Gather Us In, A Bad Song Is Playing
A reader writes into Fr. Z to ask why Gregorian Chant is to be preferred at Mass to hymns like “Gather Us In” which the reader, a newly minted Catholic, happens to like. Fr. Z responds here, and the commenters also chime in with responses that hit the mark.
Fr. Z writes:
As a preamble, music for liturgical worship is not a mere add on or decoration. It is liturgical worship. Therefore the texts used should be sacred texts. The texts of those ditties mentioned in the question are not sacred, liturgical texts. They are not the prayer of the Church.
He then discusses the quality of the hymns under discussion. This is a more subjective argument. After all, there are people who think the hymns located in the Gather hymnal are quite extraordinary. I question the sanity of such people, but that’s neither here nor there. This is a country that consistently puts American Idol at the top of the ratings, so I’m obviously a bit out of the loop with my musical tastes.
Besides, even non banal hymns seem out of place in our liturgy. On Holy Thursday I attended Mass at St. Mathew’s Cathedral. As always, it was a beautiful, reverent, and yes, Novus Ordo liturgy. I don’t remember the entrance hymn. It was a nice hymn – something more fitting than one of the turds from the Gather hymnal. And yet there was something a bit off. It was a fairly upbeat hymn, and as Cardinal Wuerl incensed the altar it just felt jarring. Here is this solemn moment marking the beginning of the Triduum, and the accompanying music just does not fit what is happening up there in the sanctuary. It’s the sort of thing that just snaps you out of the moment, and that’s the problem.
The liturgy is prayer, not entertainment. The reason that these hymns are generally inappropriate, no matter the quality, is that they simply don’t fit in with what’s supposed to be happening. Instead of amplifying our prayers they drown them out. That’s why I find the incessant need to have some kind of music playing at all times whenever there is more than five seconds of silence so frustrating. You’ve all probably heard organists vamp when the hymn ends before the Priest has reached the sanctuary, or after Communion when not all have returned to their places. Why can’t he or she just let silence reign for a few minutes? Why is there such a need for constant noise, especially when it does not fit in appropriately with that moment in the liturgy?
FRIDAY EXTRA EDITION
US: House Passes Permanent Ban on Abortion Funding – Kevin J. Jones, CNA
Does State of the World’s Mothers Rep. Show Best Performers? – C. Moynihan
Out of the Porn Darkness – Austin Ruse, The Catholic Thing
Consort Profile: Empress Maria Theresa of Austria – The Mad Monarchist
The Great Lie: Pope Benedict XVI On Socialism – Father Robert Sirico, IC
Cool Discovery About the Birth of Christ! – Jimmy Akin, JimmyAkin.org
Vocations in the Wake of Scandal – Monsignor Charles Pope, Archd. of Wash.
US: Historian or Fraud? – Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Get Religion
Vatican Pledges Penal Measures Against Canadian Bishop – Zenit
‘Viewpoint-Based Restriction’ – California Catholic Daily
Alaskan Bishops Listen to Victims in Effort to Bring Healing – Effie Caldarola
Pres. Obama is Right About Osama: ‘Justice Has Been Done’ – Wm Oddie, CH
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Controlling Catholic Media
One of the notable things about Catholicism is that it has a central teaching authority such that it is possible to say with a fair degree of certainty (at least on many doctrinal topics), “The Church teaches X” or “The Church does not accept Y as true.” By comparison, if you want to say something about “What Muslims believe” or “What Baptists believe” much less “What Buddhists believe”, the best you can do is a cite a number of authorities and recognize what the preponderance of them appear to say. (Even this gets very tricky, as different people will have different standards as to who is an acceptable authority.)
Given this, Catholics often suggest it would be a good idea if there were more quality control over who got to go around labeling things as Catholic. Conservatives sometimes ask why it is that Notre Dame and Georgetown are still allowed to call themselves Catholic universities, and make noises that someone should “do something” about publications like Commonweal and National Catholic Reporter. On the flip side, once and a while one hears more left-leaning Catholics ask why it is that the bishops don’t do something to about the largely right-leaning Catholic blogsphere, or reign in venues such as EWTN or Real Catholic TV.
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The ‘Eathen
The fourth in my ongoing examinations of the poetry of Rudyard Kipling. The other posts in the series may be read here, here and here. Kipling was a passionate man in his likes and dislikes, and always wore his heart firmly attached to his sleeve. Throughout his career he championed the rankers and non-commissioned officers in the British Army. He rightly thought that the men who were at the sharp end of the stick in battle often got the short end of the stick outside of battle. Kipling never forgot about them, and he made certain his readers never forgot about them, making them the subject of many of his poems, books and short stories, and constantly reminding the British that their nation and empire relied upon the raw courage of men too often regarded as scum by civilians. Kipling didn’t romanticize them, he knew them too well for that, but he did recognize their virtues as well as their vices, and honored them for the courage and good humor with which most of them went about their dangerous tasks. One of my favorite poems of Kipling is The ‘Eathen, written by Kipling in 1895, which is Kipling’s salute to the British non-com, and a searching look at how a slum recruit becomes a good one.
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THURSDAY EXTRA EDITION
The Removal of Bp. Morris Was a Long Time Coming – Noel Debien, ABC
Ask Tony: Monsignors & Cardinals – Anthony S. Layne, The Impractical Cth
US: Why ‘Republican’ Doesn’t Mean ‘Catholic’ – Joe Heschmeyer, Shmlss Ppry
There Be Dragons, in 30 Seconds! – Steven D. Greydanus, Nat’l Cth Register
You Know Who are Really Obsessed with God? Atheists. – Carl Olson, IIS
Has Science Buried God? – William West, MercatorNet
Themis – Tom Howard, InsideCatholic
The Exegesis of the Reformers: Authority Redux – Doctor Jeff Mirus, Cth Cltr
US: New CCHD Youth Campaign to Fight Poverty – Tancred, The Epnyms Flwr
Community Col. Cops Settle Lawsuit Over Arrests of Pro-Lifers – Cal Cth Dly
Grace is Not Rationed – Father Philip Neri Powell O.P. Ph.D., DDMHA!
Because of Saint Thomas Aquinas’ Thoughts On War – Frank Weathers, YIMC
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60 Minutes on Mount Athos and St. Anthony
As an Eastern Catholic, Melkite Greek Catholic, I was deeply provoked by the following 60 Minutes episode very much worth watching. A good friend of mine is a Eastern Catholic Priest Monk who spent a decade on the Holy Mountain, but had to depart there for personal medical reasons. I finally could see the location of which I have heard so many incredible stories about.
Behind-the-scenes travelogue to holy Mt. Athos – Producer Michael Karzis takes you on a high-stakes adventure: shooting a “60 Minutes” story in one of the holiest places on Earth
Here is another amazing story of an incredible coach from a small Jersey inner-city Catholic school…
Reactions to the Death of bin Laden
To continue the on-going discussion here I wanted to alert folks to two articles and a flyer worthy of your consideration in reading on this important topic:
CatholicMil.org – Justice, Mercy and Bin Laden by Dr. James H. Toner
Il Sussidiario – US/ Reactions to the Death of bin Laden by Mnsgr. Lorenzo Albacete
Both Dr. Toner and Msngr. Albacete are two figures which have my upmost respect and admiration. Communion and Liberation has also made an important judgment on this matter.
Communion & Liberation – Flyer on the events of May 1st
Save Us From the saVE Act
You might think that the following snippet is from The Onion. Oh, that it were.
A new law proposed in the Senate would require universities to have stricter policies against sexual harassment and have mandatory relationship training–and some free speech groups say there are problems with the law.
Earlier this month, Sen. Bob Casey, D-PA., and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., introduced the Campus Sexual Violence Act (The Campus saVE Act) which would require universities to enforce new disciplinary guidelines against crimes of sexual violence. The law would amend the existing Clery Act, passed in 1990, which requires universities to report all crimes committed on campus.
While the law attempts to define and combat all manners of sexual harassment, it would also require all incoming freshman and university employees to attend mandatory classes on dating and healthy relationships.
There’s really one reaction appropriate for something like this.
George Washington and the Divine Author of Our Blessed Religion
A contemplation of the compleat attainment (at a period earlier than could have been expected) of the object for which we contended against so formidable a power cannot but inspire us with astonishment and gratitude. The disadvantageous circumstances on our part, under which the war was undertaken, can never be forgotten. The singular interpositions of Providence in our feeble condition were such, as could scarcely escape the attention of the most unobserving; while the unparalleled perseverance of the Armies of the U States, through almost every possible suffering and discouragement for the space of eight long years, was little short of a standing miracle.
George Washington
In 1783 the Revolutionary War was coming to a close, Washington now waiting for negotiations to conclude and the British to evacuate New York. On June 8, 1783 he sent a circular letter out to the states discussing his thoughts on the importance of the states remaining united, paying war debts, taking care of the soldiers who were wounded in the war and the establishment of a peace time military and the regulation of the militia. It is an interesting document and may be read here.
Washington ends the letter with this striking passage: Continue reading
WEDNESDAY EXTRA EDITION
The Miracle of Caring and Sharing – Mark Shea, National Catholic Register
Permanent Deacons Taking Role Away From Priests – Father John Zuhlsdorf
Infiltration Evangelization – Giuseppe Ambrose, The Three Bs
Of All the Rutten Ideas (Tim Rutten of the LA Times) – Phil Lawler, CC/OTC
If JP2 Can Be a Saint, Really, Anybody Can – John Norton, Our Sunday Visitor
Getting Off the Misery-Go-Round of Scrupulosity – Trent Beattie, Cthlc Lane
Vatican Surprises Bloggers with Successful Meeting – Father Tim Finigan
On Infertility and Adoption – This Cross I Embrace
Imminence, Unlawful Aggressors, & Proportionality in Self-Defense – M. D.
Things are Getting Airbrushed – Rich Leonardi, Ten Reasons
Congr’l Black Caucus Nuts in Asking Tax $ to Pay for Abortions – Lisa Graas
Why Religion Matters – Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service
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The Most Present of All
I needed to share this with you all:
“God? God? If I could see him or hear him now! Where is this God of yours?”
That is the question that every sinner asks, at one time or another. And here is the secret revealed by God to Israel in shadows and intimations, and to all the world in the life and death and resurrection of Christ. God is not some despotic force, like Zeus sitting upon his throne, grasping his thunderbolt. He is almighty, true, and as almighty he is more than greatest and farthest of all. He is also the smallest and the nearest and most present of all, the very Being of beings. He was not in the whirlwind or the earthquake or the fire, as Elijah found, but in the still small voice. In all the centuries before Solomon, his presence does not dwell in some hulking temple meant to boggle man into insignificance, but in a small Ark, in a tent. He writes his laws not upon pillars, but upon the hearts of those who hear his word. And his word was made flesh and dwelt among us, a babe in a manger. This is the Jesus who came as a light into a dark world; yet the world knew him not. A bruised reed he would not break, said the prophet, and so Jesus moved among men both known and unknown, a king and yet a slave, the glorious only-begotten Son of God, and yet meek and humble of heart. To hear Jesus, then, is to look perhaps first to the small and near, and to listen.
- Anthony Esolen in the Magnificat for May 2011.
Osama bin Laden and 1848
In 1848 the quiet of mid-nineteenth century Europe was shattered in a wave of revolutions throughout the continent. Beginning in France in February, a wave of revolutions began that would ultimately engulf 50 states in Europe and Latin America. Some succeeded and some failed, but at the end Europe and the world was a very different place. People who lived through this stunning year wrote with disbelief as well established governments were suddenly toppled by popular uprisings. History often proceeds at a fairly stately pace, and change can be imperceptible. At other times History moves with a lightning pace and dramatic changes occur almost literally over night. In 1989 we saw a similar year of revolutions in Eastern Europe where the Communist regimes vanished like chaff before a driving wind. The Arab world is experiencing a similar year of revolution this year, and the year is but little more than a third gone as of this writing.
Thus far governments in Tunisia, Egypt and Yemen have been toppled. Libya is in the grip of civil war. The Syrian government is making war against its own people as a popular uprising continues. Major protests have occurred in Algeria, Bahrain, Iran, Jordan, Morocco and Oman and minor protests, so far, in Djibouti, Kuwait, Lebanon, Mauretania, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Western Sahara. In the age of the internet, blogs, facebook, twitter and ubiquitous cell phones, it is simply no longer possible for most autocratic regimes to keep their peoples ignorant of developments around the globe, and with each government that falls the movement grows throughout the Arab world to replace highly unpopular dictatorial regimes. Continue reading
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Choosing Hell
This post originally ran (I’ve cleaned up a few typos, but otherwise left it unchanged) back in 2006, but the topic has been on my mind, and having found it via Google while researching the topic of the Fundamental Option I decided to rerun this one rather than writing a new one.
Quite some time back, Pontifications ran a post about the theory of “fundamental option”, which it seems is the theological term for the idea that one’s salvation is based upon a fundamental choice that one makes either for or against God.
This image for the determination of one’s salvation has a certain utility in that it is simple and evocative. C. S. Lewis uses it in The Last Battle, where all of Narnia’s creatures face Aslan and swerve either to his right (with loving expressions) or to his left (with hate in their eyes). And yet, like any image or illustration, applying it absolutely leads to distortion. The ‘encounter God and choose’ image helps to emphasize that God’s judgment is not some arbitrary judgment imposed upon us. It also helps to explain how someone externally appearing to have sinned many times might be saved, while someone who to all appearances led a virtuous life, yet held pride in his heart, might reject God and be condemned. And yet, taken as an absolute of ‘salvation by choice alone’ the theory of ‘fundamental option’ becomes just as much a heresy as ‘salvation by faith alone’.
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Dr. Johnson and His Dictionary
Dr. Samuel Johnson was a curmudgeon of the first order: he hated Americans, Scots and any number of other groups. A writer of genius in his own day, much of his writing has not held up well. ( I defy anyone, for example, to read Rasselass without nodding off.) A pensioner of King George III, his pen was bought and paid for, and he entered the lists against the King’s enemies in the pamphlet wars of Eighteenth Century England, as he did against the rebellious American colonists. Having said all that, I do honor Johnson for two reasons.
First, because of his quick wit, often conveyed to us courtesy of James Boswell, Johnson’s companion and biographer. A few samples:
Patriotism having become one of our topicks, Johnson suddenly uttered, in a strong determined tone, an apophthegm, at which many will start: “Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.” But let it be considered that he did not mean a real and generous love of our country, but that pretended patriotism which so many, in all ages and countries, have made a cloak of self- interest.
Mankind have a great aversion to intellectual labor; but even supposing knowledge to be easily attainable, more people would be content to be ignorant than would take even a little trouble to acquire it.
No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.
Wine makes a man more pleased with himself; I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others.
What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
The noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees, is the high road that leads him to England!
Sir, they are a race of convicts, and ought to be thankful for anything we allow them short of hanging. (Johnson, referring to Americans.)
It has been a common saying of physicians in England, that a cucumber should be well sliced, and dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out, as good for nothing.
I told him I had been that morning at a meeting of the people called Quakers, where I had heard a woman preach. Johnson: “Sir, a woman’s preaching is like a dog’s walking on his hind legs. It is not done well; but you are surprised to find it done at all.” Continue reading
MONDAY EXTRA EDITION
Are Orthodox “Masses” Valid? – Father John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?
If Fr. Pfleger is Church’s Spiritual Magnet. . . Reason to Suspend Him – L. Graas
Universities Respond to Cardinal Newman Society Report – Tim Drake, NCReg
Osama bin Ladin, Death Penalty, & Targeted Killings – Eduardo Penalver, MOJ
Lepanto, 1571: The Battle that Saved Europe – H. W. Crocker III, InsideCthlc
Question About Infallibility – Mark Shea, The Daily Register
How to Respond When a Loved One Leaves the Church – Eric Sammons, OSV
SSPX Threatens Legal Action Against Friendly Catholic Forum – Tancred, TEF
The Monster – Dale Ahlquist, The Distributist Review
Don’t Block Your Blessings – Monsignor Charles Pope, AOW
Pope Appoints New Bishop to Florida Diocese – Catholic News Agency
Divine Mercy Sunday – Doctor Anthony Lilles, Beginning to Pray
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Blessed John Paul II: First Pope of the Catholic Resurgence
Sometimes a great historical figure is not as recognized as such during his lifetime. Other historical figures are recognized as monumentally important even while they live. John Paul II, who was beatified yesterday, was definitely in the latter category. He was the most important Pope of the last century, and the first pope I think of what will be viewed by future historians as a great Catholic resurgence. It will take centuries for historians to fully assess his almost 27 year long papacy, but here are some of the factors that I think they will note.
1. He largely stopped the post Vatican II chaos-After Vatican II the impulse to transform the Church into an institution fully reflecting the current views of cultural elites in the West wreaked much havoc. Paul VI, a good and holy man, drew a line in the sand with Humanae Vitae, but he lacked the stomach and the will to fight it out with those who would have transformed the Catholic Church into what the Anglican Church is now: a dying institution, adrift from any allegiance to traditional Christianity, and fully in accord with the mores and beliefs of the secular elite of the West. Many were rubbing their hands with glee after the death of Pope Paul, in confident assurance that a new liberal pope would complete the transformation of the Church into something akin to Unitarianism with fancy dress. Instead they got John Paul II, a Polish fighter who had stood toe to toe with the atheist rulers of Poland and was not the least frightened or impressed by the forces that sought to neuter Christ’s Church. The chaos and low morale of the Church could not be completely reversed in one papacy, but John Paul II began the process and made a huge amount of progress.
2. Presiding at the Funeral of Communism-During World War II, both the Nazis and the Communists slaughtered a huge number of Polish priests, viewing them as deadly enemies. How very right they were! The Polish Church, in the midst of one of the worst persecutions sustained by the Catholic Church in the last century, never lost faith that the Church and Poland would both ultimately outlast the totalitarian regimes and emerge triumphant. John Paul II was the embodiment of this robust confidence that Communism, like Nazism, was merely a brief historical abberation that could and would be defeated. The rise of Solidarity was completely predictable to him, and his embrace of it made a crackdown by the Polish Communist regime, and its Kremlin puppet masters, impossible. John Paul II and Ronald Reagan in the Eighties brought about the largely peaceful collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe and laid the groundwork for its collapse in the former Soviet Union. The heirs of Joseph Stalin learned to their sorrow that the type of power wielded by a skillful and determined pope cannot be counted in divisions but rather in human hearts.
3. Culture of Life-In the teeth of an overwhelming movement among Western elites to jettison the belief that human life is sacred, John Paul II rededicated the Church to that proposition and waged a long uphill struggle throughout his papacy against abortion and euthanasia. Like Moses, John Paul II did not live to see the victory in this fight, but ultimately we will win, and his brave stand at a crucial moment in history will be one of the reasons why. Continue reading
The Catholic Response to the Death of a Murderer
An already busy weekend concluded with the surprise announcement by President Obama that Osama Bin Laden had been killed on Sunday morning, May 1 by a team of American forces in a compound in Pakistan.
There’s a lot to be digested, and a lot of questions for what this means for an already uncertain future in the Middle East. However, as the crowds pour into Lafayette Square with jubilation, it is important to remember how this day began. It began as Divine Mercy Sunday, the Second Sunday of Easter, which this year saw the beatification of John Paul II, an event which marked the holiness of the man. One cannot think about the holiness of John Paul II without recalling his powerful forgiveness of his would-be assassin. For Catholics, this day began as a testament to the powerful force of God’s love and mercy.
So it should it end the same way. Bin laden did much evil. He killed scores of innocents, contributed to the starts of several wars, and used religion to create a culture of hatred. For Americans, we watched as our brothers and sisters were killed, wounded, or separated from their families. If anyone deserved to be riddled with American bullets, it was he.
But “forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us” has no “but” clauses. The culture of life that John Paul II spoke from womb to tomb; the dignity and beauty of God-given human life is not diminished by one’s sins. God’s mercy and love has no exceptions; as Christians our mercy and love are to have no exceptions.
Simply put, God loved Osama Bin Laden and extended His mercy to him. It is our duty as Christians, as witnesses to the love of God to extend our forgiveness to Bin Laden and pray that he accepted that mercy and that we will be with us in paradise. The celebration around his death ought to make all Christians uneasy; even more so the many declarations that they hope Osama is burning in hell.
This is a difficult teaching to be sure, especially for those who lost a loved one due to Bin Laden. But the Church has never claimed that its teachings were easy. Instead, it has offered the grace and sacraments to live it out, as well as pointed to the examples of extraordinary human beings who lived it out. Today, the Church named a man blessed who knew deeply about the costs of love and forgiveness. So Blessed John Paul II, pray for us. Pray that our country can use this moment to emerge more unified. Pray for the world that we may escape an era of fear and hatred and violence. Pray for us that in this time, we can follow your example and use this moment to witness to the love & mercy poured out by our Savior, Jesus Christ.
Presidential Address Scheduled Immediately (Update: Osama bin Laden Dead)
This should be a big announcement if he’s going on at this hour.
Update: President has not spoken yet, but reports are that Osama bin Laden is DEAD.
Update 2: As of 10:55 p.m. President Obama still has not spoken, but it has been confirmed that Osama bin Laden was killed a week ago. [Editor's note: In fact the strike was launched today - see the President's address below.] We have just now confirmed that it was his body, and that he has left this mortal coil. This might be a more significant symbolically than militarily, but I don’t care about that right now.
What I don’t quite understand is that this not exactly a sudden development, [Editor: In fact it was, so disregard my question.] and yet the President has chosen this moment to make the announcement. Sure they had to wait for confirmation, but why do this now and not just wait until morning? Just curious.
Contra to what I said above, K.T. McFarland has suggested that bin Laden’s death could push a lot of the fence sitters in Afghanistan and in the Middle East towards our side. I hope she is right.
Update 3: President Obama is now speaking at 11:35 p.m.
The President’s remarks, after the bump.
Victims of Communism Day
“Over half a century ago, while I was still a child, I recall hearing a number of older people offer the following explanation for the great disasters that had befallen Russia: ‘Men have forgotten God; that’s why all this is happening.’ Since then I have spent well-nigh fifty years working on the history of our revolution; in the process I have read hundreds of books, collected hundreds of testimonies, and have already contributed eight volumes of my own toward the effort of clearing away the rubble left by that upheaval. But if I were asked today to formulate as concisely as possible the main cause of the ruinous revolution that swallowed up some sixty million people, I could not put it more accurately than to repeat; ‘Men have forgotten God; That’s why all this happened.’”
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Today is the feast day of Saint Joseph the Worker, instituted by Pope Pius XII on May 1, 1955 as an alternative to the Communist May Day marches. Today is also the beatification of John Paul II. (I will have much more on Blessed John Paul II tomorrow.) Today is also the Victims of Communism Day. Hattip to Ilya Somin at The Volokh Conspiracy who began the campaign to make this day a day to remember the some one hundred million men, women and children murdered by Communist regimes and movements.
The Modern World is Going to Hell: A Continuing Series: The Whatever Vermin of the Apocalypse
The sixth in my series of posts in which I give rants against trends that have developed in society since the days of my youth, the halcyon days of the seventies, when leisure suits and disco were sure signs that society was ready to be engulfed in a tide of ignorance, bad taste and general buffoonery.
We have started off the series with a look at seven developments that I view as intensely annoying and proof that many people lack the sense that God granted a goose. I like to refer to these as The Seven Hamsters of the Apocalypse, minor evils that collectively illustrate a society that has entered a slough of extreme stupidity. Each of the Seven Hamsters will have a separate post. We have already discussed here the Tattooed Vermin, here the Pierced Vermin , here the F-Bomb Vermin, here the Texting Vermin and here the Trashy Vermin. The sixth of the Hamsters is the Whatever Vermin. Continue reading
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