# data[].attributes.headline
Again, well done on the Marian section here too. I like the layout/design and the images are gripping and engaging too. 

# data[].attributes.subject
Again, well done on the Marian section here too. I like the layout/design and the images are gripping and engaging too. 

# data[].attributes.headline
The layout/design on the LOTR questions looks great. I really like how you used the images and also the arrows. I've added to the arrows to show you the potential of labels here. 

# data[].attributes.subject
The layout/design on the LOTR questions looks great. I really like how you used the images and also the arrows. I've added to the arrows to show you the potential of labels here. 

# data[].attributes.body
Bishop Barron talks about how Mary is not just all warm and fuzzy. She is a great warrior in the spiritual battle and stops on Satan's head. She is the Queen of Heaven and Earth and is the new Ark of the Covenant.

# data[].attributes.body
In his video, Fr. Mike talked about how Mary is our mother. Jesus gave her to us from the cross and to love her more brings us closer to Christ himself.

# data[].attributes.body
Sunday after Christmas

# data[].attributes.body
December 12

# data[].attributes.body
December 8

# data[].attributes.body
November 21

# data[].attributes.body
October 7

# data[].attributes.body
September 8

# data[].attributes.body
August 22

# data[].attributes.body
August 15

# data[].attributes.body
July 16

# data[].attributes.body
The third Sunday after Pentecost

# data[].attributes.body
May 31

# data[].attributes.body
March 25

# data[].attributes.body
February 11

# data[].attributes.body
January 1

# data[].attributes.body
The Athelas plant connects to the sacrament of the anointing of the sick because it has great healing effects. Also, it doesn't look fancy and looks like a simple kingsfoil weed just like the anointing of the sick looks like plain oil to the eye.

# data[].attributes.body
The horns do not posses elvish magic. They have the power to summon courage and dispel despair. They can be considered sacramental because they feed the will and overcome despair. It has an almost spiritual effect.

# data[].attributes.body
An old testament type is a person, place, or thing in the old testament that foreshadows Jesus Christ in the new testament. Since The Lord of the Rings takes place in a pre-Christian world the Lembas Bread could easily be a type and act as a foreshadowing of something yet to come.

# data[].attributes.body
The Lembas Bread differs from the Eucharist in that there is no divinity in the Lembas Bread, it is not partaken of in a setting similar to the mass, there is no priest who gives it out, God is not present in the Lembas Bread, and its effects do not include union with God. However, it can still be considered sacramental because it possesses properties that extends the mere physical, or normal, properties of bread such as letting Froto and Sam go without hunger for many days.

# data[].attributes.body
By using the phrase, "the meshing of the planes," Fr. Charles explains how the cloaks are an example of how the visible, earthly reality and the invisible, spiritual reality merge so that they are almost indistinguishable. The elvish cloaks are an example of this because their "magic" qualities are so meshed with the fabric that it is indistinguishable to the elves.

# data[].attributes.body
The elvish artifacts are made up of earthly things, the four elements, but seem to be more than the sum of their parts. Likewise, sacraments and sacramentals have earthly components, such as the water in baptism, but yet they are more than just their earthly components because they bring about God's grace in a real way.

# data[].attributes.headline
Questions on the Sacramentality of Lord of the Rings:

# data[].attributes.subject
Questions on the Sacramentality of Lord of the Rings:

# data[].attributes.body
Thanks, Sarah for the insightful text and the engaging visuals as well. Next time try the arrows and other features too!

# data[].attributes.body
One example of the Catholic symbolism in Lord of the Rings is how Aragorn brings all the dead people to help them fight and eventually win the battle. This symbolizes how Jesus defeats death by dying on a cross and wins the battle against Satan. Another example is how Gollum is corrupted by habitually putting on the ring. Sin, symbolized by the ring, if habitually entered into will corrupt us and bring us farther from God and damaging our relationship with Him. Finally, Gandalf's transition into Gandalf the White mirrors the transfiguration. Gandalf the White appeared to the fellowship shining just like Jesus did on the transfiguration.

# data[].attributes.body
Deprived means to lack or not have access to something. Depraved means wicked or morally corrupt. I think this phrase means that Catholics do believe that original sin caused humanity to be deprived of their original holiness and created in them a natural inclination towards sin. However, Catholics do not believe the world is depraved and wicked. People are still good and are still created in the image of God, who is all goodness. Therefore, even though we have fallen because of original sin, we are still saved and able to be saved by Jesus Christ.

# data[].attributes.body
I think this phrase refers to the way that goodness and truth are coming through The Lord of the Rings. This is happening even though God and Grace are not explicitly mentioned in the novel. Rather this phrase refers to the way that Tolkien conveys truth about God and the Catholic faith without ever mentioning it explicitly. I think this captures how the Catholic imagination views the world because it shows how the Holy Spirit can inspire people to make creative works that show Catholic truth and how God speaks to us using ordinary things, like novels.

# data[].attributes.body
I think that this quote means that God became incarnate so that we could be more like Him. We are made to live in union with God, but this was broken by original sin. Jesus became man to save us from sin and to re-unify us with God.