Here Comes Everybody!

In his book, Finnegan's Wake,
    Irish author James Joyce
describes Christianity this way:

    Here comes everybody!

It would be hard to find
    a more concise, cogent summary
of what we, the Church,
    are truly about:

    Here comes everybody!

Everybody.
    Every single, frickin' body.
All, without exclusion.
    All, without exception.

Bodies of all types and stripes,
    all curves and colors,
all deeds and creeds:

    Here comes everybody!

Here they all come--
    one enormous, triumphant,
motley, sweet-smelling parade:

    Here comes everybody!

Cheek to cheek,
    hand in hand,
heart to heart:

    Here comes everybody!

Dear, dear God,

    Here comes everybody!

    Hallelujah!

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