✞29 Days since my Last Confession✞
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13th_crusader[†]Habakkuk 1:2-4
O Lord, how long shall I cry, and Thou wilt not hear! Even cry out unto Thee of violence, and Thou wilt not save!
Why dost Thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold injustice? Why dost Thou tolerate wrong? Destruction and violence are before me; there is strife, and conflict abounds.
Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice doth not prevail: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.[†]
[☨]Upon his knees, nearly prostrate, the archbishop sits upon the remains of the foyer. As the Holy Spirit would have it, the flames were dowsed and those inside were whisked to safety by![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
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The threshold was charred, the back window was shattered, and the back pews, carpet, and tapestries were blackened, yet there was nothing that could not be saved and refurbished. Escaping by the skin of their necks was the only thing he was grateful for--Whilst the other 90% of himself was seething at the lack of judgment.
In Maxwell's quavering hand was fisted the 30 silver coins he had used to pay the Pope's ransom. He snarled as the livid hatred boiled up in him and tossed the shimmering coinage into the middle of the temple.[☨]
There is no justice, Lord! None! I do not believe a single solitary soul can even fathom it in this misbegotten place!
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Madam Lilith... Might I request an audience with you?
O Lord, how long shall I cry, and Thou wilt not hear! Even cry out unto Thee of violence, and Thou wilt not save!
Why dost Thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold injustice? Why dost Thou tolerate wrong? Destruction and violence are before me; there is strife, and conflict abounds.
Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice doth not prevail: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.[†]
[☨]Upon his knees, nearly prostrate, the archbishop sits upon the remains of the foyer. As the Holy Spirit would have it, the flames were dowsed and those inside were whisked to safety by
3_hat_day emperor_cowboy teutons totally_feliks toris_lietuvos morphinbirdboy. The threshold was charred, the back window was shattered, and the back pews, carpet, and tapestries were blackened, yet there was nothing that could not be saved and refurbished. Escaping by the skin of their necks was the only thing he was grateful for--Whilst the other 90% of himself was seething at the lack of judgment.
In Maxwell's quavering hand was fisted the 30 silver coins he had used to pay the Pope's ransom. He snarled as the livid hatred boiled up in him and tossed the shimmering coinage into the middle of the temple.[☨]
There is no justice, Lord! None! I do not believe a single solitary soul can even fathom it in this misbegotten place!
[LOCKED to Lilith; 85%]
Madam Lilith... Might I request an audience with you?
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Date: 2010-07-05 06:01 pm (UTC)[locked]
Date: 2010-07-06 05:26 am (UTC)You are a doctor, is that right? You.. would not happen to know anything about the removal of those devices inside us, would you?
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Date: 2010-07-07 04:30 pm (UTC)I am, and do. Are you interested in the removal of yours...?
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Date: 2010-07-08 08:19 am (UTC)It's... Not about mine.. Though it's existence within me seethes me.
Father Anderson is a Knight to the Church in my time.. Much as Father Nightroad is in yours.
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Date: 2010-07-08 08:46 am (UTC)He wishes for it to be removed?
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Date: 2010-07-08 08:53 am (UTC)The good man that he is, his duties here keep him preoccupied that he neglects the treatment of his weaknesses.
I know if he knew the offer was readily available to him.. especially by one he is so.. fond of.. he would take it.
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Date: 2010-07-08 09:01 am (UTC)[there is no short measure of fondness in her tone when speaking of Father Anderson.]
I see...
Then, I will broach the subject with him. If he finds it's in his best interest to have it removed... I would be happy to care over him - and assist you as I can while he is ill - when that time comes.
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Date: 2010-07-09 02:53 am (UTC)I thank you, Matrona. God willing, His House needs far more than just refurbishment.
If the men within have the strength of Samson again, incident and desecration would surely cease.
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Date: 2010-07-09 03:06 am (UTC)[locked]
Date: 2010-07-09 03:24 am (UTC)N.. non, I would permit it. Thou art a virtuous woman, after all.
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Date: 2010-07-09 03:27 am (UTC)I wonder what sort of touch you are thinking of, Archbishop. I merely mean to help you make the church more inviting, and see to it you and Father Anderson take proper care of yourselves within it.
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Date: 2010-07-09 03:30 am (UTC)Tha..!!
That is cer--certainly what I meant, madam!
Though we take fine care of ourselves, I assure you...
[Only not.]
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Date: 2010-07-09 03:33 am (UTC)Do you? [you wouldn't lie to the Holy Madonna, would you?] I'm relieved to hear as much, though I'm worried at how often I see you and Father Anderson both as patients rather than visitors.
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Date: 2010-07-09 03:45 am (UTC)And if thy hand sinned thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched.
And the urge to chop off his hand is great.]
I am as bewildered as you, Matrona.
...Though believe me, I have cautioned myself more than the usual to avoid those sterile hallways. It seems this persecuting world would see it fit I stay there.
Aah but Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
As it is written, For Thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
And yet we shall never lie.
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Date: 2010-07-09 03:52 am (UTC)...You recite almost as beautifully as Alexander.
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Date: 2010-07-14 02:25 am (UTC)He did raise me, after all.