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We have begun the Season of Advent in the year of Our Lord 2013, and we are still waiting. What are we waiting for, and why?
The Lord has come; the Lord has redeemed us on the Cross; so why do we begin again this annual cycle of reading the Old Testament prophecies about the coming of the Messiah?
Are we play-acting, pretending to wait for that which is already here? Of course not. We are doing two important things.
First, we are entering into liturgical anamnesis — a remembrance which is more than a mere recalling of events. Continue reading.
Sr Catherine Wybourne is a Benedictine nun of Benedictine nun from Holy Trinity Monastery, Howton Grove Priory, U.K.
Source: iBenedictines
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