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Luke 2:8–14, and that’s because it’s the part that Linus recites in A Charlie Brown Christmas.
The thing that contains the burning incense in a Catholic church is called a thurible. The rising smoke is supposed to symbolize the prayers of believers rising up to heaven.
there is still something about faith that I cannot let go of. I do not know what this world is, but I know that it contains miracles that I cannot explain, and the love that people have for each other is the biggest mystery of all.
“Being gay or straight,” says Elizabeth, “is about who you want to go to bed with. Being trans—or cis—is about who you want to go to bed as.”
“There’s no time to lose then, plant it this afternoon,” I say.
coronated by the sun. King of solitude; ruler of nothing.
parent or child, beyond redemption and deemed unforgiveable?
