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  • GOD IS DEAD

    and we have killed him.Μνήσθητί μουΚύριε ἐν τῃ βασιλείᾳσου
  • Magdalene

    I.As soon as night descends, we meet.Remorse my memories releases,The demons of my past compete,And draw and tear my heart to pieces,Sin, vice and madness and deceit,When I was slave of men's capricesAnd when my dwelling…
  • Bad Days

    When Passion Week started and JesusCame down to the city, that dayHosannahs burst out at his entryAnd palm leaves were strewn in his way.But days grow more stern and more stormy.No love can man's hardness unbend;Their br…
  • The Second Death of Lazarus

    gah, I'm way behind on my regularly scheduled Passion Week postings. Let's pretend that it's still Saturday:The Second Death of LazarusFolklore relates he was afterward rarely known to smile.Since then, I can only see t…
  • meme

    What was I doing 10 years ago:Angry and bitter as hell that my roommate had just been expelled from boarding school. Seething and fuming. And traveling across the US to visit colleges. Stetson gave me a free T-shirt.F…
  • The Three Old Testaments

    At heyheybaby95's request, this is a follow-up to ChrisRusso's December 2006 discussion "What's in your canon?" But we'll approach the issue from a somewhat different angle.Jews and Christians use three principal collec…
  • another mark against grad school

    so I got that stupid teaching award. The awards ceremony is on Holy Thursday, starting at the same time that our Liturgy for the Last Supper is scheduled in my parish. Ain't no way I'm missing that for some dumb plaque…
  • Memory Eternal

    Christ our God, reads the prayer, thank you for allowing me to participate in your suffering. Now help me to participate in your glory.The card was tacked on the wall between one from our parish ("We love you! -- The Ge…
  • I expect the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the age to come.
  • anticlimax

    I'm sitting at home all in a funk, waiting for news on a loved one who is in critical condition at the hospital. At any moment, I expect the phone to ring with a heart-wrenching announcement.The phone rings.My stomach s…
  • here's to you, Dr. King

    It's all right to talk about "long white robes over yonder," in all of its symbolism. But ultimately people want some suits and dresses and shoes to wear down here! It's all right to talk about "streets flowing wit…
  • George & Barack

    Read SwordandSacrifice for incredible news about the Democratic race.The end-of-semester project in my class is for my students to choose a clip of American English speech, and imitate ("mirror") 3 - 5 minutes of it. In…

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