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 particu...

  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...