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Excellent use of the images to differentiate the videos. And I like the detail of how you used a fairly similar photo for each one. This gives a subtle, yet sharp sense of symmetry (like my alteration there?)

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Excellent use of the images to differentiate the videos. And I like the detail of how you used a fairly similar photo for each one. This gives a subtle, yet sharp sense of symmetry (like my alteration there?)

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I REALLY like how you created this part of the assignment as it's one of the best that I've seen so far. 

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I REALLY like how you created this part of the assignment as it's one of the best that I've seen so far. 

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I like the layout here too. With arrows this long, be sure to label the lines in order to help the reader/viewer easily move from one idea (post) to the next one. See what I've done for the winter line. 

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I like the layout here too. With arrows this long, be sure to label the lines in order to help the reader/viewer easily move from one idea (post) to the next one. See what I've done for the winter line. 

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I like the way you designed this with a vertical flow and the "dark" mode looks great too. I urge you to break the well written text up over at least two posts per question. You can then use labels on the arrows to move the reader from one text post to the next. 

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I like the way you designed this with a vertical flow and the "dark" mode looks great too. I urge you to break the well written text up over at least two posts per question. You can then use labels on the arrows to move the reader from one text post to the next. 

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In order for us to become closer to Jesus and truly love and understand him, we must be able to love and honor his mother.
Jesus himself loved and honored his mother.

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By honoring the saints, like Mary, you are honoring the creator. That person could not be as holy and wonderful as they are without God.

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By honoring the saints, like Mary, you are honoring the creator. That person could not be as holy and wonderful as they are without God.

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When you grow a relationship with others close to someone, it helps you to love and know that person better. In this case, by knowing and honoring Mary, you can come to understand and love Jesus even more.

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When you grow a relationship with others close to someone, it helps you to love and know that person better. In this case, by knowing and honoring Mary, you can come to understand and love Jesus even more.

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Why go to Mary when you could go to Jesus?

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Why go to Mary when you could go to Jesus?

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She not only carried the real presence of God, she carried God Himself. She carried Jesus.

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The Arc carried the real presence of God.

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Mary is part of the cosmic battle between good and evil

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Mary is part of the cosmic battle between good and evil

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It is not just sentimental and an honorable title

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It is not just sentimental and an honorable title

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What is it?

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December 25
Celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ

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November 21
Celebrates Mary's lifelong devotion to God

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October 7
Celebrates and honors Mary and her intercessions specifically through the Rosary

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September 15
Celebrates Mary's sorrows and her connection to the Passion of Jesus

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September 8
Celebrates Mary's birthday

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August 22
Celebrates Mary as queen of Heaven and Earth

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August 15
Celebrates Mary ascended body and soul into Heaven

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July 16
Celebrates Mary as the patroness of the Carmelite order and her appearance to St. Simon Stock

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Saturday following the Second Sunday after Pentecost
Celebrates Mary's sinless life as the Mother of God

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May 31
Celebrates Mary visiting her cousin Elizabeth, and John the Baptist jumps for joy in Elizabeth's womb when feeling the presence of Jesus.

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March 25
Celebrates the angel Gabriel appearing to Mary and announcing her as the Mother of God

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Sunday after Christmas
Celebrates the Holy Family (Jesus, Mary, and Joseph) as a model for Christian families

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December 12
Celebrates Mary appearing to St. Juan Diego

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December 8
Celebrates Mary's conception without sin

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February 11
Celebrates Mary appearing to St. Bernadette in Lourdes France in 1858

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January 1
Celebrates Mary as the Mother of God

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September, October, November

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June, July, August

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March, April, May

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December, January, February

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The Kingsfoil looks like a simple weed. Even so, they have healing properties. Similarly in the Anointing of the Sick, regular olive oil is blessed and considered to have healing properties in the hands of a priest. The leaves of the Kingsfoil, like the oil from the Anointing of the Sick, are meant to heal and bring strength against physical, as well as spiritual and mental illnesses.

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An Old Testament "type" is a person, place, or thing that foreshadows the person and work of Jesus Christ in the New Testament. The Lembas Bread can be viewed as a Christian "type." Since Middle Earth is our world before Christianity, the Lebas bread can be see as a "type" and a precursor to the Eucharist.

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These horns are blown to make great blasts in hours of need and in war. They are also played to declare victory and summon courage. The horns can be physically heard and held. Like sacraments, they bring a spiritual significance. Their noise has an almost supernatural effect to overcome despair.

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The Eucharist is made from ordinary bread, and it is consumed by people actively worshipping in the Mass. A priest must consecrate it with special words and actions for the bread to transubstantiate and become the real body of Christ under the appearance of bread. None of this is present with the Lembas bread. Even so, it can still be seen as a sacramental. Lembas bread appears to be ordinary sweet bread, but it offers extraordinary strength and sustenance not found in normal sweet bread.

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Father Charles describes how there are two planes of reality, the spiritual and the physical. (invisible and the visible) Through the meshing of these planes, the ordinary and extraordinary become intertwined together. The elvish cloaks are woven out of ordinary thread, yet their color seems to change like magic. The normal thread is able to show the extraordinary properties of this color changing. Like a sacramental or a sacrament, the ordinary conveys the extraordinary.

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Sacramentals are items that are able to reveal and convey the divinity and holiness that we can not see always see. Sacraments are ways that we can receive God's grace and encounter Him even if we can not always physically see him. "They are vehicles from the visible to the invisible." Similarly, the "elvish artifacts" are simple objects made from parts of the earth. Even though they seem simple, there is something about them that is greater than they originally appear to be.

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Consider what Fr. Charles says about the Athelas plant, aka Kingsfoil. How does this connect to the Catholic Sacrament of Anointing?

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Think of the Horns of Rohan and the Horns of Eorl.

What do these do and how do these provide a sacramental effect?

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What is an Old Testament “type?”

How could the Lembas Bread be viewed as a pre-Christian “type?”

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Think of the Lembas Bread which the elves give to Frodo and Sam.

How is this different than how Catholics understand the Eucharist?

And yet, why does Fr. Charlie state that it can still be considered to be sacramental?

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What does Fr. Charles note regarding the “meshing of the planes?”

How are the elvish cloaks an example of this phenomenon?

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Consider what you’ve learned so far about sacraments and sacramentals. Summarize how/why Fr. Charles believes the “elvish artifacts” are good examples of how sacramentals function within Catholicism.

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Great, insightful answers. Make it rock next time with images, color and more!

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Great, insightful answers. Make it rock next time with images, color and more!

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No complaints at all with answers that are great in another format. Here you can also use illustrations to make your writing come even more alive!

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Fr. Charles concludes by noting that there isn’t religion nor are there Sacraments in LOTR and yet there is a strong sacramental view of the world. Give three examples from the story of LOTR (as we’ve learned it through the videos we’ve watched) of people, objects, or actions which are symbols which point to aspects of Catholicism.
In some aspects, Gandalf can represent Jesus. Gandalf the Gray dies to save the heroes. He then is resurrected as Gandalf the White. Just as Jesus died and was resurrected to save the world, Gandalf is as well. Sam, Frodo's friend, explains why they must keep fighting to save the world. He believes that the world is worth saving because there is good in the world. This ideal reflects that Catholics believe there is good in the world because God is present on the Earth. Sam and Frodo are called to a mission bigger than themselves. They are simple and little. In Catholicism, it is believed that God calls us to take roles bigger than ourselves. Through these vocations, we are able to grow closer to God, our brothers and sisters, and become the best version of ourselves. Along with this same point, Catholics believe that there is holiness in humility and simplicity which is reflected in the meek lifestyle of the hobbits.

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It is said that unlike some Protestant Christian ways of seeing the world, Catholics view the world as “deprived but not depraved.”

Draw upon what you have learned about sin to explain both parts of this statement (you’ll likely need to also define these two words in your answer.
Deprived means lacking of material and cultural goods. Depraved means morally corrupt and wicked. Protestants desire to leave the Earth and want to be in Heaven. This is because they see the Earth as a corrupt and evil place. Catholics, on the other hand, see the Earth idealistically and with love. Because Catholics are able to see God in the world, they are able to see the good in all things. Even if the world suffers, Catholics understand that God loves and brings good things to the world.

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Although God and grace are not explicitly shown in LOTR, it is said that these are present in the story like “light from an invisible lamp.”  What do you think this means? How does this short observation capture the essence of how the Catholic Imagination views the world?
Like the idea of light from an invisible lamp, God and grace are below the surface of LOTR. By using the invisible light analogy, he explains that we can receive things from sources we can not see. LOTR has God and grace present, and the audience can learn from these themes, even if they can not explicitly see it. Through context and deeper understanding, LOTR is able to convey messages of God and grace in special and subtle ways.

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Fr. Charles quotes an early Church Father - “God became (hu)man, so that (hu)man(s) may be God.” What do you think this means?
The beginning of the quote means that God sent Jesus. Jesus became fully human while still keeping his divine nature. In order for people to be with God and to experience Him fully, we had to be saved by Jesus Christ.