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We await in watchful waiting: Advent

In many parts of the world, with the arrival of cold weather and the end of the school calendar, the so-called Christmas spirit is awakened. The liturgical year calls Advent this time of preparation for the Solemnity of December 25. It is not an anxious or morose expectation: the pedagogy [...]
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Eucharistic adoration (II): manifestations

As we saw in a recent post, the Church considers adoration an essential aspect of Eucharistic worship. Gradually, "through the deepening of faith in the real presence of Christ in his Eucharist, the Church became aware of the meaning of silent adoration of the Lord present under the Eucharistic species" (CCE, n. [...]).
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The symbolic dimension of clothing in Penance

En la ">https://www.arguments.es/comunicarlafe/como-hacer-una-buena-confesion-5-pasos-y-examen-de-conciencia/">Penitencia , como en cualquier sacramento, el vestido del celebrante juega un papel simbólico y pedagógico fundamental. El Ritual de la Penitencia establece en el n. 75 que " Los ornamentos propios para celebrar la reconciliación individual en la iglesia son el alba y la estola. Si se celebra en otro lugar apropiado, […]
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Saints in marriage, saints in the family

The task of the bishops at the Synod has come to an end and now it is the turn of the families to be the protagonists. Families that have been there for a long time, families that are just beginning or families that may be forming: now they speak. Laura Casals tells us her testimony. She and her boyfriend, Alberto Miralles (the first from left to right in the photo), were [...]
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Eucharistic adoration (I): God with us

Adoro te devote, latens Deitas ("I adore you with devotion, hidden God") recites the hymn that St. Thomas Aquinas composed for the feast of Corpus Christi. Devotionally adoring the Holy Eucharist is one of the indispensable dimensions of our faith. It unites our whole being with the loving presence of God. This leads him to exclaim [...].
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Why do we call priests father?

Traducimos el artículo de Joseph Heschmeyer "Why Do Catholics Call Priests "Father"? Isn't That Against the Bible?" (¿Por qué los católicos llaman padre a los sacerdotes? ¿No está esto contra la Biblia?) publicado en ChurchPop.  Una de las objeciones comunes que se le hace al catolicismo es que los católicos ignoran la Biblia llamando padre […]
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Pope allows abortion to be pardoned during Jubilee

Pope Francis has sent a letter in which he indicates some news for the Jubilee of Mercy that begins on December 8. The Pope wants it to be a time of grace and forgiveness for all. ABORTION That is why he has introduced an important change. During this Jubilee the Pope will allow all the [...]
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Pope simplifies marriage annulment procedures

El Papa Francisco simplifica el proceso por el que la Iglesia comprueba si un matrimonio es nulo. Dice que las nuevas normas "no favorecen la nulidad matrimonial sino la agilidad del proceso”. No se trata del divorcio. La Iglesia católica considera que el matrimonio válidamente celebrado es siempre y en todo caso indisoluble. Por eso, es […]
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Marriage in reference to Christ and the Church

Cuando San Pablo habla acerca del Matrimonio en el quinto capítulo de la Carta a los Efesios, concluye diciendo "Este es un gran misterio: y yo digo que se refiere a Cristo y a la Iglesia" (Ef 5,32). En efecto, "los cónyuges cristianos, en virtud del sacramento del matrimonio, por el que significan y participan […]
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Communion sink and tray

LAVABO Con el lavabo, el sacerdote que celebra la Eucaristía se lava las manos justo antes de la oración sobre las ofrendas. El nombre viene del Salmo 26: "Lavabo in innocentia manus meas" (que se puede traducir como lavaré mis manos en señal de inocencia). Se trata de un signo, pues el sacerdote ya debe tener las manos […]
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