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Archive for April 5th, 2009

“It is finished” here should be taken in the sense of consummatum est—it is consummated, fulfilled, brought to perfection. This is much more than “It is over.” Of a terrible ordeal that has been endured we may say, “That’s over with.” In that case we mean that it is consigned to the past; now we [...]

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“My wish is to stare down a big league pitcher just as he is going into his windup, and give him a little wink, make him think you know something he doesn’t know. I wish for a chance to look at a sky so blue that it hurts your eyes to look at it, to [...]

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