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Jan 24, 2024 | 
adoremus.org | Donald DeMarco |Christopher Carstens |Stephen Hill
February 2, in the liturgical calendar, is the day that Catholics celebrate Candlemas, which is also known as the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and the Presentation of Jesus Christ in the Temple. It is based on the account of the presentation of Jesus in Luke 2:22-40. Nomenclature aside, the feast day celebrates Mary and Joseph’s presentation of Jesus in the Temple, 40 days after his birth and the response from Anna, the prophetess, who was “of great age,” and Simeon of Jerusalem.
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Jan 11, 2024 | 
adoremus.org | Christopher Carstens |Stephen Hill
Merriam-Webster has named “authentic” as its “Word of the Year” for 2023, based upon word searches and look-ups.
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Dec 27, 2023 | 
adoremus.org | Christopher Carstens |Donald DeMarco |Stephen Hill
The December 18 Declaration Fiducia supplicans (FS) has generated no small amount of moral, pastoral, and doctrinal debate—and confusion. There has been no shortage of commentary from all sides. But many who have read opinion pieces have not read the actual document. Rather than having others form our opinions—even when their insights are helpful—the process should engage the text itself. Still, this is no easy task.
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Dec 27, 2023 | 
adoremus.org | Donald DeMarco |Christopher Carstens |Stephen Hill
One of the oddities of the political world in which we live is that things that are vaguely similar are commonly treated as if they were solidly identical. Now that same-sex “marriage” is in vogue, the polarity of the sexes is dissolved into a unicity. The same can be said of male and female, mother and father, husband and wife, which are currently regarded as equal and identical with each other. Identity reigns, distinctiveness disappears.
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Dec 27, 2023 | 
adoremus.org | Stephen Hill |Christopher Carstens |Donald DeMarco
After discussing the nature of liturgy, the essence of Christian spirituality, how the liturgy forms its participants in the spirit of childhood, and how monks and nuns apply the lessons of the liturgy to their daily life, we now turn to practical considerations for those of us living, praying, and working in the world. I wish to be extremely careful in this portion of our series. There is no one-size-fit-all approach to incorporating the liturgy into our daily lives.
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Nov 30, 2023 | 
adoremus.org | Donald DeMarco |Matthew Tsakanikas |Christopher Carstens |Stephen Hill
In 1952, Bishop Fulton J. Sheen won the Emmy Award for “Most Outstanding Television Personality,” beating out such show business icons as Lucille Ball, Arthur Godfrey, Edward R. Murrow, and Jimmy Durante. In his acceptance remarks, giving credit where credit was due, he said, “I wish to thank my four writers, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.” The good bishop may have been more indebted to the quartet than what his words indicated.
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Nov 29, 2023 | 
adoremus.org | Christopher Carstens |Stephen Hill
Hail, Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you; blessed are you among women. –Verse for the Gospel acclamation, Solemnity of the Immaculate ConceptionThe Church’s liturgical year begins with the first Sunday of Advent, which falls in late November or early December. Not long after this holy cycle starts, the Church observes the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary on December 8.
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Nov 29, 2023 | 
adoremus.org | Stephen Hill |Christopher Carstens |Donald DeMarco
This month, after discussing how the liturgy forms us in spiritual childhood metaphysically and psychologically, we turn to some practical insights. As we established near the beginning of this series, monastic spirituality is simply a more concentrated form of Christian spirituality in general. Its basic tenets and practices are attainable by all in due proportion to their state.
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Oct 25, 2023 | 
adoremus.org | Christopher Carstens |Stephen Hill |Will Wright |Donald DeMarco
I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no man could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and tongues. —Revelation 7:9God calls every person to be a saint. Sanctity—which means thinking, loving, and living like Jesus—is not an optional goal meant only for a select few. The Solemnity of All Saints, celebrated on November 1, reminds us of our glorious calling in Christ.
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Sep 28, 2023 | 
adoremus.org | Stephen Hill |Will Wright |Nico Fassino |Matthew Tsakanikas
In last month’s exploration of how the liturgy of the Church is the greatest and surest source of instruction in spiritual childhood, we looked at the role of the liturgy in the life of the each Christian. This was a necessary foundation for considering how liturgical worship transcends a purely sociological, communal activity. The liturgy’s corporate nature does not detract from the individual benefits it confers on each soul.
