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Muslims kidnap, convert Christian children?!

March 16, 2007 | 2 Comments

From Guard Duty. My imaginary legion of armed Temple Knights is sailing off to Nigeria. In my mind.

Mar

16

“epiclesis”

March 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment

1. Derived from the Greek word, the term originally meant prayer or invocation. In time it was used in the Christian tradition for the prayer of consecration over the bread and the wine during Mass. Although nowadays there is a tendency to extend its use it is usually still restricted to that invocation which asks [...]

Mar

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Sacramentum Caritatis

March 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment

I’m reading the Exhortation in little bits. It’s taken me two days so far. Basically, the Holy Father expounds what we already know but many of us have forgotten, concerning reverence for the Eucharist, with multiple references to Holy Scripture and writings of the Saints.
We should now expect seminarians to study art history, Gregorian chant [...]