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The Difference Between Redundancy and Repetition in the Liturgy
“The importance of Christ-centered and shared repetition in our collaborative mission as the Church requires that we avoid the addition of words or gestures that are alien to the rites and liturgical texts provided us by the Church,” said Bishop Michael Olson of Ft. Worth, Texas. “Even though such liturgical abuses might at first glance […]
The Benedictine Vow of Stability as an Antidote to Liquid Modernity
According to [Senator Ben] Sasse, social science data show that a human being needs four basic things to be happy: A theological or philosophical view that explains death and suffering A family Close friends Meaningful work (Defined as work in which people think that they’re needed. “Not, ‘Do I make a lot of money?’ but […]
The Emptiness of Materialism, the Lives of the Saints, and Eternity
In the recent book, God or Nothing, Robert Cardinal Sarah makes a comment… “A Godless society, which considers any spiritual questions a dead letter, masks the emptiness of its materialism by killing time so as better to forget eternity.” + …it’s worth considering something that Frank Sheed wrote in Theology for Beginners: “Infinity, omnipresence, eternity—these […]
True Freedom vs. The Slavery of Sin
The more one does what is good, the freer one becomes. There is no true freedom except in the service of what is good and just. The choice to disobey and do evil is an abuse of freedom and leads to ‘”the slavery of sin.” —from The Catechism of the Catholic Church, number 1733
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