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The Head of John the Baptist
Today is the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost; the gospel reading from Mark tells the story of John the Baptist’s imprisonment and execution, the final chapter in John’s story that was an important part of both Advent and Epiphany. Here is my entry for this …