Joshua
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Ellen Raskin fan
Reading the biography of a minor X-Man on Wikipedia is one of the most extraordinary literary experiences you can have.
In 2023, the feast received an expanded set of proper prayers, which constructs the saint as a figure of catholicity. It's not hard to imagine a set of readings that echo this theme.
Kind of funny (and well earned!) that the MCU scored its first competitive Emmy nomination since WandaVision for... Wonder Man.
Almost no one does the optional memorials, but the first reading is as unfortunate as you might expect.
The 1990s Mothra movies are on Netflix now, and I watched the first one last night. It is 70% snoozefest and 30% tokusatsu fairy tale delight. Jim Henson presents Final Fantasy X for the PS2 with interminable disaster movie interludes.
One of my favorite religion tropes in TV is when a character quotes a fairly obscure bible verse like it's the 23rd Psalm.
Happy Nativity of John the Baptist! In today's Office, Augustine identifies John as the bridge between the two testaments. Both a boundary and a herald.
In today's Office, St. Gregory of Nyssa foresees a generation of Catholic influencers, calling Christ "marvelous content."
I wish someone would translate the After School mysteries into English. The conceit is cute: each mystery bears a resemblance to some work of western literature, and the sleuths use their knowledge of the lit to puzzle out the case. I have the Mary Poppins one, but there are a bunch of others.
(The actual best Zatanna story I've read is probably The Jewel of Gravesend, which was so off-model it almost proves my point.)
In the future everyone's favorite character will be a Magic the Gathering card for fifteen minutes.
TIL Andrew Greeley wrote for TV Guide. (The series in question, Hell Town, was canceled shortly after this cover story.)
not enough people complain about the tortured phrasing of this gospel acclamation
This panel from Crisis has lived in my brain rent-free since I was 11. The brief glimpse of the Penguin being equally matched with *Firestorm the Nuclear Man* made realize that in comics everyone is powerful as long as they have a gimmick. I loved that.
In today's Office, Gregory the Great on the Church as dawn: welcoming the light but holding darkness within.
re: today's mass readings, an excellent accidental pairing, with Jesus using a silver coin bearing Caesar's image to symbolize the powers of earth, matched by 2 Peter's promise that it will all be melted by fire in the end
In today's Office, Augustine speaks of God as the stranger who became our neighbor.
You know when I was younger I thought the Israelites woke up one day with a ton of quail corpses scattered around camp.
St. Basil on the Holy Spirit in today's Office: like the sun which shines for everyone yet is enjoyed by each like it was for them alone.