merefaith: discipleship in the ruins of empire

At divinity school my friends and I would sometimes get together on saints' feast days and hang out. Surely one way of redeeming the time would be to get together and pop open some cool ones not just because the government says it's Labor Day but because the Church says an exemplar of the faith must be honored. So, in thankfulness for the mercies of God and in honor of your willing submission to the Spirit, here's a glass to you, the real St. Nick!!