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Bad Luck Brian

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  Explanation for the Boomers:  This is a meme template called "Bad Luck Brian". You see, this template expressed the frustration of having an expectation but not having that expectation fulfilled - attributed to 'bad luck' - or as Solomon tells us, 'Time and chance happen to all' (Ecclesiastes 9:11). Brian realizes the hymn "This is the Feast" (CW21 938) refers to the feast of victory that is Holy Communion, as any good Christian would. He expects then that since we're singing about it, we'd participate in it. But no! His congregation only communes twice a month, and it's an off-Sunday. Or maybe even Easter Sunday, where we don't serve communion as not to 'offend' the visitors. Which is kind of silly since the Bible doesn't talk about off-Sundays: The New Testament connects the Eucharist to weekly worship (Acts 2:42) and the pattern throughout the Old Testament is that feasting accompanies worship. The shedding of blood c...