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Sing, Muse
Sing, Muse, as you sang out for Homer once; sing out the love of brothers bound by blood not of their birth, their mother’s wails and grunts, but of the…
Jan 20
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Behold the Lamb of God
John the Baptist saw Jesus coming toward him and said,
Jan 18
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Unsuspected Mercies
The world is full of unsuspected mercies: an orange’s skin peels off in one long piece and fills the room with scent like sunlight bursting between the…
Jan 16
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Odysseus
Long-suffering Odysseus beheld Penelope across long years and tortuous, so that he could not see the graying hair, the drooping breast, the lines that…
Jan 14
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Victor
I, the LORD, have called you for the victory of justice,
Jan 11
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Beloved
Beloved, let us love one another,
Jan 8
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Hector
My brother, quickly now, give me your spear, for mine is lost and I have failed my throw— not wholly, though.
Jan 6
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Show the Way
A darkness covers all the earth; the fog of war spreads near and far, but light has come—a savior’s birth. We see his star. In hope we long have watched…
Jan 4
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Spotless
And Mary kept all these things,
Jan 1
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December 2025
Resolution
Let the old year be mown with its harvest half-grown: Not all seed comes to fruit, nor all summers take root. The sun and the rain nurture sorrow and…
Dec 31, 2025
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Contradicted
The child's father and mother were amazed at what was said about him;
Dec 31, 2025
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Another Pasch
When the magi had departed, behold,
Dec 28, 2025
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