01/26/2026
Blessèd are they who dwell within the Golden City’s hush,
Nam sapientia cadit sicut cera candelae in lapidem.
Deus Vult Altum Crux
Blessèd the ears that bear the thunder of the holy noise,
Cum distantes tintinnabula ferrea ossa quatiunt.
Deus Vult Altum Crux
Blessèd are board-bound fighters, girded, unadorned,
Who walk the narrow aisle of righteousness.
Deus Vult Altum Crux
Yet in the vaulted shadow every oath is weighed,
Et cor sub auro saepe minus confitetur.
Deus Vult Altum Crux
Deus Vult Altum Crux
Blessèd are they who step right, nec redeunt,
For darkside burdens shall be stuffed and sealed.
Deus Vult Altum Crux
Blessèd the hands that whack, yet speak no boastful tale,
For unto them the ditch is granted field.
Deus Vult Altum Crux
Blessèd the masters of the hidden sign and tag,
Hashtag dojoshots—sub veste, sine clamore—
Deus Vult Altum Crux
For from the Grand Master’s veiled approving nod
Descendit pax, et disciplina in corde.
Deus Vult Altum Crux
Deus Vult Altum Crux
Deus Vult Altum Crux
Blessèd are poles, the great swords, and they that crieth red,
For sins are purged where crimson warnings run;
Deus Vult Altum Crux
And blood of flurbs, as parable and sign,
Is spilt—then washed beneath the rising sun.
Deus Vult Altum Crux
O Sancte Arthon, custos Crucis Altae,
Teach mercy where our medals gleam too bright.
Deus Vult Altum Crux
Miserere nobis, Sancte Arthon.
Deus Vult Altum Crux
Deus Vult Altum Crux
Blessèd is the ditch, for in its lowly throne
We grind Eternal, Shiny, and Chrome;
Deus Vult Altum Crux
That way be sanctified through dust and strain,
And enter Gates of Donkholla—domus procul.
Deus Vult Altum Crux
Not by our gilt alone, nor shouted zeal,
Sed gratia quae per fissas cordis venit;
Deus Vult Altum Crux
For light breaks through the patient stained-glass fire,
And names return that we had cast to night.
Deus Vult Altum Crux
Deus Vult Altum Crux
Deus Vult Altum Crux
Deus Vult Altum Crux
Amen.