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Poem: "Dream of the Rood," c. 800 AD, trans. Roy M. Liuzza
Painting: Salvatore Dalí, "Christ of Saint John of the Cross," 1951.

Salvatore Dalí, "Christ of Saint John of the Cross," 1951.

"On me the Son of God suffered for a time; and so, glorious now I rise up under the heavens, and am able to heal each of those who is in awe of me. Once I was made into the worst of torments, most hateful to all people, before I opened the true way of life for speech-bearers."

Happy Sunday!

🗣 He was the Word that spake it; He took the bread and brake it; And what that Word did make it; I do believe and take it.

This St. Joseph statue scared me today. Between his way too real stare and his gnawed-off fingers, it's creepy! Also I was alone and all of the lights were off.

Does anyone have an opinion on the Knox translation?

I feel like this often. If I'm just barely scraping by, is that all there is? Surviving not living sort of thing.

What gets me through it is holding onto hope that when moments of relief come, it is worth it. Someone on Twitter quoted call the midwife "You just keep living until you're alive again"

another boring slow day means I'm decorating the parish office with slightly grotesque doodles of saints

like for church dog, reskeet for rectory cat

The Transfiguration, c. 1475

https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.3668.html

15th century German woodcut of the Transfiguration

"With these two mighty ones of old beside,
Near to the Awful Presence still abide;
Before the throne of light we trembling stand,
And catch a glimpse into the spirit-land."

(Samuel Greg, "Of the Transfiguration of Our Lord," 1895)

stained glass depicting Jesus walking on water and St. Peter sinking

"beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me!"

"If you could invite any three people (from the present or the past) to dinner, who would it be and why?"

Squidward sitting in the Krusty Krab, reading the 1979 Book of Common Prayer. He frowns.

Anglican Squidward says it’s time for Evening Prayer

Hans Burgkmair, "The Holy Family with Saint Anne and Saint Joachim," 1512.

I'm uncomfortable 'skeeting' all over my Christian mutuals' timelines. There's gotta be a better word 😭

Almost our entire church staff is going on vacation, so I'm filling in for a few weeks. St. Mark's does everything very particularly so hopefully they don't lock me up in the crypt for using the wrong canticle at MP. If they do pray for an angel to release me thanks.

Thank you so much for the invite!!!!

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I'm making a promise to myself to only Christpost or sillypost on bluesky