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Direct words of Christ, at the Sermon on the Mount,
"Etude - Beatitudes" quotes 8 of the 9 Beatitudes
Gospel of Matthew 5:3-10

Blessed are the Poor-in-Spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven
Blessed are they who Mourn, for they shall be Comforted
	Blessed are the Meek, for they shall inherit the Earth
	Blessed are they who Hunger & Thirst    for righteousness                 For they’ll be Satisfied
He Said Chesed        חֶסֶד  = Mercy, Lovingkindness (Hebrew)
 and  Jesus Made it  – Made it Blessed when he bled
	      
Blessed are the Merciful, for they shall receive Mercy
Blessed are the Pure of Heart, for they shall see God
Blessed are the PeaceMakers, for they shall be called Children of God
BLE-SS-ED are THEY   who are Persecuted  FOR   the Sake of Righteousness                FOR THEIRS IS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN (Halleluiah)
He said  Makarios  =  Mακάριος    Blessed, Happy (Greek)
and Jesus    can carry this Cross.

“I was young, and now I’m Old,  
Yet  I have not seen the righteous forsaken…”  (Psalm 37:25)

Beth Tzedakah

Etude - Beatitudes

Mastermind	(Yes You Are the I AM)

You are the Sun and Sky
And I’m your satellite
ב ראשית     (Bereshit)  you breathed us into life

One of Zion’s birthright
Baptized by a Nazirite
Bridged the great divide of Death and Life

We’re drawing battle lines
All over Palestine
Lord only knows what happens next


	How about Yah weh
	I will sing Your praise
	How about Yahweh
	I have tried my way

Yes, Yes YOU ARE
Yeshua    ישוא     =  Jesus

Yes, Yes You Are the I AM
Yeshua, the Lion of Judah	…And Bless your Heart

You are the Mastermind
And I dunno, Adonai
Lord only knows what happens next

Mastermind (Yes You Are the I AM)

"The Battle Hymn of the Republic," by Julia Ward Howe. Public Domain.
Recorded by Joe Bourgeois at the Boulder Coffeehouse, May 2014.
In loving memory of Bethany.

May 2014 Boulder Coffeehouse

Battle Hymn of the Republic (JW Howe) - For Bethany

Tandem & Tangents (poem) - J Clune

"Sign of Jonah." Original song lyrics, composed by James Clune. © 2016

Mariners, “Come follow me I will make you fishers of men”  (Matthew 4:19)
Peter, “Come follow me I will make you fishers of men”

“Go to the sea and cast a hook there,
And take the first fish that comes up”
Open its mouth and you will find
The temple-tax, four drachma”  (Matthew 17:27)

Zebedee, “Come follow me I will make you fishers of men”
Galilee, “Come follow me I will make you fishers of men”

“A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a sign,
But none shall be given to them except the Sign of Jonah”  (Matthew 12:39 also Matthew 16:4)

While Herod beheaded John the Baptist in prison (Matthew 14:10)
He drew a crowd of 5,000 men; women & children
We have only five loaves of bread, here, and two fishes (Matthew 14:17)
Still all who came to eat got their fulfillment.  It was sufficient. (Matthew 14:20)

Talmidim (Hebrew: Disciples), “Come follow me I will make you fishers of men”

“For as Jonah was three days and nights in the belly of a whale,
…So too the son of man will be inside the heart of the earth” (Matthew 12:40-42)

Ichthys, I draw a cypher in the sand to signify the Son of Man.

Original song lyrics, composed by James Clune. © 2016

James Clune, Original Praise Songs 2016

Sign of Jonah

“The Ballad of Lent”   
(Based on the temptation of Christ in Matthew 4)

a.	IRISH  ROVER	b.  The temptation of Christ

Temptation	from Satan
Has taken 	me 	from my home
In the Wilderness	I’ve been hungering
For fulfillment	  now 	 40 days long 

When in my starvation,  the Devil presents himself, 	with food

But “Man shall not 	live by bread alone
But by every word		from the Father’s mouth”     (Deut 8:3)

Then high above Jerusalem	A fallen angel comes	to mislead
And extends an invitation, from high the steeple-top	to take a leap    	 
   … to the gravity
…
But I reply it’s written		
“YOU   Shall   Not    Test      the Lord”	(Deut 6:13)

Then the Devil took me 		to the Mountaintop
And showed me 	All the	Kingdoms of the World
And said “All these 		I will give to you
If You fall down			and worship (false gods)”

 “Be  Gone, Satan”

 “You shall worship	the Lord your God
And only Him	shall you serve”	(Deut 6:16)

The Ballad of Lent (Matt 4)

Swords to Plowshares 
(from Isaiah 2:4)

Take this sword, and make a ploughshare
Take this sword… 	(Take this sword) 		(Call and Response)
And make a ploughshare,    (and make a ploughshare).    

Though the army hordes weapons of war in their towers 
by the thousands,
I’m gonna
Take this sword, and make a ploughshare
Take this sword,    (echo)       and make a ploughshare     (echo)

Blessings assured— the answer’s out there 
With grace outpoured and faith abounding
I’m gonna praise the Lord from the mountains
So I will Take this sword, and make a ploughshare

“Don’t suppose I came to bring peace to this Earth,
I came not to bring peace, but a sword” … Aahhhhh 	(Matt 10:34)

Take this sword, and make a ploughshare
Take this sword, and make a ploughshare

{You can cling to the 2nd Amendment, 
but there ain’t no guns in Heaven}

Original Praise Songs 2016

Swords to Ploughshares

Requiem for Gethsemane

Yarden (Jordan) River flows to the Sea
-Dead salt water dries the land.
Jesus down at Gethsemane,
“Take this cup of sorrow from my hands” (Matthew 26:39)

Chorus:
Suffer and sorrows
Down at the gallows
Suffer and sorrows
Til on the third day He rose-  my Redeemer.


“My God, why have You forsaken Me?” 	(Psalm 22:1 and Matthew 27:46)
‘Did your bidding at your command.
He bares this cross up to Cavalry
With His crown of thorns and His nail-pierced hands

Repeat Chorus

Requiem for Gethsemane

Capital Punishment

Capital Punishment,    I stare on in astonishment
Capital Punishment,    A passion for the numberless
Capital Punishment,    The trappings of our stumbling
Capital Punishment,    And on his shoulders the government (Isaiah 9:6)

Sometimes I feel reluctant,
When I think of the injustice
I think of the injustice,
So I turn to the instruction

CHORUS:
BYYYY  His STRIPES -  We are HEALED!	X2	(Isaiah 53:5)

Capital Punishment,    Sacrificed at the summoning
Capital Punishment,    The lashings – I can’t stomach th’em
Capital Punishment,    Scaffolding to a Crucifix
Capital Punishment,    And on his shoulders the government

Wrongfully convicted
And sent to the Crucifixion,
If you think you’ve been afflicted,
1. And you’re looking to the scriptures…   
2. Then receive this benediction:

BY   HIS   STRIPES WE  ARE HEALED    (x4)

Capital Punishment

Why WiFi?    Lyrics

Beacon on a hill is streaming waves of wireless fidelity
… to humanity
People are enthralled, and thrilled; inspired, mesmerized; insanity
… for technology

	Whyyyy,   whhyyyy?     WwiiiiFfiii
It seems like Scii – Fi,     Seems like Sci-Fi

Sun is overhead broadcasting rays to waves as radiant energy
… and the sunlight warms my face.
A song upon my heart is sung among the tongues of choir’s melodies
… and you peer into my soul

	The Waaaves form      a Sine-curve
Til the Lines- Blur,  It makes my Mind Hurt: Why, Why WiFi?

God is up above sifting through days and days of tireless memories
… and He’s been here for All Time

Remember Moses climbed 	
to the top of Mount Sinai
Communing there on high, 	
with the Spi—i—i—rit of Adonai,
BUT You ask Why? Why   WiFi?		It’s NOT SciFi
It’s just Invi—i—i—i—sible    to   the   eye

(C) J Clune 2020

James Clune

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