the way that leads to life,
.............................ALL: We pledge allegiance.
ONE: To the slaughtered lamb,
.............................ALL: We pledge allegiance.

ONE: And we together proclaim His praises from the margins of the empire to the centers of wealth and power:
.............................ALL: Long live the Slaughtered Lamb.

Written by Shane Claiborne, James Loney and Brian Walsh

Soon - Hillsong United

Soon and very soon
My King is coming
Robed in righteousness
And crowned with love

When I see Him
I shall be made like Him
Soon and very soon

Soon and very soon
I'll be going
To the place He has
Prepared for me

Then my sin erased
My shame forgotten
Soon and very soon

I will be with the One I love
With unveiled face I'll see Him
There my soul with be satisfied
Soon and very soon

Soon and very soon
See the procession
The angels and the elders
Round the throne

At His feet I'll lay
My crowns, my worship
Soon and very soon

I will be with the One I love
With unveiled face I'll see Him
There my soul with be satisfied
Soon and very soon

Though I have not seen Him
My heart knows Him well
Jesus Christ the Lamb
The Lord of heaven

I will be with the One I love
With unveiled face I'll see Him
There my soul with be satisfied
Soon and very soon

Soon and very soon

Soon and very soon

overwhelm.

"over-" (over the limit, to excess)

+
"-whelm" (engulf, submerge, bury)

=
"overwhelm"
(to bury beneath a mass, e.g. floodwater, avalanche, glory)

overwhelmed. i don't know what this means.