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Dan Harms is 1/2 of the amazing Catholic nerdcore band, Popple (Think– They Might be Giants with rosaries).  Yesterday Dan took time out of a busy week that includes driving across the state and moving his home, to reflect on Sunday’s Gospel and write an original song, Can You See Him? (© December 14, 2008, Dan Harms).

I’ll let him tell the story from here.

Hey Sean
Welp.. I was at mass today and was thinking about the Gospel reading,
John the Baptist proclaiming the coming of the Lord and that struck
me. As did some recent conversations I’ve been a part of that makes
me ponder the gospel reading from a short time ago about the sheep and
the goats, I was naked and you clothed me, I was hungry and you fed me
etc. and I came up with the lyrics to this song just this evening.
It took a while to wrestle some things around lyrically… I think
it’s about those two gospel readings along with my own still evolving
shock that our God and king would come to the earth through such a
humble means. Jesus came into the world through a young extremely
poor mother, how often do I associate myself with young poor mothers?
How often do I associate myself with people who are homeless, who
would literally give birth to their child in such humble surroundings?
I don’t. If Jesus were to come to earth now, under those same
conditions, the chances that I would be there for the birth or even to
be able to go and offer support or to offer whatever I could for him
would be virtually non-existent. So I think this song works to
challenge me to listen to the Gospel and find Christ in the places I
do not go. It’s not that I don’t go there because I have other
important things to be doing, I don’t go there because it’s not
convenient in my snappy iPods and airplanes lifestyle. It’s my prayer
that with these lyrics I can work towards continuing to prepare my
heart this Advent season. Thanks so much for preparing this series of
posts and including me in it. Hope this works.

Thanks Dan for your original song written for this Advent Calendar project. The story of your taking the time to write it during such a busy time reminds me that I need to take the time during Advent to find a bit of silence and reflect upon the coming of our Lord.

You can find Dan’s music at Popple.us or www.virb.com/theharms.

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