Benedictine Grunge

This is from a presentation given at the OSU Newman Foundation by George Dennis O’Brien.

O’Brien believes that by knowing what came before the university system there can be a better understanding of where religion fits into the system.

“Before universities there were monastic schools,” O’Brien said, “Benedictine monks spent time learning the work of God, which entailed reading scripture.”

O’Brien concluded his presentation by comparing the faith of the Benedictine monks to the once popular music group Nirvana.

Neither the monks nor rock music are easily understood, their words become a mystery, O’Brien said.
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And I thought I made strange comparisons on my blog. But since he started it, what would have happened if Curt Cobain had found Benedictine spirituality instead of the dead end of drugs. So here is a song parody based on Nirvana’s “All Apologies”

In Monastery

Where else should I be
In Monastery
What else should I say
Everyone should pray
What else could I write
Jesus is the light
Where else should I be
In Monastery

In the Son
In the Son I feel as one
In the Son
In the Son
Contemplative
Active

Work and Pray today
ora et labora
We must be the salt
Everything is my fault
I’ll take all the blame
Benedictine shame
Benedict and Scholastica
Brother and Sister in Awe

Dust from dust is all we are
(repeat and fade)

Here is another Nirvana parody I did a year ago called “Smells like Vatican II Spirit“