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The Presentation of Mary: All the House of Israel Loved Her

Why do we love the Blessed Virgin Mary? Because we loved her Son first. Thus, Mary has become the Refuge of Sinners, Comforter of the Afflicted and the Help o.

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Singing through Advent, Part Five: Gloria in excelsis Deo! – Catholic World Report

Singing through Advent, Part Five: Gloria in excelsis Deo! – Catholic World Report
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Singing through Advent, Part Three: Benedictus – Catholic World Report

In this installment, we shall consider the second of Luke’s canticles, the Benedictus. However, like St. Luke himself, we must set the stage. Luke, a very precise historian, informs us of the exact time and place of the events we are about to read, 1 in the Temple during the reign of King Herod, when the priest Zechariah – from the family of Abijah – was on duty. Further, not only was Zechariah a priest but his wife Elizabeth likewise came from a priestly family. We learn that the two spouses were “righteous,” 3 observing all the precepts of the Law. In spite of that, they were childless, then commonly seen as divine disfavor for infidelity to the Law. St. John Chrysostom offers an Old Testament context and a New Testament application: “Not only Elisabeth, but the wives of the Patriarchs also, Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel, were barren, which was counted a disgrace among the ancients. Not that their barrenness was the effect of sin, since all were just and virtuous, but ord

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