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Those of you familiar with the empire of \u201cBarbie\u201d may be likewise familiar with Barbie\u2019s famed significant other, \u201cKen,\u201d and the physical constraints of a plastic-molded body with semi-posable limbs.\u00a0 Maybe you had an easier job navigating your<\/em> Barbies back in the day, but my interactions with my own particular \u201cKen\u201d doll (actually a Mr. Heart\u201d for you connoisseurs out there) frequently encountered a pretty severe limitation for a Barbie doll:<\/p>\n

\"\"His head fell off.<\/p>\n

Maybe it was the incredibly well-fitted clothing with which he was supplied, but it seemed as if anytime my eight-year-old self tried to change poor Mr. Heart, his head popped right off with his one-piece suspender suit (which, I may add, is STILL challenging for me to navigate three decades later).<\/p>\n

Each time this cerebral tragedy took place, I would need to cease playing, climb off my bed, and roam through the house in search of a parent to put Mr. Heart back together.<\/p>\n

So annoying.<\/p>\n

Now, with children of my own, the Barbies which passed the \u201cI guess the plastic hasn\u2019t degraded enough to cause me immediate concern for carcinogenic properties\u201d test, Mr. Heart (and his head) exists among them.<\/p>\n

But, little did I, or Mr. Heart, know what lay in store for him.<\/p>\n

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From: https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/lilbec75\/barbie-heart-family\/<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While my daughter tends to \u201cprincess-oriented\u201d play, my son tends to \u201cmonsters with sharp teeth and claws battling robots with lots of buttons and lasers\u201d-type play.\u00a0 So how does Mr. Heart fit in to this scenario?<\/p>\n

While the headless Mr. Heart was simply an annoyance for me\u2014a doll that kept breaking\u2014he has\u00a0been embraced with a new identity by my three-year old.\u00a0 Headless pseudo-Ken-doll is no longer \u201cMr. Heart.\u201d\u00a0 He is \u201cMONSTER MAN\u201d!!!!!!<\/p>\n

Monster Man has many unforeseen properties: he can carry other monsters (or his own head) with his posable plastic arms.\u00a0 He can shoot lasers out of his headless torso.\u00a0 Also, he\u2019s cool enough to chill with all the other super-heroes in my son\u2019s crib.\u00a0 Monster Man is tight with the likes of Captain \"\"Marvel and Spider Man these days.<\/p>\n

In short, this is a new life, a resurrected life, an unexpected life.\u00a0 Where the world might see brokenness and defeat, my son sees a peerless member of the communion of super-heroes, with powers far greater than I ever imagined.<\/p>\n

On this day, we celebrate the death of another hero.\u00a0 The murder and martyrdom of John the Baptist surely seems to be a day of brokenness and defeat\u2014shrouded in lies, jealousy, and deception, for good measure. \u00a0The innocent one, who himself pointed out the Lamb of God, is led to the slaughter.\u00a0 But we celebrate the passion of John\u2014as our Alleluia<\/a> verse says: \u201cBlessed are those who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven.\u201d<\/p>\n

John the Baptist himself was a sign for the Living One who came to dwell among us.\u00a0 He baptized the very author of baptism, as our Preface for this day describes.\u00a0 John himself was a \u201cmonster man\u201d\u2014clothed in strange camel\u2019s hair and consuming wild fruits of the desert.\u00a0 John was an outsider, unwanted in the eyes of much of the world\u2014except for those who saw him for what he was: the forerunner of our Lord.\u00a0 John the Baptist now dwells with the likes of Peter, Mary Magdalene, and all the communion of saints who rejoice in the light of the Resurrected Lord.<\/p>\n

So broken things can become new.\u00a0 Disaster and destruction may have a new life.\u00a0 May we, on this Memorial of St. John the Baptist, come to be something new\u2014unexpected, and resurrected beyond the best of our imaginations.<\/p>\n

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