GOD’S UNEXPECTED PRESENCE IN A POP SONG The Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen has written in his book Life of Christ that “Divinity is always where one least expects to find it.” [i] Sure, one might think we can find God in prayer, or when we gather in church every Sunday, or when one reads his written word, but to find His presence… in a K-pop song?! Surely one has to be out of his mind to think so. But if God really is omnipresent, then He can use anything and everything to reveal Himself. I mean, He once spoke through an ass’s mouth (Numbers 22:21-39), so what’s stopping Him from speaking through Sana Minatozaki and Momo Hirai? Absolutely nothing, I would say. This (and I say this with full conviction) is what happens to me when I listen to a song by K-pop group TWICE called Alcohol-Free , a song they released just this year.  The song has proved the archbishop’s words right. I found Divinity where I least expect it to be in. The lyrics of the chorus is particularly str

  I liken you, my darling, to a mare      among Pharaoh’s chariot horses . Your cheeks are beautiful with earrings,      your neck with strings of jewels. We will make you earrings of gold,      studded with silver. - The Bridegroom to his Bride; Song of Songs 1:9-11 I saw you And knew what I was trying to do I had to play it real, real smooth And once I finally made my move I went crazy over you ( Ah, ah ) Over you, only you ( Ah, ah ) I went crazy over you - BLACKPINK, Crazy Over You           Catholic Biblical scholar John Bergsma, in a talk he gave on the Song of Songs, commented that the passage on the said book of the Bible quoted above is some sort of a joke said by the bridegroom. [i]   According to Bergsma, there are no mares (adult female horses) in the chariot of the pharaoh, only stallions (adult male horses). You do not put mares on the chariot for obvious reasons: because a mare will cause distraction to a stallion(s). Instead of being focused on going