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	<description>Silence in the city</description>
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		<title>Our Lady and Imperium</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 14:56:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past year, I have become increasingly interested in the theological writings of James Alison, whose The Joy of Being Wrong seems to be a real masterpiece of reflection on the notion of original sin.  But his insights range far and wide over the spectrum of Catholic belief and practice.  I find oftentimes that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scholion on Genesis 13: 7</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 10:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Et Incarnatus Est]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When Abram first arrives in Canaan, we are told that the Canaanites are in the land [Gn. 12: 6].  Later, we read, “At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites dwelt in the land [Gn. 13: 7].”  Why now were the Perizzites added?  We know that the ‘peoples of the land’ that required eventual displacing, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scholion on Genesis 4: 16</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:33:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Et Incarnatus Est]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[love]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Scholia on Genesis]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[stability]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Why do our thoughts roam about, so that we find it nearly impossible to sit still, but each of us is like “a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth [Gn 4: 14],” fearful that if anyone finds us out that they will reject us?  Is it not because each of us suffers under the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Liturgy and the &#8216;Needs of Our Age&#8217;. S.C. #1 continued&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://chicagomonk.org/?p=1708</link>
		<comments>http://chicagomonk.org/?p=1708#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 21:28:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Et Incarnatus Est]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[culture]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[liturgy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Sacrosanctum Concilium]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The second goal that the reform and promotion of the liturgy is to serve, according to the opening document of Vatican II, is “to adapt more closely to the needs of our age those institutions which are subject to change.”
Now, determining the needs of the age is not easy feat.  Perhaps slightly less complicated is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Increasing the Vigor of the Faithful: S.C. #1</title>
		<link>http://chicagomonk.org/?p=1706</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:57:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Et Incarnatus Est]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[liturgy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“The sacred Council has set out to impart an ever-increasing vigor to the Christian life of the faithful; to adapt more closely to the needs of our age those institutions which are subject to change; to foster whatever can promote union among all who believe in Christ; to strengthen whatever can help to call all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Social Media&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://chicagomonk.org/?p=1704</link>
		<comments>http://chicagomonk.org/?p=1704#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 09:59:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Et Incarnatus Est]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve begun a &#8216;public figure&#8217; page on Facebook for the primary purpose of generating more interest in the monastery.  So far, I am using it to post shorter quotes in the area of spirituality and reserving this blog for more personal, drawn out reflections.  This may change and I welcome any suggestions.  Please visit the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Did the Liturgy of 1962 Need Reforming?</title>
		<link>http://chicagomonk.org/?p=1702</link>
		<comments>http://chicagomonk.org/?p=1702#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:11:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Et Incarnatus Est]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[liturgy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[monasticism]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Sacrosanctum Concilium]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I took a break from the commentary on Sacrosanctum Concilium, and so rather ask readers to go back and find the earlier articles, I am going to start here once more at the beginning, with a slightly different emphasis this time around.  Tomorrow, I will begin applying the idea of liturgical reform to the goals [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Commentary on the Exsultet, Part 6 (Conclusion)</title>
		<link>http://chicagomonk.org/?p=1700</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2012 16:59:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sed jam columnae hujus praeconia novimus, quam in honorem Dei rutilans ignis accendit.  Qui licet sit divisus in partes, mutuati tamen luminis detrimenta non novit.  Alitur enim liquantibus ceris, quas in substantiam pretiosae hujus lampadis, apis mater eduxit.
But now we know the praises of this pillar, which glowing fire ignites for God’s honor, a fire [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Commentary on the Exsultet, Part 5</title>
		<link>http://chicagomonk.org/?p=1698</link>
		<comments>http://chicagomonk.org/?p=1698#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 08:49:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Et Incarnatus Est]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[exsultet]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hujus igitur sanctificatio noctis fugat scelera, culpas lavat: et reddit innocentiam lapsis, et maestis laetitiam.  Fugat odia, concordiam parat, et curvat imperia.
The sanctifying power of this night dispels wickedness, washes faults away, restores innocence to the fallen, and joy to mourners, drives out hatred, fosters concord, and brings down the mighty.
(The power of this holy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scapegoating, Modern Film, etc&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://chicagomonk.org/?p=1696</link>
		<comments>http://chicagomonk.org/?p=1696#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:03:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Et Incarnatus Est]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[culture]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[sacrifice]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Father Robert Barron of our Chicago archdiocese is a terrifically acute theological commentator on modern culture, and his videos are available on Youtube.  I was alerted to his review of The Hunger Games (link here), the much-hyped movie adaptation of the popular novels.  His review compares the plot to the dynamics of human sacrifice used in many [...]]]></description>
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