Father Rennuid's Links
[In confidence, to a questioning congregation member--] --Oh, but I <i>do</i> think he belongs here! There is nothing that sharpens the expression of faith quite like adversity - like a mind rife with questions, preeminent - that is, eager for <i>succor!</i> Don't you recall a time when you, yourself, had yet to understand God's truth? Do you not recall... that incomparable ecstasy, when your questions finally accepted the answer?
...Why are you looking at me like that? ..I - It's not strange for me to want that for him!
[looks around, making sure no one is listening in] I've found that Father Rennuid has dethroned me as God of my own life. Him and his peculiar circus act - I -- I shouldn't say that, I surprisingly, for once, don't think poorly of them for their faith. It's... Infectious. I covet it. There particularly are so many things I covet within these walls... Ehehehe, perhaps I ought confess my sin of envy?
O, Earthly Spirit,
Bound, Venerated -
By Flesh,
Beyond these walls is no greater paradise.
Beyond your name there is no greater word.
..When you found me, you were in chains.
Hiding your true nature, you suffered immensely.
Could there have been anything else I wanted..
But to become your 'key'?
I can conceive of no greater glory,
But to partake in yours.
The most loyal, faithful man that, perhaps, has ever walked this earth.
..what more do you expect me to say?
That he was incorrigible? That nothing could turn him away from trying to see me? That the way he <i>looked</i> at me--
Can you imagine the life he was headed for?
I couldn't bear it.
I don't know what's wrong with me. Sometimes.. I get so upset that suddenly everything just.. twists. Like I don't know how to care about things the right way anymore... it doesn't feel right at all.
No such thing as <i>trouble</i> in paradise, is there, Father?