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This thing has feathers. (pinned post)
Tags: UncategorizedYeah, yeah, I misquoted Dickinson. (She wrote, “Hope is the thing with feathers,” not “Hope’s the thing…” But this is a meme I made a while back that isn’t really a meme because it’s not meming, but it does seem, unfortunately, to be evergreen: Feel free to use it if you like, though.
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On the Road by the Sea
The Third Sunday after the Epiphany, Year A—January 25, 2026 Today’s Gospel passage starts out dark: Jesus is just hearing that John the Baptist has been arrested. “He withdrew to Galilee. He left Nazareth and made his home in Capernaum by the sea,” reports Matthew, who works the plot for a tie-in to the Isaiah
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This is not the Lamb you think you seek
The Second Sunday after the Epiphany, Year A—January 17, 2026 Today’s Gospel begins in the second day of a three-day sequence in the ministry of John the Baptist: It seems that the author of this Gospel is taking some pains to sideline the Baptist. He has John say several times, “I myself did not know
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The First Sunday after the Epiphany
The Baptism of ChristYear A—January 11, 2026Readings:Isaiah 42:1-9Acts 10:34-43Matthew 3:13-17Psalm 29 In the West, we call this feast the Baptism of Our Lord, or something similar. In the East, it is the Theophany—manifestation of God—because, for the first time in history, the Holy Trinity is revealed. God the Son is baptized, while God the Father
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Epiphany
Year A—January 6, 2026 Readings: The image above is a very small piece housed at the Met. It’s a mere 5.75 x 4.5 inches (14.6×11.4 cm), though the frame it’s in probably almost doubles the size. That small size seems appropriate: Like the magus shown on his knees adoring the Christ child, we must lean
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